We’ve had a request from a colleague, Petra Hauke in Berlin who is preparing a paper for the BOBCATSSS Conference 29th-31th January 2014 in Barcelona, Spain Petra is giving a paper titled Green Libraries Coming Up! National and international initiatives fostering environmental sustainable libraries and library services and has asked us to pose a few questions: Are […]
Read moreYou are invited to the Future Library Unconference which will take place in Athens on 9/10 December 2013. Supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), the Future Library movement http://2013.futurelibrary.gr/ is bringing about a modern transformation of public library services in Greece, alongside the establishment of a magnificent new National Library as part of the […]
Read moreThis message is to inform you that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2014 Access to Learning Award (ATLA) has extended its deadline for application until 9:00 AM (U.S. Eastern Daylight Time), 15 October 2013. If your library or organization is currently providing free public access to computers and the Internet, we would encourage you […]
Read moreLa ciutat de Barcelona va ser designada capital mundial del mòbil entre el 2012 i el 2018. Això no només implicarà la celebració anual del Mobile World Congress a la ciutat, sinó que Barcelona vol aprofitar aquesta oportunitat per convertir-se en el referent mundial d’aquesta tecnologia. En aquest sentit Barcelona està desenvolupant nombrosos projectes per […]
Read moreThe city of Barcelona was designated Mobile World Capital for the period 2012 to 2018. This not only involves the holding of the annual Mobile World Congress in the city, but also the fact that Barcelona aims to take advantage of this opportunity to become a world reference in this technology. In this sense Barcelona […]
Read moreThe 2014 IFLA International Newspaper Conference Start Spreading the News! will be held at FamilySearch Headquarters, Salt Lake City, Utah February 4 -5, 2014 As shown by surveys conducted by the National Library of Australia, the California Digital Newspaper Collection, the Cambridge Public Library, and others, historical newspapers are an important source of information for […]
Read moreThis message is a reminder that the deadline for submitting applications to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2014 Access to Learning Award (ATLA) is only two weeks away! If your library or organization is currently providing free public access to computers and the Internet, we would encourage you to apply for the 2014 ATLA. […]
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