MORE 'DIGITAL-PRESERVATION' POSTS
Open Access: Ubiquity Press is Joining the Berlin-Based Academic Publisher De Gruyter
| Data Files, Digital Preservation, News, Open Access, Publishing
From a Joint News Release: Open research publisher and service provider Ubiquity is joining the Berlin-based academic publisher De Gruyter. Moving forward, the two companies will work together closely to advance both publishers’ mission to make academic research globally accessible and discoverable by offering excellent publishing services. Ubiquity was founded by researchers in order to accelerate change […]
From Los Alamos National Laboratories: Los Alamos National Laboratory recently digitized a collection of more than 10,000 cards containing the personnel information of Manhattan Project staff, including famous scientists, such as J. Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feynman, Emilio Segrè and Edward Teller. These nearly 80-year-old cards can now be accessed electronically by Lab archivists after a […]
From the International Publishing Association: Preliminary data collected from the World Intellectual Property Organization’s global survey of publishing activity shows that economic recovery in 2021 extended to the publishing industry: most countries reported higher revenue in 2021, following declines in the first year of the pandemic in 2020. Among the top publishing markets, the US […]
NC State University Libraries Digitizes a Trove of NC Literary Voices
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, News, Profiles, Public Libraries
From NC State University Libraries: Video interviews with many of North Carolina’s most notable authors—including Guy Owen, Lee Smith, Linda Beatrice Brown, Clyde Edgerton, and Gerald Barrax—are now publicly available to watch on the Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center (SCRC) Rare and Unique Digital Collections website. Previously only available on videocassette in the College of Humanities and […]
New Projects From India, Cuba, and Colombia Now Available Online From the the British Library’s Endangered Archives Programme (EAP)
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation
From the Endangered Archives Programme Blog: We have another four projects that recently went online to highlight this month. Two projects from India, and one each from Cuba and Colombia: Preservation and Digitisation of Manuscripts Belonging to 16th to 20th Century of Central Kerala (EAP1320) Creating a digital archive of ecclesiastical records in the original seven […]
UCLA Library to Expand Global Preservation Work Thanks to Largest Grant in Its History
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, News, Preservation, Reports
From the UCLA Library: Key takeaways: In four years, the Modern Endangered Archives Program has published content from 11 collections, featuring more than 12,000 objects from 11 countries. The program has preserved audio recordings, political ephemera, photography, newspapers and financial ledgers. The preserved collections are publicly accessible and digitally preserved, while the physical materials remain […]
New Video: “The University of Chicago Library: Preservation Labs”
| Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Video Recordings
From the University of Chicago Library (via YouTube): The Library’s Preservation Laboratories are where art meets science, and where our collections are transformed. Reflecting both the artistry of traditional practices and the ingenuity of modern innovation, conservators and digitization specialists create multiple pathways to our scholarly resources and extend their longevity. The short documentary explores […]
CNI, ARL, and EDUCAUSE Announce that Paul Courant (University of Michigan) Has Been Named 2022 Recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Lecture, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Productivity, Public Libraries, Video Recordings
From a Joint Announcement: The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that economist Paul Courant, who has served in multiple roles at the University of Michigan, including provost and dean of libraries, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. […]
Open Access to Research Can Close Gaps for People With Disabilities; The Landscape of MOOC Platforms Worldwide; and More Headlines
| Associations and Organizations, Awards, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, News, Open Access, Springer Nature
Germany: Success of Transformative Agreement Between Springer Nature and Projekt DEAL Means 2019 Partnership Extended for Fourth Year Open Access to Research Can Close Gaps for People With Disabilities (via STAT News) Overview/Intro: ACRL Awards Updates and Awards Process Implementation Task Force Internet Archive Trade Reply Briefs in Book Scanning Case (via PW) See Also: […]
NDSA Releases 2021 Staffing Survey Report
| Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation
From the Digital Library Federation: The NDSA Staffing Survey Working Group is excited to announce the publication of the 2021 Staffing Survey Report, now available in the NDSA OSF. The NDSA Staffing Survey is designed to gain insight into current staffing realities for digital preservation programs, and was substantially redesigned in 2021 based on feedback […]
