MORE 'DIGITAL-COLLECTIONS' POSTS
OverDrive: "A Note on Library Patron and Student Privacy"
Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|While it’s good to see OverDrive reaffirming their commitment to privacy the new OD post makes no mention about what happens when a user clicks to Amazon.com to initiate a download of a book(s) to a Kindle device. Read The Full Text of the Post on the OverDrive Digital Library Blog Some Questions Not Answered […]
The National Library of Albania Has Joined the World Digital Library
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|Direct to World Digital Library Info About National Library of Albania National Library of Albania Website (in Albanian) National Library of Albania Catalogues (in English) Source: World Digital Library @WDLorg
Bibliothèque Nationale de France (Bnf) To Make Thousands Of Titles Available On The Espresso Book Machine Network
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, Publishing
|From On Demand Books (PDF): The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) and On Demand Books, the company behind the Espresso Book Machine (EBM), have signed an agreement that will make thousands of French-language titles available on the worldwide EBM network. These titles, which are public domain and available online through the BnF’s Gallica digital library, […]
Digital Public Library of America “Beta Sprint” Review Panel Announces Results
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources
|From a DPLA Announcement: The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Steering Committee* has invited the creators of the following submissions to the DPLA Beta Sprint, an open call for code and concepts defining how the DPLA might operate, to present at the public plenary meetingtaking place on October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC: Digital […]
EU: TV Archives Join Linked Open Data Movement
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, News, Publishing
|From the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC): The EUscreen project has recently taken steps to expand the scope of its aim to provide unified access to large integrated digital collections related to European television history. By implementing the Linked Open Data principles and by signing the new Europeana Data Exchange Agreement, the materials […]
College Press: "A Digital Library?" (Digitization Work at Yale University)
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|A in-depth look at digitization at Yale (and elsewhere) that discusses costs, sustainability, sharing, copyright, and more. It was written by Zoe Gorman for the Yale Daily News. The complete article runs more than 2000 words. Several images are included. From the Article: Though Yale library administrators and staff interviewed said preserving and expanding access […]
New by Dan Cohen: "The Fight Over the Future of Digital Books"
Awards, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Publishing
|“The Fight Over the Future of Digital Books” is a new article on the The Atlantic web site, by Dan Cohen, winner of the 2011 Kilgour Award from OCLC and director of the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University (the people who bring us Zotero and many other cool […]
Reference: Nuclear Energy: A New Science Tracer Bullet from the Library of Congress
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources
|Science Tracer Bullet 11-1: Nuclear Energy is now available online. This guide to nuclear energy is not intended as a comprehensive bibliography, but highlights selected works about the production, distribution, and transmission of nuclear energy. A number of online resources are also included. Review the Entire Online Collection of LC Science Tracer Bullets Science Tracer […]
Digital Collections: Brown Library Fortifies Latin American Collaborative Venture
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|From the University of Texas at Austin: A project aimed at building a major research tool for the global study of Latin America at The University of Texas at Austin has just gotten a significant new academic partner. The John Carter Brown Library (JCBL) at Brown University will join the Primeros Libros project, which strives […]
New Article: "Improving Public Policymaking with the Help of Digital Archives"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Reports, Resources
|Title: “Improving Public Policymaking with the Help of Digital Archives” By Robert E. Wright Source: The Readex Report (6.3; September 2011) Old-fashioned research combined with new-fashioned digital searching techniques, especially in Readex’s newspaper and imprints databases, shows that U.S. corporate governance was relatively strong in the seven decades between ratification of the Constitution and the […]