MORE 'DIGITAL-PRESERVATION' POSTS
Digitization Projects: “Dartmouth to Digitize Rare ‘Lobby Card’ Collection”
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
‘ From Dartmouth College: Dartmouth and its Media Ecology Project have signed an agreement with a prominent film poster and lobby card collector to digitize his significant collection of material related to film history. Under the agreement, Dwight Cleveland—a Chicago-based collector and real estate developer with an interest in historic preservation—will provide access to his collection […]
McGill University Library Map Collection (About 22,000 Digitized Maps) Now Publicly Available on Canadiana
| Academic Libraries, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Maps, News, Open Access
From the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN): CRKN is pleased to announce that approximately 22,000 digitized Canadian maps have been added to the Canadiana Collection in partnership with McGill University Library. In addition to being publicly accessible on Canadiana.ca, the digitized maps will also be preserved in the Canadiana Trustworthy Digital Repository (TDR). These digital […]
NARA’s Digital Preservation Framework Goes Live as Linked Open Dataset, A First For the Agency
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From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): Beginning today, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is making its Digital Preservation Framework available as a Linked Open Dataset, a first for the agency. Aimed at sharing NARA’s research with digital preservation professionals around the world, the dataset expands access that was previously available only […]
Research Tools: “New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Launches Free Digital Archive of Designation Photos”
| Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Preservation
From the Architects Newspaper: The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has launched a robust digital photo repository of designated buildings and historic districts spanning all five boroughs. The free-to-use and easy-to-access searchable archive, dubbed the LPC Designation Photo Collection, is geared to serve not only as a resource for journalists, armchair historians, and […]
IMLS: $5.2 Million Awarded to Strengthen Library Services for Tribal Communities, Native Hawaiians
| Associations and Organizations, Awards, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services: The Institute of Museum and Library Services today announced grants totaling $5,253,000 through three programs designed to support and improve library services of Native American, Native Alaskan, and Native Hawaiian organizations. “With these awards, IMLS recognizes the importance of supporting libraries and cultural centers in First Nations […]
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $31.5 Million for 226 Humanities Projects Nationwide
| Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Podcasts, Preservation, Public Libraries
From NEH: The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $31.5 million in grants for 226 humanities projects across the country. These grants will support the publication of a Library of America anthology and accompanying national public programs series at 90 public libraries on 400 years of Latino poetry and enable the development of […]
Report: National Digital Archive Project Absorbs Vermont Music Album Art
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From Big Heavy World: The ‘Green Mountain Digital Archive’ (VT-GMDA) is a collaborative statewide initiative to bring Vermont’s digital cultural content to a highly visible national platform, the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Big Heavy World, with the generous expert support of staff at Middlebury College, recently channeled digital images of approximately 5,000 Vermont-made musical recordings into this […]
National Library of Medicine (NLM) Leverages Its Information Resources to Improve Access to Monkeypox-related Literature and Research
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access
From the National Library of Medicine: The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is working to accelerate the global monkeypox response through initiatives that expand access to scientific literature, sequence data, clinical trial information, and consumer health information related to monkeypox. NLM’s efforts follow on declarations by the World Health Organization and U.S. Department of Health […]
Colgate University Donates Material to Internet Archive’s Government Document Microfiche Collection
| Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation
From an Internet Archive Blog Post by Chris Freeland: From 1970 to 2004, Colgate University amassed as many as 1.5 million microfiche cards with documents from the U.S. federal government. The small, private liberal arts institution housed the collection in a central location accessible to the former reference service point and the circulation desk in […]
Library of Congress Appoints Kate Zwaard and Trevor Owens to Advance Digital-Forward Strategy for Discovery and Preservation of Collections
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From The Library of Congress: The Library of Congress today announced the appointment of two digital transformation leaders to direct acquisition, discovery, use and preservation of the Library’s collections. Kate Zwaard has been appointed associate librarian for Discovery and Preservation Services. A strategic leader with 20 years of experience in government and libraries, Zwaard will […]
