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McGraw-Hill Formally Launches McGraw-Hill eBook Library For Libraries
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From a M-H News Release: McGraw-Hill Professional announces the launch of the McGraw-Hill eBook Library, www.MHeBookLibrary.com, a state-of-the-art platform delivering unparalleled access to the publisher’s premium content for institutions around the world. Responding to librarians’ and patrons’ evolving digital information needs, McGraw-Hill has taken the revolutionary step of providing unlimited concurrent usage to the digital […]
Audio: Listen Online + Slides: Recording of A Recent HathiTrust Open Webinar
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources
|You can access listen to the webinar and download the slides here. The webinar is an intro to HT. It was presented by Jeremy York, a Project Librarian at HathitTrust. The event took place on May 3rd and the second on May 5th. The program runs about 45 minutes. Slides loaded with numbers and graphics. […]
"National Archives and Partners Launch New International Nazi-Era Records Internet Portal"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Resources
|From a NARA (National Archives and Records Administration) News Release: The National Archives and its partners today launched an international Nazi-era assets related records database– making millions of records related to Nazi-era cultural property available online for the first time. A National Archives signing ceremony today launched the new database, providing digital access to millions […]
From the JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) Web Site: JTA has launched a digital archive containing 250,000 articles dating from 1923. The JTA Jewish News Archive, which is searchable and free for the public to use, was launched officially Tuesday evening with a celebration at the Center for Jewish History in New York. Highlights of the […]
Info Industry Update: News From ebrary, Nolo , EBSCO, and IEEE
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, EBSCO, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|1. “ebrary Launches the Industry’s First Usage-Triggered Model for Short-Term e-Book Loan” 2. Legal Info: Nolo Sold to Internet Brands Comment and More Info via Law Librarian Blog 3. “Korea University Library Chooses EBSCO Discovery Service” 4. IEEE Xplore Digital Library Expands Subscription Options, Index Terms and Search Results Features
U.S. Holocuast Museum & Ancestry.com Announce Launch of Project to Create World's Largest Online Resource About Victims of Holocaust and Nazi Persocution
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|Note: Two other recent Holocaust projects are linked at the bottom of this post. Btw, this is yet another example of a resource that will be built with the help of crowdsourcing. From a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Announcement: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Ancestry.com today announced the launch of the World Memory Project, […]
Education Research: Create Customized RSS Feeds With ERIC Database
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, School Libraries
|From a New Post on the ERIC Web Site: Would you like to receive the latest material on an education topic of your choice? You can build on any search you create in ERIC by setting up a customized RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed. The symbol lets you know that you can click on your […]
Digitization Projects: "UCLA Will Catalog a Noted Conservationist's Collection"
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|From an LA Times Article: Considered to be the mother of the California Coastal Zone Conservation Act of 1972, Ellen Stern Harris was an environmental activist long before the avocation became fashionable. The school plans to digitize her vast and chaotic archive to make it available online to scholars and others. [Clip] “The UCLA Library […]
New Online Digital Archive: "JDC Releases Over 500,000 Searchable Holocaust-Era Names And Historic Photo Collections"
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|UPDATED (10/17/2012) Miles of Documents Online (via WSJ) Since the documents went online, people have used the collection to discover relatives they thought had died during World War II had actually survived, and the family members reunited, said Linda Levi, the archive director at the JDC. “This accessibility is critical,” she said, noting that similar […]
Digitization: "Online Archive Preserves Images from Christian Missions in Africa, Asia"
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|From a the Text of a VOA Report: An ambitious Internet project is bringing to light forgotten images from Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world during the period when missionaries were active. The International Mission Photography Archive contains more than 60,000 historic photographs that show cultural interaction – through missionaries – with the […]