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Digital Collections: “War of the Worlds Fan Mail: Over 1,300 Letters Digitized, Open Access From University of Michigan Library
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Open Access
From the University of Michigan: The University of Michigan Library has digitized, transcribed and categorized more than 1,300 fan letters sent in response to the 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds.” The entire collection of letters, part of the university’s Screen Arts Mavericks & Makers Collection, has been published open access for researchers […]
Report: “Boston Public Library Expands Access to Collections Through AI-Enhanced Digitization”
| Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, School Libraries
From the Boston Public Library (Full Text Announcement): The Boston Public Library (BPL) is launching a large-scale digitization project to unlock hundreds of thousands of historically significant items previously inaccessible to the public. This multi-phase effort will give BPL the opportunity to pilot the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make vast historical collections […]
All-Inclusive Digital Search Solution Launched By EBSCO Information Services and The New York Public Library; ORCID Partners with Digital Science to Make Openness Even More Accessible; Utrecht University Library Digitizes Earliest Printed Books; & More Headlines
| Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, EBSCO, Libraries, News, Public Libraries, Reports
AI AI Literacy in K-12 and Higher Education in the Wake of Generative AI: An Integrative Review (preprint) (via arxiv) Google is Adding More AI Overviews and a New ‘AI Mode’ to Search (via The Verge) Digitization Utrecht University Library Digitizes Earliest Printed Books (via UU) EBSCO / New York Public Library All-Inclusive Digital Search […]
UK Government Boosts Digital Collection of World’s Oldest English Language Daily Newspaper
| Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Preservation
From the Government of the United Kingdom: Historic editions of the world’s oldest English language daily newspaper still in circulation are to be digitised by the UK Government, delivering on commitments made in the Safeguarding the Union command paper. The News Letter, first published in September 1737, will this year mark its 288th anniversary as […]
Roundup: Fired Library Director Sues Central Arkansas County, Alleging Retaliation and First Amendment Breach; North Dakota: Librarians Fear Impacts of Latest Bill on Explicit Materials; & More Headlines
| Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Roundup
Arkansas Arkansas Senator Seeks to Abolish Atate Library and PBS Oversight Boards (via Arkansas Advocate) Fired Library Director Sues Central Arkansas County, Alleging Retaliation and First Amendment Breach (via Arkansas Advocate) California Radio Program: The Battle Against Book Bans in San Diego County(via KPBS) Digital Preservation As the Trump Admin Deletes Online Data, Scientists and […]
U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Joins Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
From a GPO Announcement: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has joined the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), an international charitable foundation that supports digital preservation. GPO is joining a growing DPC community with 170 members in 24 countries worldwide. The DPC helps its members deliver resilient long-term access to digital content, such as that on GPO’s GovInfo, the […]
Report: “Video Game History Foundation’s Long-Awaited Digital Library Will Be Available Next Week”
| Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users
From Eurogamer: Back in 2023, the Video Game History Foundation announced it was curating a digital library, which would allow users to access its vast collection of magazines, art books and more from the comfort of their homes. And while it didn’t pop a date on when it would be available to the public at […]
The preprint linked below was recently shared on arXiv. Title Towards Best Practices for Open Datasets for LLM Training Authors Stefan Baack, Stella Biderman, Kasia Odrozek, et al. Source via arXiv DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2501.08365 Abstract Many AI companies are training their large language models (LLMs) on data without the permission of the copyright owners. The permissibility of doing […]
Baylor University Awarded $2.48 Million Grant for Black Gospel Archive
| Awards, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, News, Preservation
From Baylor University: Baylor University has been awarded a $2.48 million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. through its Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative (RCII) to support a major expansion of the Black Gospel Archive (BGA) at Baylor University Libraries. The award represents one of the largest foundation gifts to support Baylor Libraries and will underwrite an […]
Library Battles Heat Up in Alabama; Examining Library Structures to Scale Research Support Services: Insights From an OCLC RLP Leadership Roundtable; & More Headlines
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Elsevier, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Publishing
Alabama Library Battles Heat Up in Spanish Fort, Athens as New Year Begins (via APR) Data Announcing Make Data Count and HELIOS Open Collaboration: ‘Implementing data evaluation at institutions’ Working Group National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Trump Promises to Replace National Archivist After the Agency’s Role In Documents Case Against Him (via AP) NDSA […]
