Edgardo Civallero has started to translate his blog Bitocaro de un Bibliotecaro into English: The log of a librarian. His first (english) post is a wonderful exposé of the problems he faced when, while giving a talk about aboriginal libraries, someone in the crowd asked “poor indians don’t need books, but food…”. His text really raises wonderful points about self-sufficiency and empowerement and how public libraries can help impoverished communities attain this. I’m looking forward to following this blog.