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Joint Statement: Massachusetts Library Organizations Stand with Librarians Against Censorship and Intolerance
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation, Public Libraries, School Libraries
|Here’s the Full Text of a Statement From: The Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC) The Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) The Massachusetts Library System (MLS) The Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) Book challenges in Massachusetts’ school and public libraries have quadrupled in just one year*, mirroring the surge the American Library Association has reported nationwide. Challenges […]
Newspapers: “Dig Into History: Search the More Than 140 Years of Yale Daily News Now Online”
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation
|From the Yale Library: The library’s digital archive of Yale Daily News (YDN)—the nation’s oldest continuously published college daily—has expanded to include 3,306 more issues than it had just two years ago. There are now approximately 23,929 issues of YDN available in digital format—including occasional special issues and supplements—that users can search, view, and download in PDF […]
Research Tools: Collective Web-Based Art Preservation and Access at Scale, Collaborative ART Archive (CARTA) Portal Launches
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Libraries, News, Preservation
|From an Internet Archive Blog Post: Art historians, critics, curators, humanities scholars and many others rely on the records of artists, galleries, museums, and arts organizations to conduct historical research and to understand and contextualize contemporary artistic practice. Yet, much of the art-related materials that were once published in print form are now available primarily […]
New Report: “‘Good, Better, Best’: Practices in Archiving & Preserving Open Access Monographs”
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Preservation, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
|From COPIM: Over the course of the COPIM Project, colleagues in Work Package 7 (Archiving & Preservation) have been working with the open access monograph publishing community, university libraries, and digital preservation experts to examine current archiving and preservation practices. Aligned to the principles of “scaling small”, key within COPIM overall, Work Package 7 has […]
The Most Important AI-Related Announcements Google Made Today at I/O 2023; Discover America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2023; & More News Headlines
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Libraries, News, Preservation, Reports
|Discover America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2023 (National Trust For Historic Preservation) Don’s Conference Notes-Charleston In Between 2023: “The Future of Scholarly Communication in a ChatGPT World” Institute for Nonprofit News Launches RuralNewsNetwork.org (via INN) The Most Important AI-Related Announcements Google Made at I/O 2023 (via The Decoder) Session Reports and Slide Presentations […]
Digital Collections: Library of Congress Completes Digitization of Yongle Encyclopedia, Largest Reference Work of Pre-Modern Era
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, News, Open Access, Preservation, Reports
|From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress has completed a yearslong effort to digitize the Yongle Encyclopedia (Yongle dadian 永樂大典), the largest reference work created in pre-modern China, and possibly the world. Digital publication of the 41 volumes held in the Library’s collections provides open access to one of the most extensive attempts in world […]
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Announces $35.63 Million for 258 Humanities Projects Nationwide
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Lecture, Libraries, News, Open Access, Podcasts, Preservation
|From the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $35.63 million in grants for 258 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a documentary on the life and legacy of African American intellectual W.E.B. DuBois; enable the digitization of the personal papers of former members […]
Library of Congress: National Recording Registry Inducts Music from Madonna, Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, Daddy Yankee; Recordings from Jimmy Buffett, Eurythmics, John Lennon, John Denver, The Police, Led Zeppelin and Super Mario Also Among 25 Selected for Preservation
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Data Files, Interviews, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Podcasts, Preservation, Profiles
|From the Library of Congress: Madonna’s cultural ascent with “Like a Virgin,” Mariah Carey’s perennial No. 1 Christmas hit, Queen Latifah’s groundbreaking “All Hail the Queen” and Daddy Yankee’s reggaeton explosion with “Gasolina” are some of the defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture that will now join the National Recording Registry of the […]
Open Book Futures: A New £5.8 Million Project to Deliver a “More Sustainable Future” For Open Access Books Announced
Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
|Here’s the Full Text of an Announcement From Lancaster University: A new project that works to increase access to valuable research is to receive more than £5.8 million [$7.15 Million/USD] in funding. Led by Lancaster University [a list of partners is found below], the Open Book Futures (OBF) project will develop and support organisations, tools […]
Upcoming Event: U.S. Repository Network Action Plan Update; Detailed Agenda and Updated Schedule Now Available For Spring 2023 Depository Library Council (DLC) Virtual Meeting Now Available; & More News Headlines
Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Funding, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
|Anticipating Preservation Needs of Archived Audio Tapes (via Library of Congress) Congress Introduces Bill to Tackle College Textbook Costs (via SPARC) Detailed Agenda and Updated Schedule Now Available For Spring 2023 Depository Library Council (DLC) Virtual Meeting Europe PMC Announces ROR Integration Into Grant Finder Latest Database Launched in AHRQ’s Data Innovations Effort (via AHRQ) […]