Digital Preservation Archives
Newspapers: “Dig Into History: Search the More Than 140 Years of Yale Daily News Now Online”
From the Yale Library: The library’s digital archive of Yale Daily News (YDN)—the nation’s oldest continuously published college daily—has expanded to include 3,306 more issues than it had just two years ago. There are now approximately 23,929 issues of YDN available in digital format—including occasional special issues and supplements—that users can search, view, and download in PDF […]
NARA: Dr. Colleen Shogan Assumes Office as 11th Archivist of the United States
From the National Archives and Records Administration: Dr. Colleen Shogan assumed the role of Archivist of the United States today and, immediately after taking the oath of office, began her work as the head of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). “It is an honor and a privilege to join the National Archives and […]
UC Berkeley University Librarian Jeff MacKie-Mason Announces Retirement Plans
From the UC Berkeley Library: Today, Jeff MacKie-Mason, UC Berkeley’s university librarian, announced his retirement plans. In addition to overseeing the UC Berkeley Library system — comprising nearly two dozen locations — MacKie-Mason is a professor in UC Berkeley’s School of Information and an affiliate professor in the Department of Economics. MacKie-Mason will retire in […]
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New Report: “‘Good, Better, Best’: Practices in Archiving & Preserving Open Access Monographs”
From COPIM: Over the course of the COPIM Project, colleagues in Work Package 7 (Archiving & Preservation) have been working with the open access monograph publishing community, university libraries, and digital preservation experts to examine current archiving and preservation practices. Aligned to the principles of “scaling small”, key within COPIM overall, Work Package 7 has […]
3rd Edition of FADGI Still Image Digitization Guidelines Published
From the Library of Congress: The Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) Still Image Working Group has finalized the Third Edition of its influential Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials. The Working Group published a draft version of the Guidelines on the FADGI website in June 2022 for public review and comment. The working group received dozens […]
Digital Collections: Library of Congress Completes Digitization of Yongle Encyclopedia, Largest Reference Work of Pre-Modern Era
From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has completed a yearslong effort to digitize the Yongle Encyclopedia (Yongle dadian 永樂大典), the largest reference work created in pre-modern China, and possibly the world. Digital publication of the 41 volumes held in the Library’s collections provides open access to one of the most extensive attempts in world […]
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Carnegie-Mellon Libraries: One Year Into Digitization Efforts Smith Gift Expands Digital Photograph; Sage Acquires the Titles of Business & Management Textbook Publisher, Chicago Business Press Collection; & More News Headlines
Carnegie-Mellon Libraries: One Year Into Digitization Efforts Smith Gift Expands Digital Photograph Collection Now Available: IFLA Principles for Responding to Conflict Sage Acquires the Titles of Business & Management Textbook Publisher, Chicago Business Press
New Online: Library of Congress Adds 39 Early Volumes to Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book Digital Collection
From The Library of Congress: This week we’re excited to announce that the Library of Congress has added 39 additional volumes to our Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book Digital Collection! The latest batch of digitized volumes span from the first issue in 1859 to 1879, aside from a few months that are still in progress. They join the […]
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NARA Releases New Federal Regulations With Standards for Digitizing Permanent Federal Records
Here the full text of a memorandum we received from the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Memorandum to Federal Records Management Contacts: Release of Regulations with Digitization Standards for Permanent Records Today, NARA published new federal regulations with standards for digitizing permanent federal records. The regulations are in 36 CFR 1236, Subpart E. The regulations […]
Report From Canada: “Catching Up On Open Access”
From a University Affairs article by Brian Owens: The days of the traditional, subscription-based scholarly journal seem to be numbered. Around the world, research funders are adopting ever-more expansive policies requiring the researchers they fund to make the results of their work freely accessible to the public. Canada, once a leader in this area, risks […]
