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HathiTrust Has a New Member: Boston University Libraries
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From a Boston U. Libraries News Release: Boston University Libraries has become the newest member of HathiTrust (www.hathitrust.org), a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in an extraordinary digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. The Libraries plan to contribute public domain volumes digitized through […]
CLIR/DLF Receives Mellon Foundation Funding for Digital Public Library of America Prototype
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|From a CLIR/DLF Announcement: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded CLIR/DLF [ Council on Library and Information Resources/Digital Library Federation] a $46,000 planning grant to develop a prototype for the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). The prototype will be submitted to the DPLA “beta sprint,” which seeks “ideas, models, prototypes, technical tools, [or] […]
The May/June 2011 Issue (46.3) of EDUCAUSE Review is Now Available
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Interviews, Libraries, News
|Direct to Table of Contents Here are a Few Of the Articles Found in the May/June 2011 Issue: E-Content Enabling Noncompetitive Collaboration at Web Scale Rachel L. Frick Note: Rachel L. Frick is Director of the Digital Library Federation program, Council on Library and Information Resources. Leading the Higher Education IT Organization: Six Building Blocks […]
A Logical Idea: Digital Archive Containing Newly Discovered Papers and Books of George Boole Announced
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Resources
|From Cork Student News: UCC’s [University College Cork, Ireland] Boole Library is to receive an EMC Heritage Grant to go towards the creation of a publicly available digital archive of newly discovered papers and printed books of the mathematician George Boole, after whom the library is named. The digital archives will be integrated into the […]
The Library of Congress Begins Publishing A Digital Preservation Blog
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Preservation, Publishing
|The name of the blog is, “The Signal” and can be accessed at: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/ Bill LeFurgy points out in the blog’s first that the new publication is comes from NDIIPP (National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program) Mr. LeFurgy goes on to say: Over the last 10 years we [NDIIPP] have built a national network […]
"China to Promote Building of National Digital Library Network"
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Resources
|From Xinhua (State Run News Agency) China will launch a national project to promote the building of a digital library network in the next five years. The project aims to build a nationwide digital library network with the National Digital Library of China at the center, integrating local libraries, said a statement jointly issued by […]
"UCSB Digital Library Brings Holdings From Special Collections to the Web"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, Patrons and Users, Resources
|From the University of California Santa Barbara: “The library wanted to reveal its hidden collections and highlight its unique holdings,” explained Lisa Koch, metadata librarian at UCSB. “The Digital Library is a resource for people who want to explore the materials but can’t come to the building. Scholars and users can view items at home, […]
"BoxOffice" Continues to Expand Its Free Digital Archive of Archived Issues; Nearly 3000 Issues of the Film Industry Trade Pub Available
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, News, Publishing, Reports, Resources
|Curt Hopkins at ReadWriteWeb reports that BoxOffice, one of the film industry’s long time trade publications, currently provides an archive back 91 years with about 3,000 digitized issues online and more are being added weekly. Access is free. From the Article: BoxOffice has been publishing movie news since its beginning in 1920 and continues today. […]
HP Launches Paul McCartney Private Digital Library; Collection Currently Has About 1 Million Items
Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|From HP: HP today announced the launch of Paul McCartney’s private cloud-based digital library. The HP solution provides MPL Communications, Ltd. with instant access to its diverse media assets on an HP Converged Infrastructure ready for future growth. McCartney’s collection currently includes more than 1 million items, including photographs; video footage from live concerts; rolls […]
Give a Hoot! New: A Complete Collection of Woodsy the Owl Public Service Announcements From NARA
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, News
|If you watched U.S. television between 1965-1985 it’s likely you remember Woodsy the Owl and the many public service announcements he appeared in during that 20 year period. Woodsy was a federal government employee working for the Forest Service and focusing on the environment and more specifically pollution. Today, the National Archives and Records Administration […]