Knowledge Commons | Mariana Strassacapa Ou | Activity https://hcommons.org/members/marianaou/activity/ Activity feed for Mariana Strassacapa Ou. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:25:18 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 16af0cba36eb7a687b3fce9ee8231690 Mariana Strassacapa Ou changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1941094/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 02:14:43 -0500 0 c02f5acbe7e080b887eb683746adcf99 Mariana Strassacapa Ou's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1941091/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:59:51 -0500 0 4250dede034aaaf5bcbb6170f4dd0397 Mariana Strassacapa Ou's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680320/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 22:55:09 -0400 0 e146f4e377c61e2c2b80844cf261cfaa Mariana Strassacapa Ou's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680148/ Fri, 06 Mar 2020 10:38:46 -0500 0 b85d2752c6adecc54feb46e72a1f53df Mariana Strassacapa Ou's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680050/ Thu, 05 Mar 2020 13:28:30 -0500 0 35595875c5c119f90a0512b4fcdeb05f Mariana Strassacapa Ou created the site Spanish Civil War from the workers' archives https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1673333/ Mon, 23 Dec 2019 23:26:50 -0500 0 9e1daec04f92fe9a9726201e05be8a2e Mariana Strassacapa Ou deposited 'Oral history for library history' : talk given at the Cilip Local Studies Group Conference 2018 in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1615171/ Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:26:03 -0400 Text of 15-minutes talk given at the CILIP Local Studies Group Conference 2018: Oral history and sound heritage. It briefly presents my Library Science master's dissertation, '"The public libraries of London" collection: oral history in the digital age', which can also be found in CORE.

]]> 0 e3cebe1100c72c28379bc28d0864a21a Mariana Strassacapa Ou deposited 'Oral history for library history' : talk given at the Cilip Local Studies Group Conference 2018 https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1613619/ Sun, 22 Jul 2018 18:36:00 -0400 Text of 15-minutes talk given at the CILIP Local Studies Group Conference 2018: Oral history and sound heritage. It briefly presents my Library Science master's dissertation, '"The public libraries of London" collection: oral history in the digital age', which can also be found in CORE.

]]> 0 b8549cccfdd87bb7c69b293276dbd20e Mariana Strassacapa Ou created the site Brazilian Candomblé https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1612197/ Mon, 02 Jul 2018 00:04:02 -0400 0 d77ff5bc06ac2729365bba40f9c308e7 Mariana Ou replied to the topic Suitcase of SCW photos in the news in the discussion Spanish Civil War Studies https://hcommons.org/groups/spanish-civil-war-studies/forum/topic/suitcase-of-scw-photos-in-the-news/#post-14848 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:42:34 -0400 Amazing! Didn't hear about it. On the El País article, the photo of a doctor treating a man: I'm pretty sure that's Dr. Reginald Saxton, who developed a mobile infrastructure for blood transfusion in the SCW. We have his papers in the Marx Memorial Library, including a diary he kept--more like a block for note taking, with many illegible bits but…[Read more]

]]> 0a197cf440a7b944e5750de26e83a0fe Mariana Ou replied to the topic Introductions in the discussion Spanish Civil War Studies https://hcommons.org/groups/spanish-civil-war-studies/forum/topic/introductions/#post-14847 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:31:27 -0400 Hello! I'm Mariana, based in London, and since last October I've been working at the Marx Memorial Library, cataloguing the Spanish Collection: a major archive that includes the whole archive from the International Brigade Association/International Brigade Memorial Trust. I've been dealing mostly with the collection of 500+ pamphlets: aprox. half…[Read more]

]]> 6c6177588555d17a9074a6d7b3ebd05e Mariana Ou replied to the topic SCW + Catalan referendum in the news in the discussion Spanish Civil War Studies https://hcommons.org/groups/spanish-civil-war-studies/forum/topic/scw-catalan-referendum-in-the-news/#post-14846 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 23:15:14 -0400 Hello Anne, I've just joined the group so the reply comes very late. I have read The Winterlings and loved it. It's really my type of fiction. Have you read it in the end?

That said, I wonder why the author decided to suggest that Spanish/Basque children may have suffered or been exploited in their time as refugees in the UK? In the Marx Memorial…[Read more]

]]> 862e2f825853d99086f58d3c6866eab1 Mariana Ou replied to the topic Collections of SCW materials / images in the discussion Spanish Civil War Studies https://hcommons.org/groups/spanish-civil-war-studies/forum/topic/collections-of-scw-materials-images/#post-14844 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 22:54:23 -0400 Also here in the UK, the University of Warwick has an archive on the Spanish Civil War from papers of the Trades Union Congress. They are all digitised which is quite amazing. My favourite items are in Spanish Situation: Pamphlets, leaflets etc.

Attached is cover of pamphlet by the Labour Party, one that we also hold at the MML. I find it…[Read more]

]]> 752e29114afae6d8e9ad56736e823272 Mariana Ou replied to the topic Collections of SCW materials / images in the discussion Spanish Civil War Studies https://hcommons.org/groups/spanish-civil-war-studies/forum/topic/collections-of-scw-materials-images/#post-14843 Sun, 01 Jul 2018 22:36:03 -0400 I'm working at the Marx Memorial Library in London. The library is home to the Spanish Collection, which is an archive of more than 7000 items, initially gathered by British International Brigaders and their families. We have just completed cataloguing the collection thanks to a grant from the National Archives (link below). Only very few items…[Read more]

]]> 433c448679832ce5994283e643f5f0e4 Mariana Ou replied to the topic Challenge #1: Profiles (5/29-6/9) in the discussion Humanities Commons Summer Camp https://hcommons.org/groups/humanities-commons-summer-camp/forum/topic/challenge-1-profiles-5-29-6-9/#post-14116 Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:49:03 -0400 Hello!

I had some information on my profile already, but wanted to add more.

I've added:
my CV (love the feature; great for juniors like me!),
an About (kept it brief, and added a personal tone),
Education (very easy to do, copy+paste from CV, really),
Cover image (I had a profile photo already, which people who know me think 'it's very me';…[Read more]

]]> 8c13e162a5504ea4a263f03b96900911 Mariana Strassacapa Ou's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1609684/ Fri, 01 Jun 2018 15:04:14 -0400 0 7e13fc58fed3768f2f8ce98f64f3e9d0 Mariana Strassacapa Ou replied to the topic Welcome! in the discussion Humanities Commons Summer Camp https://hcommons.org/groups/humanities-commons-summer-camp/forum/topic/welcome-17/#post-13945 Thu, 24 May 2018 00:45:15 -0400 Hello! I'm Mariana Ou. Recently received my MSc Library Science from City, University of London, after a few years working as an architect in Brazil. Now in the UK, I've been doing library & archive work, which I love. Considering going back to research in a PhD; still thinking about choice of institution, topic, timing (I might be the most junior…[Read more]

]]> b17d0c6ff08425e3cba4fdff9ff2579e Mariana S. Ou deposited 'The public libraries of London' collection: oral history in the digital age in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1607740/ Fri, 04 May 2018 04:12:31 -0400 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MSc in Library Science, City, University of London, September 2017.

This piece of research presents the process and outcomes of building ‘The Public Libraries of London’ collection of interviews with current and former staff members of a few public libraries of…[Read more]

]]> 0 ee1d75a15054cb8fcaa117b13ddcb248 Mariana S. Ou deposited 'The public libraries of London' collection: oral history in the digital age https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1607719/ Thu, 03 May 2018 21:21:18 -0400 Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MSc in Library Science, City, University of London, September 2017.

This piece of research presents the process and outcomes of building ‘The Public Libraries of London’ collection of interviews with current and former staff members of a few public libraries of…[Read more]

]]> 0 4fd19535bc14a6cdcb388f4b3cbc5095 Mariana S. Ou deposited Presentation: Introducing HC - "Humanities Commons: scholarly communication as sharing" in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590434/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:38:23 -0500 Presentation introducing HC to City, University of London - MSc Library and Information Science students, in the occasion of an informal session.

]]> 0 950e2c2f8c9f4baadaf16c403774b04c Mariana S. Ou deposited Library History: Four texts and a website in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590433/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:38:23 -0500 Essay presented in 2017 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM310 - Independent Study, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London. This essay stands as a report of a few months of an independent study conducted by the author about library history. The theme was explored both as a…[Read more]

]]> 0 2e2b97cd907d40aaec8a0046dacb704a Mariana S. Ou deposited Publishing as Sharing: observations from Oral History practices in the Digital Humanities in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590432/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:38:22 -0500 Essay presented in 2017 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM380 - Libraries and Publishing in an Information Society, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London. In this essay, I use the debates on Oral History in the Digital Humanities to support the presentation of some of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 c01aeb53d5f70230a98dfdf23912e425 Mariana S. Ou deposited What is a digital library?: Possibilities from the idea of ‘digital object’ in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590431/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:38:22 -0500 Essay presented in 2017 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM304 - Digital Libraries, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstract: In this essay, I first take a look into some existing definitions of 'digital library', attempting to identify the continuities and…[Read more]

]]> 0 d918919b9681d816ba7f5a8766b60764 Mariana S. Ou deposited ‘Anything but indifferent’: the Warburg Institute’s Library Classification System in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590430/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:38:21 -0500 Essay presented in 2016 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM303 - Information Organisation, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstract: This essay is a report on The Warburg Institute's Library classification system. It is divided in three parts: first, in…[Read more]

]]> 0 17d9284aba9c9c5d195b28f633d7c9f2 Mariana S. Ou deposited Do we live in an ‘information society’? in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590429/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:38:21 -0500 Essay presented in 2016 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM301 - Library and Information Science Foundation, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstracts: This brief essay analyses the use of the term ‘information society’ as a description of our contemporary way…[Read more]

]]> 0 22d8152bc7b594b1366af439b423039a Mariana S. Ou deposited Google, Google Search and Libraries: Debates on Ethics in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590428/ Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:38:21 -0500 Essay presented in 2016 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM348 - Digital Information Technologies and Application, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstract: This essay presents a discussion on Google Search and its implications to Library and Information Science,…[Read more]

]]> 0 bc22120f4b8a64bf19eee75116f89698 Mariana S. Ou deposited Presentation: Introducing HC - "Humanities Commons: scholarly communication as sharing" https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590191/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:45:16 -0500 Presentation introducing HC to City, University of London - MSc Library and Information Science students, in the occasion of an informal session.

]]> 0 e9c7d6aca38e3ec29fe3b9c9feafafb6 Mariana S. Ou deposited Library History: Four texts and a website https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590188/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:26:47 -0500 Essay presented in 2017 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM310 - Independent Study, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London. This essay stands as a report of a few months of an independent study conducted by the author about library history. The theme was explored both as a…[Read more]

]]> 0 a74ac2db583009cbeacd22650e6160ec Mariana S. Ou deposited Publishing as Sharing: observations from Oral History practices in the Digital Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590187/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:19:37 -0500 Essay presented in 2017 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM380 - Libraries and Publishing in an Information Society, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London. In this essay, I use the debates on Oral History in the Digital Humanities to support the presentation of some of the…[Read more]

]]> 0 6afe533355613e818f8638a196899431 Mariana S. Ou deposited What is a digital library?: Possibilities from the idea of ‘digital object’ https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590186/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:13:45 -0500 Essay presented in 2017 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM304 - Digital Libraries, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstract: In this essay, I first take a look into some existing definitions of 'digital library', attempting to identify the continuities and…[Read more]

]]> 0 cf32dc2e9912bc100d7422a5f76a978f Mariana S. Ou deposited ‘Anything but indifferent’: the Warburg Institute’s Library Classification System https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590185/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 21:06:37 -0500 Essay presented in 2016 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM303 - Information Organisation, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstract: This essay is a report on The Warburg Institute's Library classification system. It is divided in three parts: first, in…[Read more]

]]> 0 3424b1455b89a54bbb0b779d87d7bae9 Mariana S. Ou deposited Do we live in an ‘information society’? https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590183/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:58:54 -0500 Essay presented in 2016 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM301 - Library and Information Science Foundation, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstracts: This brief essay analyses the use of the term ‘information society’ as a description of our contemporary way…[Read more]

]]> 0 52bd525d8514e6c6b7078df68ea6b9f9 Mariana S. Ou deposited Google, Google Search and Libraries: Debates on Ethics https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1590179/ Mon, 27 Nov 2017 20:51:46 -0500 Essay presented in 2016 as fulfillment of requirements for completion of the module INM348 - Digital Information Technologies and Application, part of the MSc Library and Information Science course at City, University of London.

Abstract: This essay presents a discussion on Google Search and its implications to Library and Information Science,…[Read more]

]]> 0 4d7de3fd2b09bc13711bd220b379a3f7 Mariana S. Ou deposited Three Gorges Dam: City and Territory in China https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1585240/ Sat, 21 Oct 2017 16:44:57 -0400 Monograph submitted in 2012 as fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of BA in Architecture and Urbanism, University of Sao Paulo.

This work explores the historical, geographical and cultural relationship of China with its waters, and argues that the Three Gorges Dam is a symbolic and physical representation of the continuing Chinese…[Read more]

]]> 0 93fc6835375b53acc40d7eaf80b53f76 Mariana Strassacapa Ou's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1585239/ Sat, 21 Oct 2017 15:38:31 -0400 0 32c034e39a4683ed3b81f61b2ffba007 Mariana S. Ou deposited Transcription of Interview with Wes White, Library Development Officer, Canada Water Library in the group CityLIS https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583351/ Sat, 30 Sep 2017 01:01:18 -0400 Transcription of Interview with Wes White, Library Development Officer, Canada Water Library. This interview is part of 'The Public libraries of London' collection of interviews with library staff members from public libraries of London. The collection can be accessed through the Layers of London website, via:…[Read more]

]]> 0 33dc648d67198e03813a5a1e793573cf Mariana S. Ou deposited Transcription of Interview with Wes White, Library Development Officer, Canada Water Library https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583252/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:27:11 -0400 Transcription of Interview with Wes White, Library Development Officer, Canada Water Library.
This interview is part of 'The Public libraries of London' collection of interviews with library staff members from public libraries of London. The collection can be accessed through the Layers of London website, via:…[Read more]

]]> 0 71add6fc05fd308c4f9e30959ee91be2 Mariana Strassacapa Ou changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583250/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 23:13:16 -0400 0 f9cb9ff63846ae4161392f98027e7459 Mariana Strassacapa Ou's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1565121/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:25:44 -0400 0 4259fff4f223173c991a442714dbddfc Mariana Strassacapa Ou changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1565120/ Thu, 23 Mar 2017 09:24:55 -0400 0