MORE 'DIGITIZATION' POSTS
Internet archivist Brewster Kahle chatted with host Jim Brown during CBC’s “Q” program on Tuesday morning. You can listen to the interview here. It begins at 1:51 in the program and runs about 14 minutes. Some of What’s Discussed: The “doability” of creating the IA Physical Archive Why preserving print books is important (interesting comments […]
Denver Public Library Launches New Site to Digitize Neighborhood Histories
Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Digital Collections, Funding, Libraries, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Resources
|From The Denver Post: The Denver Public Library is set to unveil a social networking website on March 20, which will allow users to upload their own photos and recollections of Colorado’s history. It lets residents mix their own materials with nearly 900,000 items in the library’s digital archives, establishing online communities around a wide […]
New and Upcoming Web Resources: The War of 1812 at Library and Archives Canada
Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, Maps, Resources
|From the LAC Web Site: The 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 is a unique opportunity for all Canadians to take pride in our traditions, and our shared history. The Government of Canada recognizes the War of 1812 as a defining moment in the history of our nation and has big plans to commemorate […]
Europe’s eBooks on Demand Service Now Available From 30 Libraries
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Publishing
|From an eBooks on Demand Announcement: The eBooks on Demand (EOD) service, which enables to order digital copies from copyright free books, is now provided by 30 libraries in Europe. The recent libraries offering the EOD eBooks are: National Library of Sweden, Library Am Guisanplatz in Switzerland, the Central Library of Slovak Academy of Sciences […]
HathiTrust Posts February 2012 Activities Update
Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Reports, Resources
|The complete Feb. 2012 Activities Update is accessible here. Here are a Few Highlights: Changes to tab-delimited metadata files Staff at Michigan added 5 new fields to HathiTrust’s tab-delimited inventory files: publication date, publication location, language, bibliographic format, and an indication of whether or not a volume has been identified as a U.S. federal government […]
via HeritagePortal.eu It is now possible to zoom into the intricate, breathtaking details of one of the most important works of art in the world, thanks to a newly completed website focused on the Ghent Altarpiece. A stunning and highly complex painting composed of separate oak panels, The Mystic Lamb of 1432 by Hubert and […]
Biodiversity Heritage Library Adds Two Partners & Makes Some Content Available on iTunesU
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Lecture, Libraries, Maps, News, Open Access, Patrons and Users, Podcasts, Resources
|From the Smithsonian Institution Libraries: Two new members have joined the Biodiversity Heritage Library: Cornell University Library (Ithaca, N.Y.) and the U.S. Geological Survey Library (Reston, Va.). These two institutions will contribute to the digitization of historical science literature in the BHL collections. All material will be online, free and available to the public. Cornell […]
Interview: Martin Gomez (Formerly Director at LA Public) on "Creating the Public Library of the Future"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Interviews, Libraries, Profiles, Public Libraries, Publishing, Resources
|Martin Gomez spoke at the U. of Toronto last week and also chatted with Michael Posner from The Globe and Mail about the Digital Public Library of America. From the Interview: For several years, Martin Gomez has been actively promoting the Digital Public Library of America – a campaign to digitize inventories of cultural and […]
University of Georgia Libraries, Others Announce Plans to Digitize More than 80,000 Civil War-Related Documents
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Maps, News
|From UGA: The University of Georgia Libraries, in partnership with the Atlanta History Center, the Georgia Historical Society and the Board of Regents’ GALILEO virtual library initiative, is part of a new project to digitize more than 80,000 documents relating to the American Civil War. Funding for America’s Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience […]
The Tumblr page will feature a steady stream of curated images (several each week) from The Times photo morgue on The Lively Morgue page. The Times has also scanned the reverse side of each image so you can read notations that were written by editors and others. Important info that is often lost when images […]