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Direct to Video: Recorded on July 18, 2011 at MIT||| Bio The video runs 92 minutes. From an MIT News Office Summary: For a period on Monday morning, #MediaLabTalk was a trending topic on Twitter — thanks in large part to those who had gathered to hear LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman speak at MIT, both […]
Data rescue initiatives: bringing historical climate data into the 21st century The currently limited availability of long and high-quality surface instrumental climate records continues to hamper our ability to carry out more robust assessments of the climate. Such assessments are needed to better understand, detect, predict and respond to global climate variability and change. Despite […]
Direct to DataBC Web Site From TechPresident: The province of British Columbia launched an open data portal today called DataBC that allows users to access information about schools, geology faults, and much more. British Columbia became the first provincial government to launch an open data portal with DataBC, which has made approximately 2,500 data sets […]
Updated: Aaron Swartz’s Blog and Twitter Stream Refers Users to a News Release from Demand Progress: “Federal Government Indicts Former Demand Progress Executive Director For Downloading Too Many Journal Articles” Update: News Release from JSTOR Update: News Release from U.S. DOJ Direct to the Full Text of the Indictment (via Scribd) From The Guardian: Aaron […]
Conference Paper: "Linking to LCSH and LCC: Controlled Subject Headings and Classification Systems through the Web"
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Journal Articles, Libraries, Resources
|This paper will be presented at on August 16, 2011, at the World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly in San Juan. Title: “Linking to LCSH and LCC: Controlled Subject Headings and Classification Systems through the Web” (28 pages; PDF) Authors: Barbara Tillett, Libby Dechman, and Loche McLean (Library of […]
"NBC News Launches New Archive Site"
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Management and Leadership, News
|From Broadcasting and Cable: NBC News is formally launching a new website, NBCUniversalArchives.com, that will allow customers to buy archive material from a number of divisions across NBCUniversal’s businesses, including NBC News, NBC Sports, NBC Entertainment, Universal Studios, Universal Pictures, Telemundo, The Weather Channel, NBC Radio, NBC Photobank and others. The effort is notable both […]
New Interactive Map Reveals U.S. Tidal Energy Resources Tidal energy — a renewable, predictable resource available up and down America’s coastlines — holds great promise for clean energy generation. And now, a first of its kind database gives researchers deeper insight into the potential of this energy resource for the United States. The online database, […]
Reminder: C-SPAN's Library of Congress Documentary Debuts on Monday, Watch Several Clips Now
Awards, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, News, Profiles
|UPDATE: The complete Library of Congress documentary including a text transcript is now available in the C-SPAN Video Library. Here’s a direct link to the program. The program will premiere at 8pm ET on July 18, 2011 on C-SPAN. The documentary runs 90 minutes and we re-air at 11pm ET/8pm ET. The program will likely […]
News Roundup: Archives, Linked Data, Maps, Social Media, and More (11 items)
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, Maps, News, Roundup
|Archives “UK Government Web Archive receives billionth hit” A redesigned web archive is also now available. Linked Data “Significant Bibliographic Linked Data Release From The British Library” (via Talis Blog) “Linked Open British National Bibliography Preview” “Spoonfeeding Library Data to Search Engines” (via Go To Hellman) Maps Bing: “Updates to Our Road Map Style” (via Bing […]
NY Times: Opinion/Ed Pages: "Books and Other Fetish Objects"
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, Resources
|A very interesting read in the NY Times today. Make sure to read the full text. Here’s a small portion of a column by James Gleick: The raw material of history appears to be heading for the cloud. What once was hard is now easy. What was slow is now fast. Is this a case […]