MORE 'DIGITAL-PRESERVATION' POSTS
Funding: HathiTrust Receives 5-Year, $1 Million Grant From Mellon Foundation
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|Here’s the Full Text of HathiTrust Announcement: HathiTrust, a member-based organization hosted by the University of Michigan, has received a 5-year, $1 million grant from the Mellon Foundation to fund a multi-year effort to strengthen its preservation and access mission. The funding will initially finance three new positions to develop an integrated program of assessment, […]
LC’s African and Middle Eastern Division Announces Release of the Africana Historic Postcard Collection
Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
|From The Library of Congress (via a 4 Corners of the World Blog Post by Anchi Hoh): The African and Middle Eastern Division is delighted to announce the rerelease of the Africana Historic Postcard Collection. Originally made available online in PDF in 2017, the collection is among the most popular resources on the AMED website. Former […]
Ithaka S+R Releases “A*CENSUS II: Archives Administrators Survey” Findings
Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Funding, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|From an Ithaka S+R Blog Post by the Report’s Author, Makala Skinner: On Tuesday, January 31, we published the A*CENSUS II Archives Administrators Survey findings. The Archives Administrator Survey Report is the second report in the A*CENSUS II series, the first being the All Archivists Survey Report published in August 20. [Clip] Seven hundred and forty-six archives […]
Library of Congress: Hannah Sommers Appointed New Associate Librarian for Researcher and Collections Services
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|From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress announced today the appointment of Hannah Sommers as the new Associate Librarian for Researcher and Collections Services in the Library Collections and Services Group. In this role, Sommers will lead the future of the Library’s collections and the services it delivers to researchers and users. She will be central to realizing the Library’s aspiration to be not only the world’s largest, but also the world’s most-used library. “As Associate Librarian, Hannah will bring clear vision, deep expertise and a […]
Jennifer Vinopal Named HathiTrust’s First Associate Director
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation
|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s HathiTrust Announcement: HathiTrust is pleased to announce that Jennifer Vinopal has been appointed HathiTrust’s first Associate Director. Vinopal will assume a key leadership role at a pivotal moment in HathiTrust’s 15th year with responsibility for day-to-day activities and integrated development of HathiTrust’s programs and services. Reporting to Executive Director, Mike Furlough, […]
From the Government Publishing Office (GPO): The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is digitizing historic volumes of the Congressional Directory from the 19th and 20th centuries. The first release includes Directories from 1869–1888, as well as 1993. Additional digitized historic Congressional Directories will be released on GovInfo as they are completed. Historically, the Congressional Directory […]
Scholarly Publishing: JSTOR and University Press Partners Announce Path to Open Books Pilot Project
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|From a JSTOR Announcement: JSTOR, part of the non-profit ITHAKA, and a cohort of leading university presses announced today Path to Open, a program to support the open access publication of new groundbreaking scholarly books that will bring diverse perspectives and research to millions of people. Launching as a pilot, Path to Open libraries will contribute […]
Funding Announcement: Library of Congress Awards Second Round of More than $500,000 to Support Contemporary Cultural Field Research within Diverse Communities
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|Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From the Library of Congress: The Library of Congress’ American Folklife Center is pleased to announce the second recipient cohort of the Community Collections Grant program. Launched by the Library’s Of the People: Widening the Path initiative, this series of grants is awarded to individuals and organizations working to document cultures and […]
Mellon Foundation Awards GBH $16 Million Grant to Support the American Archive of Public Broadcasting
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|Note: The American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) is a collaboration between GBH and the Library of Congress Here’s the Full Text of the Announcement: The Mellon Foundation has awarded GBH $16 million to support the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB), a GBH collaboration with the Library of Congress, to digitize, preserve and make accessible historically […]
Project LEND: Expanding Access to Digitized Books is Subject of University of California Research, Mellon Foundation Providing $1.1 Million in Support
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|From UC Davis: The University of California libraries — which comprise the largest university research library in the world — are launching a landmark research project to investigate the potential for expanded lawful use of digitized books held by academic and research libraries. The Mellon Foundation is providing $1.1 million support for Project LEND (Library Expansion of Networked Delivery), a two-year project that the UC Davis Library will lead on […]