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New From NARA: Online Access To The Founding Fathers Papers
Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Journal Articles, Publishing, Resources
|From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), the grant making arm of the National Archives, has signed a cooperative agreement with the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, affiliated with the University of Virginia, to provide pre-publication access to 68,000 historical papers of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, […]
Digital Public Library of America “Beta Sprint” Review Panel Announces Results
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources
|From a DPLA Announcement: The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Steering Committee* has invited the creators of the following submissions to the DPLA Beta Sprint, an open call for code and concepts defining how the DPLA might operate, to present at the public plenary meetingtaking place on October 21, 2011 in Washington, DC: Digital […]
EU: TV Archives Join Linked Open Data Movement
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, News, Publishing
|From the British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC): The EUscreen project has recently taken steps to expand the scope of its aim to provide unified access to large integrated digital collections related to European television history. By implementing the Linked Open Data principles and by signing the new Europeana Data Exchange Agreement, the materials […]
Harvard University: "Libraries Announce New Organizational Structure"
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, School Libraries
|From Harvard Magazine: Under the new structure, each individual library within the Harvard Library system will join one of five affinity groups based on criteria such as collection needs, content or service commonalities, or specialized activities. The five groups comprise libraries focused on application of theory in practice, including those of the schools of law, […]
College Press: "A Digital Library?" (Digitization Work at Yale University)
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|A in-depth look at digitization at Yale (and elsewhere) that discusses costs, sustainability, sharing, copyright, and more. It was written by Zoe Gorman for the Yale Daily News. The complete article runs more than 2000 words. Several images are included. From the Article: Though Yale library administrators and staff interviewed said preserving and expanding access […]
IMLS Announces National Leadership Grants Recipients (September 2011)
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users
|From the Announcement: The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) announced today 48 awards totaling $14,661,217 matched with $12,929,824 of non-federal funds for National Leadership Grants. IMLS received 210 applications requesting $80,179,046 in funds. “National Leadership grantees help advance the museums, libraries, and archives field,” said IMLS Director Susan Hildreth. “We look forward to […]
Government Documents: Library and Archives Canada Digitizes Past Issues of the Canada Gazette (1841-1997)
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News
|From a Library and Archives Canada Announcement: Today, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) commemorates the 170th anniversary of the Canada Gazette by making accessible the digitized back issues, from 1841 to 1997, on its website dedicated to this official publication. [Our Emphasis] “Current issues of the Canada Gazette have been available to Canadians at most […]
National Archives (NARA) Joins iTunes U
Archives and Special Collections, Lecture, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Podcasts
|From the NARAtions Blog: The National Archives just joined iTunes U, a dedicated area within the iTunes Store giving users public access to thousands of free lectures, videos, books and podcasts from learning institutions all over the world. If you already have iTunes on your iPhone, iPad, iPod, or computer, you can search for “National Archives” […]
Pasadena, CA: "City's Historic Photos Go Online"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|From the La Cañada Valley Sun: A group of local cultural institutions has been scanning, cataloging and uploading images of the city’s past to the Internet, creating an extensive online database known as the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration. The Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena City College and Huntington Library so far have […]
From GISUser: Maps dating back to 1906 are available as scanned digital files, or can be viewed online using a handy web map viewer. Made up of over 1,000 maps, the archive include all five past editions of the Atlas of Canada, 1906 to 1995, the Canadian sector of the International Map of the World, […]