Paesi nouamente retrouati. Et Nouo Mondo da Alberico Velputio Florentino intitulato (1507): Findings from a Study of the Oldest Book in the Oliveira Lima Library Erin Mir-Aliyev Master of Science in Library and Information Science – The Catholic University of America Flora de Oliveira Lima Fellowship for Graduate Students in Library and Information Science – Read More
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OLL Blog – Paesi nouamente retrouati. Et Nouo Mondo da Alberico Velputio Florentino intitulato (1507): Findings from a Study of the Oldest Book in the Oliveira Lima Library
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OLL Blog – Manoel Cardozo: His Contributions to CUA and the Oliveira Lima Library
By Erin Mir-Aliyev Master of Science in Library and Information Science – The Catholic University of America Flora de Oliveira Lima Fellowship for Graduate Students in Library and Information Science – The Oliveira Lima Library One of the most important figures in the development of the Oliveira Lima Library during the mid to Read More
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OLL Blog – A 7 de Setembro Like No Other
On this September 7th, both the United States and Brazil are celebrating. In the United States, Labor Day is commemorated on the first Monday of September to honor workers and remember their contributions to society. The date became a national holiday in 1894 and throughout the years also became an informal marker for the end Read More
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OLL Blog – Tracing John Locke’s path to the Oliveira Lima Library
Tracing John Locke’s path to the Oliveira Lima Library Henry Widener Despite our living in the Digital Age, Tumblr Share Your Shelf and articles such as the Washington Post’s These Books Spark Joy assert that a person’s bookshelf still has a lot to say about them. Peter Knox perhaps said it best: ‘Only a bookshelf can Read More
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OLL Blog – Un acercamiento a la historia africana a través del Vocabulario de Bluteau – Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera
Un acercamiento a la historia africana a través del Vocabulario de Bluteau Andrea Guerrero-Mosquera Profesora en la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco E-mail: guerrero.andrea10@gmail.com Twitter: @Andreag1086 La Biblioteca Oliveira Lima posee una importante colección de libros raros, en los que se puede encontrar rastros de la histórica relación entre Brasil y África, y, no es para menos, Read More
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OLL Blog — My path to librarianship and the Oliveira Lima Library
Earlier this month, Fine Books & Collections posted an interview with me as part of their series Bright Young Librarians. While my tendency toward self-deprecation would lead me to question those qualifiers – months of sheltering-in-place I has got me feeling particularly dim and old – I was nevertheless thrilled to be featured in a publication of Read More
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OLL Blog – Visual Depictions of Amazonian Boundary Commissions – Jeffrey Erbig
Visual Depictions of Amazonian Boundary Commissions Jeffrey Erbig Assistant Professor University of California Santa Cruz Department of Latin American & Latino Studies Within the walls of the Oliveira Lima Library there sits a unique collection of watercolors attributed to Spanish mapmaker Francisco Requena y Herrera. The watercolors depict Luso-Hispanic mapping expeditions commissioned under the 1777 Read More
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OLL Blog – Entre Manhattan e Rio de Janeiro: O caso do periódico O Novo Mundo (1870-1879) – Alessandra Carneiro
Entre Manhattan e Rio de Janeiro: O caso do periódico O Novo Mundo (1870-1879) Alessandra Carneiro Doutora em Letras pela USP Um veículo de informação e cultura que promova o american way of life no Brasil não soa incomum no mundo globalizado do século XXI, mas não deixa de despertar interesse e curiosidade quando se Read More
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OLL Blog – Reflections on my first semester as OLL Copy-Cataloger – Erin Mir-Aliyev
This Spring semester has been challenging in many ways that we could not have anticipated when 2020 started. The changes have been immense. Nevertheless, as a community we grew stronger together, adapting, facing and overcoming new obstacles in order to provide our students with the best of us. As we reach the end of the Read More
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OLL Blog – As Servinas na Oliveira Lima Library Parte II – Pablo Iglesias Magalhães
Seguimos com a segunda parte do texto do Professor Pablo Iglesias Magalhães sobre as Servinas da nossa coleção. Se você perdeu a parte I, pode encontrar o texto aqui . As Servinas na Oliveira Lima Library Parte II: Serva entre o processo de Independência e o Segundo Império Pablo Iglesias Magalhães Professor dos cursos de Read More
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