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Recorded Poetry: University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Voca Archive Adds More Than 12,000 Caption Files to Recordings Dating to 1963
From the U. of Arizona: The University of Arizona Poetry Center’s Voca archive of recorded poetry readings is now accompanied by digitized captions, making one of the world’s major poetry audiovisual archives fully accessible and searchable. The project, started in 2021 with a $135,000 Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge grant, has created one of the largest captioned digital […]
New Lecture Video From Rare Book School: “Collecting Daily Life in Early American Manuscripts”
From Rare Book School (University of Virginia): “Collecting Daily Life in Early American Manuscripts” — The 2024 NEH-SHARP Living American History in Primary Documents Lecture by Ashley Cataldo was recorded on July 31, 2024 in Charlottesville, VA. Description The is no doubt the early American manuscript is collectible. From autographs of the Founders to writings […]
AI: “States are Introducing 50 AI-Related Bills Per Week”; “South Carolina Board of Ed Approves Order to Give State Final Say Over Books in Local Libraries”; & More News Headlines
AI States are Introducing 50 AI-Related Bills Per Week (via Axios) Alabama Alabama Lawmakers Want to Change Archives Oversight After Dispute Over LGBTQ+ Lecture (via AP) Coherent Digital Coherent Digital and Trojman Acquire Major Canadian Micropublisher to Create Neww Digital Collections EveryLibrary EveryLibrary Institute Announces New Editorial Board Members for The Political Librarian HathiTrust HathiTrust’s […]
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Number of Countries with Open Science Policies Has Almost Doubled Since Adoption of UNESCO Recommendation; Digital Curation Network (DCN) Response to NSF Public Access Plan 2.0; & More Headlines
Digital Curation Network (DCN) DCN Response to NSF Public Access Plan 2.0 Events Lecture: National Libraries in the Digital Era―Focusing on the Strategies of the National Library of the Netherlands (via National Diet Library, Japan) ||| Presentation Materials?Slides ||| Video Recording UNESCO Number of Countries with Open Science Policies Has Almost Doubled Since Adoption of […]
Free Law Project Powers ProPublica’s New App About SCOTUS Investments; La Bibliothèque Mondiale du Cheval (World Horse Library) Launches; & More Items
AI/GPT Interview: Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Discusses the Promise and Potential Perils of AI (via Morning Edition/NPR) Digital Libraries Learn About: La Bibliothèque Mondiale du Cheval (World Horse Library) Research Tools Free Law Project Powers ProPublica’s New App About SCOTUS Investments (via FLP) ||| Direct to ProPublica’s New “Supreme Connections” App
New Video Recording From the U. of Chicago: “Harper Lecture: Beyond ChatGPT: The Impact of AI on Society”
From the University of Chicago: How can we adopt AI in an ethical way? What kinds of work will soon be done by algorithms? How will AI affect the economy, education, politics, and society at large? Hear from UChicago faculty experts as they discuss the promises and perils of artificial intelligence. Discussion Moderator Torsten Reimer, […]
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New Jersey: Bruce Springsteen Archives Announces New 30,000 Square Foot Building at Monmouth University
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From Monmouth University: The Bruce Springsteen Archives and Center for American Music at Monmouth University has announced a new 30,000 square foot building to house the Archives, the Center for American Music, related exhibition galleries, and a 230 seat, state-of-the-art theater. Designed by the acclaimed New York-based architectural firm, COOKFOX, […]
Report: “Lawmaker Calls For Changes at Archives and History After Lecture on Alabama’s LGBTQ History”
From AL.com: A bill to take $5 million in state funds from the Alabama Department of Archives and History because it hosted a one-hour lecture on LGBTQ history did not pass during the special session that ended Friday. But the sponsor, Sen. Chris Elliott, a Republican from Baldwin County, said he plans to bring legislation […]
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National Library Week 2023: A Compilation of Facts and Statistics From the U.S. Census About Libraries and Librarians
From the U.S. Census: From the American Library Association: “National Library Week 2023, April 23-29, will be celebrated with the theme ‘There’s More to the Story.’ Libraries are full of stories in a variety of formats from picture books to large print, audiobooks to ebooks, and more. But there’s so much more to the story. Libraries […]
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $35.63 Million for 258 Humanities Projects Nationwide
From the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $35.63 million in grants for 258 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a documentary on the life and legacy of African American intellectual W.E.B. DuBois; enable the digitization of the personal papers of former members […]
