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Newspaper Digitization: "From the archives to digitized: Historic Vermont newspapers get new lease on life online"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Preservation, Resources
|From VTDigger.org: The Vermont Digital Newspaper Project last week added its first batch of digitized newspaper pages to a national database dedicated to providing searchable digital copies of historic newspapers from all over the nation. Tom McMurdo, the project librarian for the state effort, said there are currently 25 states involved in the National Digital […]
New Video: Project Highlights from EuropeanaLocal
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Video Recordings
|Direct to Video (via YouTube). It runs 3:21 EuropeanaLocal was a Best Practice project funded by the EU under eContentPlus. It started in June 2008 and ended in May 2011. EuropeanaLocal made content from local and regional museums, libraries, archives and audio-visual institutions accessible through Europeana. Europeana made the EuropeanaLocal video available online less than a […]
"Looking for Link Between Library Usage and Student Attainment" In New Issue (July, 2011) of Ariadne
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, New Issue, Open Access, Reports
|Ariadne #64 (July, 2011) Main Articles in This Issue: Towards Interoperabilty of European Language Resources Sophia Ananiadou and colleagues describe an ambitious new initiative to accelerate Europe-wide language technology research, helped by their work on promoting interoperability of language resources. Image ‘Quotation’ Using the C.I.T.E. Architecture Christopher Blackwell and Amy Hackney Blackwell describe with examples […]
From the Library and Archives Canada Web Site: Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is proactively developing monthly summaries of completed Access to Information requests concerning LAC‘s own operational records as well as the Government of Canada’s records of historical significance under LAC‘s custody and control. This information will be featured on LAC‘s website, in the […]
"Europe’s Movie Heritage Now Captured Forever Online"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Patrons and Users, Resources
|From SiliconRepublic: A new EU-supported internet portal to the digital collections of European film archives including rare Marlene Dietrich footage and which offers free access to currently about 400,000 digital videos, photos, film posters and text materials has just gone live. By September, the number of digital items available on the European Film Gateway (EFG) […]
NYU Libraries, UIUC and UCSD Developing Next-Generation Archives Management System with Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From NYU: New York University has been awarded a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to lead a partnership in developing the software that integrates Archon and the Archivists’ Toolkit (AT) into an open-source, next-generation archives management system. The integrated product—known by the working title ArchivesSpace—will incorporate the best features and functions of Archon […]
From the Smithsonian: "Digitization Project Brings Ancient Near Eastern Inscriptions into 21st Century"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Journal Articles, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation
|From the Smithsonian Announcement: The Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives announces a new 3-D digital resource that will enable scholars and the public to learn more about the ancient Near East through a unique group of pressed-paper molds called squeezes. This resource provides unparalleled access to the archives’ collection […]
California History: Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere Add Local History Resources
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News
|Images, postcards, material from a wine library, and more. From the California Digital Library: CDL is pleased to announce the online publication of approximately 2,000 diverse materials documenting local people, places, and events throughout California in the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere. The images were produced during the 2010-2011 Local History Digital Resources […]
New Issue Alert: The Code4Lib Journal (14) is Now Available Online
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Data Files, Digital Preservation, Frontiers, Journal Articles, Libraries, Maps, New Issue, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|Released on July 25, 2011. Issue 14 contains 11 articles/books reviews/editorials. Here are abstracts and links. All articles are full text and free. Editorial Introduction: Prioritizing the Future, Collaborating in the Present, and Archiving the Past by Timothy M. McGeary This is an exciting time for libraries and technology, and libraries have the opportunity now […]
"NBC News Launches New Archive Site"
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Management and Leadership, News
|From Broadcasting and Cable: NBC News is formally launching a new website, NBCUniversalArchives.com, that will allow customers to buy archive material from a number of divisions across NBCUniversal’s businesses, including NBC News, NBC Sports, NBC Entertainment, Universal Studios, Universal Pictures, Telemundo, The Weather Channel, NBC Radio, NBC Photobank and others. The effort is notable both […]