ICYMI: News July 20-26

• By: Manuel Ostos
• On: 07/28/2015 17:39:30
• In: In Case You Missed It

CHC Archivist Natalie Baur receives Fulbright-Garcia Robles award

Natalie Baur has received a Fulbright-García Robles award to work on digital preservation research with Dr. Juan Voutssás at the Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliotecológicas y de la Información (Library Science and Information Research Center) at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (National Autonomous University of Mexico). Read more

Gabriel García Márquez Documentary Coming Soon

Release date forthcoming. The film's 2015 festival run includes Lima, Mexico City Docs, and the 2015 New York Colombian International Film Festival. Watch movie trailer

Separados por un mismo idioma: El mercado del libro en español | Letras Libres

La industria editorial hispanoamericana ha sido incapaz de crear un modelo de circulación donde los libros lleguen por igual a todos los países. Esta es la historia de cómo América y España han fracasado en su intento por tener un mercado común y cómo internet podría abrir una nueva oportunidad. Leer reportaje

Rediscovered Pablo Neruda Poems to Be Published | New York Times

Copper Canyon Press will publish a collection of 20 rediscovered poems by the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Read more

42 Years Later, Officers Charged for Murder of Defiant Chilean Folk Singer | Common Dreams

Ten former military officers indicted for torturing and killing musician, playwright, and social activist Victor Jara. Read more

Chile charges former soldiers in 1986 burning students case | The Guardian

A Chilean judge has charged seven former soldiers over the burning of two students during a 1986 protest against Gen Augusto Pinochet's government. Read more

Literatura y poesía reviven en la feria del libro de Lima | El País

Autores peruanos residentes en el exterior se unen en este evento. Ver noticia

La ciencia que desmanteló Franco | El País

Un libro repasa la destrucción de la investigación científica en España tras la Guerra Civil. Leer más

One man's 10,000 books are about to put one tiny Nicaraguan town on the map | Global Post

Sergio Ramirez is not only a collector of Spanish-language literature, but a renowned contributor to the tradition. He has written nearly a dozen novels, as well as short stories and works of non-fiction, some about his years as a leader of the Sandinista government during the war-torn 1980s. Read more

The British Library Puts 1,000,000 Images into the Public Domain, Making Them Free to Reuse & Remix | Open Culture

Earlier this week, Oxford's Bodleian Library announced that it had digitized a 550 year old copy of the Gutenberg Bible along with a number of other ancient bibles, some of them quite beautiful. Read more

La Biblioteca Nacional Española archivará Internet | TICbeat

La nueva regulación está específicamente dirigida a aquellos sitios web que contengan “patrimonio bibliográfico, sonoro, visual, audiovisual o digital de las culturas de España”. Leer 

Mold damages 1,000 books at Madrid historical library | El País

Infestation resulted after heavy rain caused flooding at Conde Duque Cultural Center. Read more