Tag: Manuscripts

Nov 02 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Photographs, World

The European Library

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The European Library portal can help you search the online catalogs to all the major libraries in the European Union. The project originates from the TEL-project which was set up...

Oct 28 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Manuscripts, Photographs, Politics, World

Archivo Chile is a site that gathers information in all formats primarily about Chile’s social/popular movements, and secondarily about Latin America. The site also emphases human rights, and leftist politics....

Oct 25 2009

Americas, Archives, Latin America, Libraries, Manuscripts, World

The J. León Helguera Collection of Colombiana

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Recently the Vanderbilt library has digitized and made available a portion of their material on Colombia, specializing in 19th century culture and history, titled The J. León Helguera Collection of...

Aug 28 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Source, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

Labeling Library Archives at Dartmouth College

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With some financial help from the National Endowment for the Humanities, digital-humanities professor Mary Flanagan is developing a game that will help add tags to some of Dartmouth College’s archival...

Jul 16 2009

Academic Libraries, Books, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, World

Trinity College Library

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Today I spent the morning at Trinity College. After a quick tour of the campus I headed towards the library where I wanted to see the Book of Kells, and...

Jul 15 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Photographs, Poetry, World

National Library of Ireland

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Today I got a “behind the scenes” tour of the National Library of Ireland! On my visit I found out that the library is quite a welcoming place to people...

Jul 10 2009

Archives, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, World

The British Library

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This afternoon I had an appointment for a tour of The British Library. The library itself is huge, taking up the better part of a city block, and having so...

Apr 20 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library Goes Live

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Today the World Digital Library goes live! The project has been in the works for about 4 years now, and was initially conceived by James Billington of the USA Library...

Mar 07 2009

Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Public Libraries, Technology, USA, Women

Financial Advice at the Library?

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Financial advice at the public library? Apparently so. As unstable and scary as the financial landscape appears these days all of us seem to be looking for advice where we...

Mar 01 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Women

Women’s History Month

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March is Women’s History Month in the USA and a number of universities, libraries, and other educational institutions are preparing events to celebrate. This month long celebration started with events...