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Congrats to Brewster and the entire Internet Archive team. The article (with a picture of B.K.) focuses on the IA’s “physical archive” project that was also the subject of a recent NY Times article. Here’s a screen cap of the page via The Internet Archive blog. More Brewster? No problem. You can listen to an […]
New Issue of JISC Inform Features Interview with Harvard’s Robert Darnton About Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Interviews, Lecture, Libraries, New Issue, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing, School Libraries, Video Recordings
|Issue 33 (Spring 2012) of JISC Inform was released earlier today. Direct to Complete Table of Contents Articles Include: Digital Public Library of America “Robert Darnton, director of the University Library at Harvard, explains his vision of the Digital Public Library of America” The article also includes links to video of Darnton’s JISC/SCONUL Lecture in […]
American University in Cairo Launches Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, News, Resources
|via Bikya Masr: To preserve and provide access to centuries of Egyptian and Middle East history, The American University in Cairo recently launched the Rare Books and Special Collections Digital Library (RBSCDL). [Clip] The digital library is open and globally accessible, and will feature ancient and medieval cultural-heritage materials, in addition to contemporary contributions from […]
Via Art Daily: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [has released] its first online catalogue, Paintings of the Americas. The free digital publication, available here, will feature a selection of more than 400 paintings from its collection of nearly 2,000 (including new acquisitions) created by artists from the 17th through the 20th centuries. The online […]
Update: Digitizing the Long Civil Rights Movement in North Carolina
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, Resources
|From the University of North Carolina Library: Six months ago, the digital production centers at UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University began scanning more than 35 archival collections related to the long civil rights movement—a substantial undertaking by the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN). Drawing on collections from Duke University, North Carolina Central University, North […]
U.S. History: New Digitized Collection Provides Link to Voices of Pre-Shenandoah National Park Life
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Libraries, News, Preservation, Profiles, Resources
|From James Madison University: Professional scholars and local history enthusiasts alike can now delve into the extensive Shenandoah National Park Oral History Collection to learn more about life in the Blue Ridge Mountains before the park’s creation in the 1930s. Professionals in James Madison University Libraries and Educational Technologies, where the resource has been housed […]
Internet archivist Brewster Kahle chatted with host Jim Brown during CBC’s “Q” program on Tuesday morning. You can listen to the interview here. It begins at 1:51 in the program and runs about 14 minutes. Some of What’s Discussed: The “doability” of creating the IA Physical Archive Why preserving print books is important (interesting comments […]
Via New Scientist: A new site run by veteran science writers aims to create a community around electronic books – and not the kind that are simply “digital clones” of the stuff you can still pick up in bookshops. New Scientist caught up with founder and prolific science writer Carl Zimmer to learn more about […]
Q&A Interview With Metadata Expert Laura Dawson: What is Good Metadata?
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Interviews, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Publishing
|Metadata expert, industry veteran (including working at SirsiDynix), and Content Chief at Firebrand Technologies*, Laura Dawson sat down with Quill and Quire to discuss metadata ahead of her session at BookNet Canada today. You can read the complete Q&A interview here. The article looks at metadata from the publisher perspective. Providing good metadata from the […]
Interview: Martin Gomez (Formerly Director at LA Public) on "Creating the Public Library of the Future"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Interviews, Libraries, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing, Resources
|Martin Gomez spoke at the U. of Toronto last week and also chatted with Michael Posner from The Globe and Mail about the Digital Public Library of America. From the Interview: For several years, Martin Gomez has been actively promoting the Digital Public Library of America – a campaign to digitize inventories of cultural and […]