Kyiv Scoop blogger Steve Bandera published an interesting story last week about Anti-Ukrainian book burning in Crimea.
Archive for March, 2010
Book burning in Ukraine
Posted in News, tagged book burning, Crimea, textbooks, Ukraine on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Google to digitize Italy’s ancient books
Posted in News, tagged books, digitization, Florence, Google, Google Books, Italy, le biblioteche virtuali, LIBER, National Library, Rome on March 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Taking a cue from countries worldwide (see France), the Italian government has made an agreement to digitize about one million ancient manuscripts from two national libraries of Rome and Florence. This will give scholars world-wide access to the writings of such scholars as Machiavelli, Dante, and Galileo. Hopefully this will patch things up from last [...]
New IFLA Researcher-Librarian Partnership Initiative
Posted in News, tagged IFLA, librarians, mentoring, research, theory on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A new partnership between researchers and librarian will provide opportunity for library and information science professionals to develop and refine their skills, knowledge and confidence in conducting research. The Partnership is sponsored by the Library Theory and Research Section of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Research skill and knowledge are the [...]
Library earthquake damage news from Chile (pictures, podcast)
Posted in News, tagged Biblioteca, Chile, earthquake, IFLA, Library, lisnews, News, podcast, terremoto on March 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
News of the Earthquake damage in Chile from the IFLA listserv: Through our Chilean listserver have been circulate information. Let me let you know: Museo de Talca “is in so bad situation”, Museo de la Araucanía “should move to another place”, Biblioteca del Maule and Biblioteca Severin in Valparaíso are “with so damage”, Biblioteca de [...]
Blue Shield solidarity on Chilean Earthquake
Posted in News, tagged Blue Shield, Chile, destruction, earthquake, Facebook on March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Blue Shield opened a new space on Facebook for international solidarity with the earthquake in Chile http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=339267682892&ref=ts [ES] Escudo Azul abre un nuevo espacio en Facebook para la solidaridad internacional con el terremoto de Chile http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=339267682892&ref=ts [FR] Blue Shield a ouvert un nouvel espace sur Facebook pour la solidarité internationale avec le tremblement de terre [...]
