MORE POSTS FROM APRIL 2018
Research Tools: Harvard’s Ash Center Launches New Searchable Database of Government Data Visualizations and Maps
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|From the Ash Center/Harvard: Data-Smart City Solutions, a program of Harvard Kennedy School’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, today [April 24, 2018] launched a searchable public database comprising cutting-edge examples of public sector data use. The “Solutions Search” indexes interactive maps and visualizations, spanning civic issue areas such as transportation, public health, and housing, that […]
From The Art Newspaper: Russia’s Gulag History State Museum has opened an archival centre to help descendants discover the fate of their family members among the millions of prisoners and victims of Joseph Stalin’s vast network of forced labour camps. [Clip] The Topography of Terror Documentation Centre in Berlin and Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust […]
From the European Commission: The public consultation on Europeana, Europe’s digital platform for cultural heritage, was held between 17 October 2017 and 14 January 2018. Its results will contribute to the evaluation of Europeana and will help direct its future development. [Clip] The results of the complete analysis of the contributions to the public consultation […]
UPDATED: Video Report from TVNZ From The New Zealand Herald: Almost 1000 students will rally against the closure of libraries at the University of Auckland next week. [Clip] Consultation is still ongoing on a proposal to close branch libraries in the music, fine arts and architecture schools and at the Tamaki and Epsom campuses, relocating […]
Available Online: NASIG’s Digital Preservation Task Force Publishes Three Guides
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|From a NASIG Blog Post: One of the tasks the Digital Preservation Task Force is charged with is raising awareness about digital preservation initiatives. To that end, the Task Force has created three reference guides Digital Preservation 101 Guide to the Keepers Registry Talking Points and Questions to Ask Publishers about Digital Preservation The Guides […]
A new video From Esri that was shared on YouTube today. It was recorded at the 2018 Esri Developer Summit that was held in Palm Springs at the beginning of March. Description The Prototype Lab is a group of engineers based in Redlands tasked with creating forward-looking and inventive apps. We invite you to take […]
From the Center for Data Innovation: The Eviction Lab at Princeton University, a collection of researchers and students, has created the first publicly available database of evictions inthe United States. The data contains 83 million court records from 2000-2016, and users can filter it to the town level. Direct to Eviction Lab Database Direct to […]
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has launched three new online interactive applications that highlight creative ways to facilitate the accessibility of thousands of collections, using the Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based tool Story Maps. Presenting the information in a curated format, Story Maps allows users to combine text, images and multimedia content […]
Funding: CLIR Awards $509,488 in “Recordings at Risk” Grants to 16 Institutions
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|From the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR): The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) today announced that the following 16 institutions have been awarded Recordings at Risk grants in the program’s third grant cycle. Institution: African American Museum & Library at Oakland Project: Preserving the Black Panther Party and Social Protest Films […]
News Roundup (April 27, 2018)
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|1. University of Virginia Law Library Blocks Public Access Following 2 Kessler Appearances (via The Daily Progress) 2. Elsevier: Science Direct Adding New Enhanced PDF Reader and New Advanced Search Features 3. Report: These Online Volunteers Fight Fake Reviews, Ghost Listings and Other Scams on Google Maps — and Say The Problem’s Getting Worse (via CNBC) […]