What exactly does the Librarian of Congress do?
So, what exactly does the Librarian of Congress do? In short, a LOT. Just from this video put together by Washington Notebook, Dr. James H. Billington gives us a great overview of what he does, and what the Library of Congress (LOC) offers all…
Interactive Leonardo at the Biblioteca Nacional de España
The Biblioteca Nacional de España has created “Leonardo Interactivo,” digitizing Leonardo da Vinci’s Madrid Codex I – II, making them available to all of us! The Madrid Codex were discovered in Spain’s National Library in 1964, after spending about 150…
Google’s Political Trends Spotting
The official elections may be over a year away, but it’s never too early to start paying attention to the process and looking at the trends. Yesterday Google announced another “contest” of sorts where all of us are encouraged to…
13 Things You Pay For That Your Library Has For Free
A few days ago the SF Gate came up with a list of 13 things we use and pay for on a regular basis that we could be getting for free at the library. The items included are; Hace unos…
Apps for the New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is releasing a number of new apps to give you better access to their collection. The apps are designed to do a number of things; La Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York está lanzando una serie de nuevas aplicaciones para darle…
A Google A Day
A couple of months ago Google partners with the New York Times to create a daily puzzle called A Google A Day. And for the folks who don’t have a NYT subscription, Google has created a separate site for the…
Facebook Questions
It seems that everyday one of my facebook friends is requesting advice from the rest of the group. Well Facebook has just made this task a whole lot easier. Facebook Questions offers three ways of interacting with others. You can…
RueFind
I just received an email from Thabo Jakavula who shared this great site called RueFind. The site is a Google map that gathers images and information about interesting sites around the world. The map is covered in small images which you can…
TeachParentsTech.org
Back in mid December Google released TeachParentsTech.org, a great tool which will help us teach our parents, and really anyone needing some tech support, a little more about computers and technology. The site is quite easy to use, and will…
Satellite Sentinel Project
The Satellite Sentinel Project hopes to deter the resumption of war between North and South Sudan. The project provides documentation with the hope that exposing the country’s situation will prevent further violence and human right abuse. The idea behind the…
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