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New DLF Blog Post: “Issues in Authority Control: Case Studies in Name Authority Records and Platform User Experience Design”
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|From the Digital Library Federation (DLF) This post was written by members of the DLF Assessment Interest Group’s (AIG) Metadata Working Group (MWG). Learn more about the Assessment Interest Group. This collaborative think piece addresses several concerns with metadata authority control: Name authority records User interface and data display in digital collections Defining controlled fields and […]
Springer Nature Announces Transformative Agreement (TA) in Hong Kong With All Member Libraries of Joint University Librarians Advisory Committee; ‘Hadestown’ Comes to the Library of Congress To Make Music and History; & More News Headlines
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|British Museum British Museum to Digitise Collectiona as Over Two Million Objects are Found to be Undocumented (via The Art Newspaper) Colorado Denver Post Report: “Garfield County Leaders Tell Library to Keep ‘Pornographic Materials’ Away From Kids in Latest Salvo Over Japanese Graphic Novels” Germany Wiley and German DEAL Consortium to Sign New 5-Year Agreement […]
New Report: “Assessment of the Library of Congress’s Digital Strategy”
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|From the Office of the Inspector General, Library of Congress: The Library’s digital planning and execution activities have resulted in numerous accomplishments. Despite these achievements, more work remains to clearly connect the Digital Collections Strategy and Digitization Strategy to the Library’s overall strategic planning and governance processes. Not doing so puts the Library at greater […]
New Online Resource: University of Maryland Libraries Announces Online Launch of the “Advancing Workers’ Rights” Digital Collection
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|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Annoucement From the University of Maryland Libraries: The University of Maryland Libraries announces the debut of a significant, newly digitized collection, making available online for the first time tens of thousands of records documenting the intersection of the labor and civil rights movements in the United States. Featuring materials from the […]
Andrea Jackson Gavin Appointed Inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust
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|Below is the Full Text of the Announcement Letter (via the Harvard Library): We are delighted to announce the appointment of Andrea Jackson Gavin as the inaugural Program Director of the HBCU Digital Library Trust, effective October 11, 2023. The Trust is a partnership of the HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Library to sustain and deepen […]
Making IIIF Official at the Internet Archive; Exploring Equity on Wikipedia; & More News Headlines
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|American Library Association (ALA) ALA Introduces New LibGuide on How to Explore and Use Library of Congress Digital Collections In Library Programming ALA ‘s Committee on Library Advocacy Releases Update of Advocacy Action Plan Workbook Digital Library Federation NDSA Announces 2023 Slate of Candidates for Coordinating Committee International Image Interoperability Framework Making IIIF Official at the […]
Illinois: Police Respond To Several Bomb Threats Called Into Chicago Area Libraries; Africa Commons from Coherent Digital, Moi University, and Digital Divide Data Partner to Digitize a Major East African Archive; & More News Headlines
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|American Library Association ALA to Distribute Up to $3.6 Million in Grants as Part of Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities Digital Collections Africa Commons from Coherent Digital, Moi University, and Digital Divide Data Partner to Digitize a Major East African Archive (via Coherent) eLife eLife Introduces New Process to Simplify Publication Fee […]
Library of Congress Honors Libraries in New Jersey and Michigan for Outstanding Service to Readers with Disabilities; OCLC Awarded IMLS Grant to Support Library Learning in Digital Collections Stewardship; & More Headlines
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|Censorship National Coalition on Censorship (NCAC) Launches the Kids’ Right to Read Network (KRRN), a Network of Local Groups to Fight Book Banning (via NCAC) Digital Preservation Preservica and AM Partner on Digital Asset Management and Digital Preservation Solutions for Libraries and Archives Library of Congress Library of Congress Honors Libraries in New Jersey and Michigan […]
Washington University Libraries Awarded Mellon Grant to Preserve Born-Digital Poetry Collections
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|From Washington University Libraries: The Washington University Libraries were awarded a two-year grant by the Mellon Foundation to support an exploration of essential questions surrounding the acquisition, discoverability, preservation, and use of born-digital poetry collections. The $250,000 award will enable the University Libraries to develop online resources and systems to process, preserve, and steward the […]
Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Releases “Edition Guide” For August 2023 Pre-Recorded Project Briefing Series, Six Contributed Videos Address Current Digital Information Issues
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|From a CNI Announcement In the August 2023 edition of CNI’s , six contributed videos address current digital information issues. This edition guide provides a brief overview of each presentation; click through to the project briefing pages to watch the videos and see more session-specific details and resources. The National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication […]