MORE 'PRESERVATION' POSTS
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 the Smithsonian: "Digitization Project Brings Ancient Near Eastern Inscriptions into 21st Century"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Journal Articles, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation
|From the Smithsonian Announcement: The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives announces a new 3-D digital resource that will enable scholars and the public to learn more about the ancient Near East through a unique group of pressed-paper molds called squeezes. This resource provides unparalleled access to the archives’ collection […]
From BioMed Central: The European Commission (EC) has announced a consultation on ‘scientific information in the digital age.The consultation is running until 9th September 2011 so if you’re as interested in open access and open data as we are then the EC wants to hear your opinion on the following issues: – how scientific articles […]
Publishers Consider a Digital World
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Jobs, Preservation, Publishing
|Publishers Consider a Digital World The publishing industry is facing a digital dilemma. In a world where it’s possible to make content available electronically at a fraction of the cost of printing hard copies, publishers are struggling with how to balance wide access to their content with the bottom line. “It’s a moral balancing act,” […]
Now Available: D-Lib Magazine (July/August 2011; 17.8)
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, New Issue, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Publishing, Reports, Resources
|Here are links to articles in the new issue of D-Lib (July/August 2011). The editorial, conference reports, and news/events section are available at the bottom of the table of contents. Articles Services for Academic Libraries in the New Era Article by Michalis Gerolimos, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece and Rania Konsta, Ionian University, […]
Source: The Signal (Published by National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program) Author: A guest post by Kristin Snawder, a 2011 Junior Fellow working with NDIIPP. From the Blog Post: While scanning can be a prelude to digital preservation, the two are distinct. It is quite possible to launch a scanning project, perhaps with temporary […]
Conference Paper: Puzzling Over Digital Preservation – Identifying Traditional and New Skills Needed for Digital Preservation
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Preservation
|This paper will be presented at the World Library and Information Congress : 77th IFLA General Conference and Assembly scheduled to take place in about a month in San Juan. Title Puzzling Over Digital Preservation – Identifying Traditional and New Skills Needed for Digital Preservation (14 pages; PDF) Authors Thomas Bahr (German National Library of […]
Notre Dame Joins HathiTrust
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation, Resources
|From a Notre Dame News Release: The University of Notre Dame has become the newest member of HathiTrust, a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in compiling a massive digital library. Notre Dame’s Hesburgh Libraries is a sustaining member and will work toward digitizing its unique collections. [Clip] Membership in HathiTrust is an […]
Digital Preservation: GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys) Provides Access To NOAA Collection
Data Files, Digital Preservation, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation
|From a GPO Announcement: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) is providing permanent public access to the Coastal Zone Information Collection (CZIC) through the agency’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). In collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Coastal Services Center, GPO is providing digital access to more than 5,000 coastal related documents. The […]
AP: "Trove of Jewish books and valuables strokes suspicions and tug-of-war between US and Iraq"
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Preservation, Publishing
|From an AP Report: A trove of Jewish books and other materials, rescued from a sewage-filled Baghdad basement during the 2003 invasion, is now caught up in a tug-of-war between the U.S. and Iraq. Ranging from a medieval religious book to children’s Hebrew primers, from photos to Torah cases, the collection is testimony to a […]