MORE 'DIGITAL-COLLECTIONS' POSTS
The NLI Blog from the National Library of Ireland Debuts
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries
|Congrats to everyone at the National Library of Ireland on the debut of your new blog. The first post was written by by Fiona Ross, the Director of the NLI. She writes: The National Library of Ireland was established in 1877 and the doors of our magnificent building on Kildare Street were first opened to […]
OverDrive Rolls Out DRM-free eBook Option to All Library Customers
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Publishing
|From an OverDrive Digital Library Blog: For the past few months, OverDrive has been beta testing DRM-free eBook distribution in libraries. Today, we’re excited to announce that all OverDrive-powered libraries can now add DRM-free eBooks to their digital collections. To coincide with the launch of this new functionality, we would also like to welcome new […]
Digitization: "U. of Delaware Leads National Project to Create Digital Archive of Early American Samplers"
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Resources
|From UDaily: Proudly displaying numerals and ABCs, scenes of faith and farm life, Bible verses and witticisms, the samplers embroidered by girls in colonial America not only brightened the home, but also shone the light of literacy into the needleworkers’ young lives. To bring these historic American treasures to the public eye, the University of […]
Digitization: U. of Arizona Libraries' Special Collections Completes Work on a New Digital Collection and Now Available Online
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Resources
|From UANews.org: The Jack Sheaffer Photograph Digital Collection, which spans three decades of southern Arizona’s history, is now available online via the UA’s Special Collections. Jack Sheaffer’s 1950-1970s-era images illustrate Tucson and southern Arizona’s history during a time of explosive growth. The University of Arizona’s Special Collections, which regularly digitizes selections from its holdings to […]
Digitization Projects: Bancroft Library to Expand Documentation of Japanese Americans' World War II
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, Maps, Patrons and Users, Profiles, Resources
|From a University of California, Berkeley, Announcement: The Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley, has received two grants from the U.S. National Park Service to expand its efforts documenting the World War II era experiences of Japanese Americans. A $50,000 grant will underwrite work by The Bancroft’s Regional Oral History Office (ROHO) to […]
The Digital Public Library of America, Linked Data, and More Discussed in Latest CLIR Issues
Data Files, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources
|CLIR Resources Council on Library and Information Resources, No. 81 (May/June 2011) It includes the following articles: “An Enclosure of Spirits” From a Summary: “What form should a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) take? What will be its audience, uses, and capabilities? CLIR President Chuck Henry warns that defining hard and fast categories of […]
Report from ALA's OITP eBook Task Force Meeting With HarperCollins by Peter Brantley
Associations and Organizations, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, Preservation, Publishing
|During the just concluded ALA 2011 Conference in New Orleans the ALA OITP (Office of Information Technology Policy) eBook Task Force talked with senior HarperCollins staff*** about a number of important issues. The discussion came about after the HarperCollins team suggested that both groups get together during the OITP eBook Task Force Business Meeting. What […]
Digitized Maps: David Rumsey Map Collection Adds Nearly 1700 Historic Maps and Images
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, News, Public Libraries
|From a Rumsey Map Collection Blog Post: 1,676 new maps and images have been added to the David Rumsey Map Collection, bringing the online collection to 27,800 maps and images. Included in this addition are 666 images of Pocket Maps, a rare edition of Sanborn’s 1905 Atlas of San Francisco from the S.F. Public Library […]
New For Educators, Students, and Families: PBS Launches New Platform Loaded With Video, Audio, and Other Resources
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, School Libraries
|Worth noting is that this resource includes material for PreK-Undergrad Level (Grade 16). You’ll need to register (less than a minute to complete) but all of the content is free for educators, students, and families. A premium service will go live this Fall. From a PBS News Release: PBS and WGBH, and their producing partners […]
Penn State U. Announces Civil War Archiving Project
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Open Access, Resources
|From a Penn State Live Story: A new project, “The People’s Contest: a Civil War Era Digital Archiving Project” aims to advance scholarship on the experiences of ordinary northerners during a period of extraordinary conflict, a lesser understood aspect of the Civil War era. The website chronicles Pennsylvania’s history from 1851, marked by the bloody […]