From NASA: NASA is giving the public the power to journey through the solar system using a new interactive Web-based tool. The “Eyes on the Solar System” interface combines video game technology and NASA data to create an environment for users to ride along with agency spacecraft and explore the cosmos. Screen graphics and information [...]
Web Resources: "NASA Gives Public New Internet Tool To Explore The Solar System"
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Storing Vertebrates in the Cloud
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What Google is attempting for books, the University of California, Berkeley, plans to do for the world’s vertebrate specimens: store them in “the cloud.” Online storage of information from vertebrate collections at the Smithsonian Institution, American Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Natural History in Paris, UC Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (MVZ) and [...]
Preservation Directorate at Library of Congress Publishes FY10 Annual Highlights
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You can access the complete report here. Topics Include: New Initiative – Preservation Week New University Course: Space Updates/Science Lab Launches Webpage Updates Cooperation With Other Institutions Emergency Preparedness Initiatives for Libraries Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Planning at LC Topics in Preservation Series Interns and Volunteers
