MORE 'DIGITAL-PRESERVATION' POSTS
The Government Printing Office is expanding the number of historic documents you can access online. They’re partnering with the Library of Congress to digitize all sorts of records, some dating to the 1800s. This includes official congressional debates and laws like the Freedom of Information Act. Mary Alice Baish, GPO’s Superintendent of Documents, explains the […]
University of Missouri: "MU Libraries Emphasize Digital Archives"
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From an Article Appearing in The Maneater (Student Paper at the University of Missouri): The library both digitizes collections it already has and purchases new material that originates online, such as online journals and databases. The process of digitization is funded partly through grants. Students and scholars have gravitated toward online resources because of their […]
History + Geography: A New Online Resource Will Launch Next Week at National Library of Scotland
Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Maps, National Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
|From the Visualising Urban Geographies Project Web Site: The new online resources [set to debut next week] were created by the Visualising Urban Geographies project. This collaborative project between the University of Edinburgh and National Library of Scotland has brought together sets of historical maps, census and address-based information to allow new ways of understanding […]
A commentary by the OBA placed online today looks at what has changed, what has not changed, and asks, “where are we today” in terms of the Google Book Settlement. One Example From the What Has Changed Portion of the Article As Publishers Weekly noted, “Google eBooks overnight becomes the largest e-book provider in the […]
From a FDLP (Federal Depostitory Library News) Article: The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Library of Congress (LOC) recently received approval from the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP) to proceed on two collaborative efforts. One project involves the digitization of some of our nation’s most important legal and legislative documents and the other […]
"Students Scan Textbooks to Skirt Cost"
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, School Libraries
|From a Daily Oklahoman Article (University of Oklahoma): Bizzell Memorial Library owns two scanners — called Knowledge Imaging Centers — that allow students to scan pages and save them directly to an external hard drive, costing the user nothing. Some have been abusing the privilege though, scanning whole chapters and textbooks instead of buying them. […]
From a Scientific American Article: Data are the common currency that unites all fields of science. As science progresses data proliferate, providing points of reference, revealing trends, and offering evidence to substantiate hypotheses. Decades into the digitization of science, however, data proliferate exponentially, at times threatening to drown knowledge and information in a sea of […]