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From a Smithsonian Libraries and Archives “Unbound” Blog Post: We’re celebrating new publications, exciting exhibitions, and the festive holiday season with another round of digital jigsaw puzzles. This collection of images highlights a few winter favorites as well as recent Smithsonian Libraries and Archives projects. Play them right here on our blog or use the […]
The Software Preservation Network Publishes 2nd Edition of A Preservationist’s Guide to the DMCA Exemption For Software Preservation
| Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Preservation
From SPN (via Email): The Software Preservation Network is proud to announce that the 2nd Edition of our Preservationist’s Guide to the DMCA Exemption for Software Preservation has been published! Prepared for SPN by Kendra Albert and Kee Young Lee of the Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic, the Guide lays out the key elements of the latest rule permitting […]
From The Guardian: The morning that Russian bombs started falling on Kyiv, Oksana Bruy woke up worried about her laptop. Bruy is president of the Ukrainian Library Association and, the night before, she hadn’t quite finished a presentation on the new plans for the Kyiv Polytechnic Library, so she had left her computer open at […]
Maps: Three New Series Relating to Puerto Rico Fully Digitized and Available Online From NARA
| Archives and Special Collections, Management and Leadership, Maps, News
From The Unwritten Record (A National Archives and Records Administration Blog) by Amy H. Edwards: The Cartographic Branch is pleased to announce that three new series of records relating to Puerto Rico have been fully digitized and are now available online for viewing and download through the National Archives Catalog. The first series, RG 95: […]
Do Volunteer Transcriptions Improve Search and Discovery in LOC.gov? (via Library of Congress) National Archives Begins Work on 1960 Census Records Release (via NARA)
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) Opens its New Preservation Storage Facility
| Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
From LAC: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) celebrated today the opening of its new state-of-the-art Preservation Storage Facility in Gatineau, Quebec. A plaque was unveiled and guests toured the site at the event, which was attended by, among others, the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage; the Honourable Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury […]
Roundup: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Publishes 2021 Annual Report; One Third of Iceland’s Population Reads a Book Every Day; & More News Headlines
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Reports, Roundup
Archives NZ Reinstates Online Search Tool After Data Mishap (via RNZ) One Third of Iceland’s Population Reads a Book Every Day (via Iceland Monitor) International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Publishes 2021 Annual Report JISC Releases 2021-2022 Annual Review
From a NARA Announcement: A new, modernized National Archives Catalog launched online today (11/22). The new Catalog’s focus on scalability will allow the agency to reach its goal to get 500 million digitized pages in the Catalog by September 202 The fully redesigned online public access Catalog makes accessing the agency’s holdings more intuitive for the […]
NARA to Award $1.9 Million for Historical Records Projects
| Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Funding, Journal Articles, News, Open Access, Publishing
From the National Archives and Records Administration: Acting Archivist of the United States Debra Steidel Wall approved 31 proposals totaling $1,904,539 in National Archives awards for projects in 25 states and the District of Columbia, pending appropriations of a final budget for FY 2023. The National Archives grants program is carried out with the advice […]
“Over 240,000 Historic Arkansas Newspaper Pages Digitized for Chronicling America Project”
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, News
From the Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Employees of the State Archives have digitized over 240,000 pages of historic newspapers for the Chronicling America project. So far, select years of 74 Arkansas newspaper titles have been digitized, along with the newspaper of a “free love colony” that moved from Missouri to Arkansas in 1918 and published […]
