MORE POSTS FROM MAY 2016
News Roundup
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, EBSCO, Funding, Gale, News, Roundup, Springer Nature
|1. EBSCO Announces More Support and Funding For Koha Open Source ILS 2. Gale Releases New Historical Newspaper Archives, Metadata Available For Text and Data Mining 3. ProQuest Adds 58 Springer Nature Science and Medical Journal to Several Databases 4. E Ink Announces Advanced Color ePaper
From The British Library: Discovering Literature: 20th Century aims to bring the work of some of the period’s most famous writers to life. It features over 300 digitised collection items from the Library collections and over 90 essays written by writers and academics such as Elaine Showalter, Simon Armitage, Bidisha, Kate Flint, Hanif Kureishi, Caryl Phillips, […]
University of Arkansas Libraries Contributes Arkansas African American History to Umbra Digital History Platform
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|From U. of Arkansas Libraries: University of Arkansas Libraries is pleased to announce the contribution of 2,392 items to a digital discovery tool, Umbra: Search African American History. Umbra is a free digital platform that brings together historical content from archives, libraries, and museums using partnerships, open data, and technology. The project documents African American history and […]
Partnership: Indiana University and the Uffizi Gallery (Florence, Italy) Announce Plans to Digitize in 3-D Museum’s Entire Collection of Greek and Roman Sculpture
Data Files, Digital Preservation, News, Preservation, Publishing
|From Indiana University in Bloomington: A cooperative agreement between Indiana University and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, will result in an unprecedented initiative to digitize in 3-D the museum’s entire collection of 1,250 pieces of irreplaceable Greek and Roman sculpture. The project between the Uffizi, one of the oldest and most renowned art museums […]
From the Business Standard: The National Digital Library (NDL) project initiated by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and being executed by IIT Kharagpur is up and running in its pilot form, the institute said in a statement on Wednesday. The NDL in 2016 will bring under its fold 100 institutes and roll out […]
A link to the full text report and previously releases reports are found below. From the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Board News Release/Summary: American families overall reported continued mild improvement in their financial well-being in 2015 although many families were struggling financially and felt excluded from economic advancement, according to the Federal Reserve Board’s […]
From the Miami Herald: Military leadership has long argued that torture is strictly taboo here. But the assertion took on new meaning during a media visit this week when the Army officer who runs the prisoners’ 35,000-item library revealed that the last donated book he rejected was the so-called Senate Torture Report. “There is tradecraft […]
Massachusetts: Boston Public Library Contributes Their 100,000th Item to “Digital Commonwealth” Digital Library
Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|The entire Digital Commonwealth database currently provides access to more than 431,000 items. From the BPL: The Boston Public Library recently added its 100,000th digitized item to Digital Commonwealth, providing access to digital resources of cultural heritage organizations throughout Massachusetts. Collections in Digital Commonwealth.org include thousands of images, documents, and sound recordings from member institutions […]
News Roundup
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Ex Libris, Libraries, News, Roundup, Special Libraries
|1. ACLS Humanities E-Book Announces Partnerships with 4 New Publishers, 124 Overall 2. BiblioCommons Intends to Provide Automated eContent Catalog Records to Libraries via New BiblioCloud Records Service Note: Plan is to begin with OverDrive titles this Fall. 3. Consortium of Academic and Special Libraries of Saskatchewan Chooses Ex Libris Alma and Primo Solutions
The World Wildlife Crime Report: Trafficking in Protected Species report is published by UNDOC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime). This is the inaugural edition of the report. From UNODOC: Launched at this week’s Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), the report was developed by UNODC with data provided by partner organizations under […]