June 7, 2023 by Gary Price
From a Joint Announcement: U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Central Library is working to add more than 47,000 unique items published by NOAA authors and grantees to the National Collection of U.S. Government Public Information. GPO shares NOAA’s goal of providing additional avenues to access […]
June 4, 2023 by Gary Price
The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JOLIS). Title Global Trends in Digital Preservation: Outsourcing Versus In-House Practices Authors Rafiq AhmadBacha Khan University, Pakistan Muhammad RafiqBacha Khan University, Pakistan Muhammad ArifUniversity of the Punjab, Pakistan Source Journal of Librarianship and Information Science (JOLIS)DOI: 10.1177/09610006231173461 Abstract Digital preservation […]
June 2, 2023 by Gary Price
Here’s the Full Text of a Statement From: The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) The Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) The Massachusetts Library System (MLS) The Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) Book challenges in Massachusetts’ school and public libraries have quadrupled in just one year*, mirroring the surge the American Library Association has reported nationwide. Challenges […]
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May 28, 2023 by Gary Price
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 […]
May 17, 2023 by Gary Price
From an Internet Archive Blog Post: Art historians, critics, curators, humanities scholars and many others rely on the records of artists, galleries, museums, and arts organizations to conduct historical research and to understand and contextualize contemporary artistic practice. Yet, much of the art-related materials that were once published in print form are now available primarily […]
May 14, 2023 by Gary Price
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 […]
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May 11, 2023 by Gary Price
Discover America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2023 (National Trust For Historic Preservation) Don’s Conference Notes-Charleston In Between 2023: “The Future of Scholarly Communication in a ChatGPT World” Institute for Nonprofit News Launches RuralNewsNetwork.org (via INN) The Most Important AI-Related Announcements Google Made at I/O 2023 (via The Decoder) Session Reports and Slide Presentations […]
May 9, 2023 by Gary Price
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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April 18, 2023 by Gary Price
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 […]
April 12, 2023 by Gary Price
From the Library of Congress: Madonna’s cultural ascent with “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s perennial No. 1 Christmas hit, Queen Latifah’s groundbreaking “All Hail the Queen” and Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton explosion with “Gasolina” are some of the defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture that will now join the National Recording Registry of the […]