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From the NY Times: Few battles in history have been more scrutinized than Gettysburg’s three blood-soaked days in July 1863, the turning point in the Civil War. Still, there were questions that all the diaries, official reports and correspondence couldn’t answer precisely. What, for example, could Gen. Robert E. Lee actually see when he issued […]
Four new features are now live for users when conducting research using HathiTrust full text search database and collection builder tool. The Full-text Search index now includes bibliographic data, which is being used to: Improve results ranking Allow users to refine results using bibliographic facets Remember, a large number of items (including domain titles) from […]
"Looking for Link Between Library Usage and Student Attainment" In New Issue (July, 2011) of Ariadne
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|Ariadne #64 (July, 2011) Main Articles in This Issue: Towards Interoperabilty of European Language Resources Sophia Ananiadou and colleagues describe an ambitious new initiative to accelerate Europe-wide language technology research, helped by their work on promoting interoperability of language resources. Image ‘Quotation’ Using the C.I.T.E. Architecture Christopher Blackwell and Amy Hackney Blackwell describe with examples […]
The maps shows 373 centers that the feds hope to close over the next two years. From Computerworld: The targeted data centers range in size from a 195,000-square foot Department of Homeland Security facility in Alabama to four Department of Agriculture data centers, each of less than 1,000 square feet in size. If the White […]
From the DuraSpace Web Site: The not-for-profit DuraSpace organization announced that it will develop a hosted, cloud-based data storage and management service aimed at meeting the specific needs of working scientists and researchers. The new service, an expansion of DuraSpace’s popular DuraCloud data management and archiving service, is being funded through a grant from the […]
From Europeana News: The results of this year’s user survey are now available online. The survey ran in May 2011 and received over 5000 responses. Respondents say they find the content of Europeana more userful than on similar sites and far more trustworthy. Read a Summary of the Results (PowerPoint) Read the Complete Report (34 […]
Both Items are Published by Statistics Canada. Access is free. 1. Recently Updated: Health Profile (Searchable Database) Features health region data from a number of sources including Statistics Canada’s health surveys, administrative data, and the census of population. The application is designed to give quick access to the latest health-related data available for a selected […]
"Europe’s Movie Heritage Now Captured Forever Online"
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|From SiliconRepublic: A new EU-supported internet portal to the digital collections of European film archives including rare Marlene Dietrich footage and which offers free access to currently about 400,000 digital videos, photos, film posters and text materials has just gone live. By September, the number of digital items available on the European Film Gateway (EFG) […]
Archived Webcast and a New Q&A Document: "New Roles for Research Libraries: Digital Curation for Preservation"
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation, Video Recordings
|The webcast was recorded on April April 7, 2011 and made available om YouTube the following week. Panelists: Martha Anderson (LC/NDIIPP), Jeremy York (HathiTrust), Oya Rieger (Cornell), Trisha Cruse (California Digital Library) Along with the video, there is now a 4 pages PDF that provides answers to questions that were asked during the program but […]
From Pew Internet: Fully 71% of online Americans use video-sharing sites such as YouTube and Vimeo, up from 66% a year earlier. The use of video-sharing sites on any given day also jumped five percentage points, from 23% of online Americans in May 2010 to 28% in May 2011. Rural internet users are now just […]