MORE 'DIGITAL-COLLECTIONS' POSTS
Digital Collections: OCLC Introduces a Redesigned CONTENTdm
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Resources
|From OCLC: CONTENTdm 6, the latest version of OCLC’s CONTENTdm Digital Collection Management software, offers a complete redesign for the end-user experience along with new website configuration tools that enable digital collection administrators to easily customize their collections websites without programming expertise. CONTENTdm now offers new customization options, new architecture and improvements for search engine […]
From a DLF Announcement: The goal for the site is to not only provide information about the DLF community, but also serve as a resource and communication hub around important ideas and trends developing throughout the broader digital library community. We encourage your feedback and contribution. Over the next six months, this site will grow […]
Congratulations to Dr. Dan Cohen, Winner of the 2011 Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology
Awards, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Resources
|Congrats, kudos, and all the rest to Dr. Cohen on winning the 2011 Kilgour Award. LITA is pleased to announce the 2011 winner of the Frederick G. Kilgour Award for Research in Library and Information Technology, Daniel J. Cohen. Dr. Cohen is an associate professor of history and art history at George Mason University and […]
A New Preprint from Information Technology and Libraries: "Graphs in Libraries: A Primer"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Resources
|“Graphs in Libraries: A Primer” by James E. Powell, Daniel Alcazar, Matthew Hopkins, Robert Olendorf, Tamara M. McMahon, Amber Wu, Linn Collins From the Abstract: Whenever librarians use Semantic Web services and standards for representing data, they also generate graphs, whether they intend to or not. Graphs are a new data model for libraries and […]
Digitial Public Library of America Workshop #1: Notes, Commentary and Other Materials
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|The two-day meeting took place on Monday and Tuesday at Harvard University + Digital Public Library of America Meeting-Session Notes Notes by John Palfrey, Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. + Session #4 + Session #2 + Session #3 + Session #1 […]
New: "2011 Report on Link Rot"
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Reports, Resources
|From a Free Government Information Blog Post by J,A, Jacobs: How reliable are those URLs in your OPAC? The Chesapeake Project Legal Information Archive which harvests and preserves relevant digital information from the web, has been producing reports on “link rot” for several years. They define link rot as “a URL that no longer provides direct […]
New Online Resource from NLM: "The Public Health Film Goes to War" Showcases Rare WWII Movies
Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|From a National Library of Medicine Announcement: The National Library of Medicine [NLM] has created a new online resource, “The Public Health Film Goes to War” (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/digicolls/phfgtw/index.html). The site features 18 rare films on public health in wartime from the Library’s Historical Audiovisual collections, housed in the History of Medicine Division (HMD). The individual titles […]
New Online Resource Offers Teachers Wealth of Middle East Material
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|From a University of Chicago News Release: Students in high schools and colleges around the country can get a much richer look at the history and culture of the Middle East through a new online resource, “Teaching the Middle East,” which includes articles written by University of Chicago faculty on topics ranging from prehistory through […]
Congratulations to Karen Coyle! Recipient of 2011 ALCTS Outstanding Publication Award
Associations and Organizations, Awards, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation, Reports
|UPDATE: The full text of the report mentioned below is available online (free). Direct to: Understanding the Semantic Web: Bibliographic Data and Metadata (January, 2010) Congrats and Kudos to Karen! From an ALA Announcement: The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services Outstanding Publication Award recipient for 2011 is Karen Coyle for her “Understanding the […]
"Rare Historical Resources Now Online From West Texas Digital Archives"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, Open Access, Resources
|From a DuraSpace Blog Post: The West Texas Digital Archives, an online digital repository of significant historical materials belonging to the members of the Abilene Library Consortium (ALC), is now available online at http://wtda.alc.org/. This virtual collection of more than 44,000 preserves and provides access to valuable historical resources previously unavailable to the general public. […]