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Princeton University: The Daily Princetononian Newspaper Digitization Project Nears Completion
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Resources, School Libraries
|From the Mudd Manuscript Library Blog: The Princeton University Archives, working in conjunction with the Princeton University Library Digital Initiatives, has nearly completed a monumental project that will change the way researchers investigate University history. The student newspaper, The Daily Princetonian, has been digitized from its inception in 1876 through 2002. The site has been available […]
From HamptonRoads.com: The black handwriting scrawled on the outside of the tin is visible 55 years later: “6-29-57 Children Come First.” Inside is film of an education special, aired a year before six Norfolk schools closed rather than desegregate. It’s one of nearly 2,000 reels documenting local and national history that were almost lost – […]
From the The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY): Sitting in his hotel room in Saudi Arabia in April 1964, civil rights activist Malcolm X penned a letter on hotel stationery to his friend and co-author, Alex Haley. [Clip] Now, Haley’s son wants that letter back. A rare documents dealer working with William Haley says the letter is […]
Canada: Archivists Protest in Ottawa Over Federal Cuts (Audio & Video Reports)
Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Libraries, News, Reports
|From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Archivists from across Canada protested in Ottawa on Monday over a funding cut that will affect efforts to preserve Canadian history in small historical archives and museums in dozens of communities. The National Archival Development Program — a federal grant program with a budget of about $1.7 million annually — […]
From the National Archives (UK): Opening up Archives, The National Archives’ project to tackle skills shortages in the wider archives sector, has been allocated additional funding of over £250,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Speaking about the additional funding, Nick Kingsley, Head of Archives Sector Development, The National Archives, said: ‘This is fantastic news […]
Columbia University Libraries Receives First Installment of $1 Million Grant to Preserve Global Archives of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Digital Collections, Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From CUL: Columbia University Libraries has received the first of a series of grants from the International Fellowships Fund (IFF) – totaling $1 million over seven years – to serve as the permanent home for the archives of the Ford Foundation International Fellowships Program (IFP). The collection includes both paper and digital archives and will […]
Canada: “Cuts to Archives Threaten Our Ability to Preserve Our Precious Heritage”
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
|From an Op/Ed by Nancy Marrelli Appearing in The Montreal Gazette: On April 30, Library and Archives Canada eliminated the $1.71-million National Archival Development Program and made drastic cuts to its own staffing. These cuts are devastating to the Canadian archival network and to Canadian documentary heritage. For the past 26 years, the Canadian Council […]
From Mississippi St. U.: Mississippi State soon will officially serve as host to a presidential library–one of only five universities in the nation to share such a distinction. Ulysses S. Grant Association President Frank J. Williams will formally announce the decision of the organization’s board of directors to designate the Ulysses S. Grant Collection at […]
From the Burlington Free Press: “Government creates vast amounts of information, but we never treat it as a business asset,” [Gregory] Sanford said. Over 30 years he has employed patient persistence to help policymakers see the value of government information, historic and current, and begin to adopt policies to make it accessible, usable and available […]
National Archives (UK) Unveils Olympic Records Website Giving Public Access to Hundreds of Historic Documents and Images
Archives and Special Collections, Patrons and Users, Podcasts, Resources
|From The Telegraph: The National Archives have created a new digital portal collating Olympic records that date back to the first modern Games in 1896 to the Beijing Games in 2008. The new resource features a timeline allowing users to see the progression of the Olympics and includes government documents from the two previous occasions […]