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NARA: National Archives announces First "Wikipedian in Residence"
Archives and Special Collections, Management and Leadership, News
|From a NARA Announcement: The National Archives has selected Dominic McDevitt-Parks as the Archives’ first Wikipedian in Residence. Dominic will serve as a liaison between the National Archives and the Wikipedian community. Dominic, a Masters student in both History and Archives Management at Simmons College in Boston, brings a passion for history and over seven […]
A Logical Idea: Digital Archive Containing Newly Discovered Papers and Books of George Boole Announced
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Journal Articles, Libraries, News, Resources
|From Cork Student News: UCC’s [University College Cork, Ireland] Boole Library is to receive an EMC Heritage Grant to go towards the creation of a publicly available digital archive of newly discovered papers and printed books of the mathematician George Boole, after whom the library is named. The digital archives will be integrated into the […]
From a SAGE News Release (PDF): SAGE is pleased to announce that their entire collection of online journal sites will soon be available in a mobile-optimized format, taking advantage of the HighWire Mobile Web interface. Readers visiting a SAGE journal site on their iPhone, Android or other smartphone device will automatically be redirected to the […]
The Library of Congress Begins Publishing A Digital Preservation Blog
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Preservation, Publishing
|The name of the blog is, “The Signal” and can be accessed at: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/ Bill LeFurgy points out in the blog’s first that the new publication is comes from NDIIPP (National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program) Mr. LeFurgy goes on to say: Over the last 10 years we [NDIIPP] have built a national network […]
"UCSB Digital Library Brings Holdings From Special Collections to the Web"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, Patrons and Users, Resources
|From the University of California Santa Barbara: “The library wanted to reveal its hidden collections and highlight its unique holdings,” explained Lisa Koch, metadata librarian at UCSB. “The Digital Library is a resource for people who want to explore the materials but can’t come to the building. Scholars and users can view items at home, […]
National Library and Archives of Egypt are Documenting Revolution
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|From Ahram Online (English): “This should be the best documented pivotal event in the history of Egypt,” Khaled Fahmy explained as he went on to describe the ambitious project sponsored by the National Library and Archives of Egypt Organisation whose large number of volunteer experts have one aim: documenting Egypt’s January 25 Revolution. Fahmy, the […]
Give a Hoot! New: A Complete Collection of Woodsy the Owl Public Service Announcements From NARA
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, News
|If you watched U.S. television between 1965-1985 it’s likely you remember Woodsy the Owl and the many public service announcements he appeared in during that 20 year period. Woodsy was a federal government employee working for the Forest Service and focusing on the environment and more specifically pollution. Today, the National Archives and Records Administration […]
"Google Archive Decision 'Astonishing'" Says Founder of ColdNorthWind and PaperofRecord.com
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Resources
|From an Article by Vito Pilieci, Ottawa Citizen: “It’s disappointing, especially when you consider what I thought that this would do,” said Bob Huggins, former chief executive officer and cofounder of PaperOfRecord. com, which Google bought in 2008. He called Google’s decision to abandon the initiative “astonishing.” PaperofRecord.com, formerly called Cold North Wind, was founded […]
Cataloging/Metadata: "The Search for a Minimum Viable Record"
Archives and Special Collections, Interviews, Libraries, Profiles, Resources
|A new article from O’Reilly Radar by Audrey Watters. It’s cool to see that topics that were not to long ago primarily of interest to information pros and the information industry continue to breakout and become of interest to others like the developers and other info techies who frequent O’Reilly Radar. This article provides an […]
Upcoming Webinar from SPARC: What is the Digital Public Library of America?
Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries
|From a SPARC Announcement: In October 2010, leaders from research libraries, foundations, and cultural institutions gathered to discuss how to work together toward the creation of a Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) – defined as “an open, distributed network of comprehensive online resources that would draw on the nation’s living heritage from libraries, universities, […]