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New From Google: Vogue Digital Archive (15,000+ Newly-Digitized Photos From More Three Three Decades, 600 Issues of the Magazine)
| Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, News, Publishing
From a Google Blog Post: For the first time, Condé Nast opens the doors to the Vogue archive. In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture, the worlds of fashion, design, history and culture come to life with over 15,000 newly-digitized color images spanning more than three decades and six hundred issues. Today, these images […]
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands Across Oregon With Help of $1.7 Million in State Funds; Ethical Implications of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Scoping Review; & More Headlines
| Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Open Access, Publishing
AI How to Implement AI — Responsibly (via Harvard Business Review) Ethical Implications of ChatGPT in Higher Education: A Scoping Review (preprint via arXiv) JSTOR Path to Open Announces 2024 Titles (via JSTOR) Open Access Open Access Improves the Dissemination of Science: Insights from Wikipedia (preprint via arXiv) Oregon Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library Expands Across […]
US: National Archives (NARA) and Ancestry Expand Joint Digitization Effort With Millions of Historical Records Held by the National Archives to be Digitized and Made Accessible Through Public-Private Collaboration
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, News, Reports
From the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA): The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) today announced a new multiyear agreement with Ancestry to digitize, index, and publish tens of millions of historical United States records, previously unavailable online. “The National Archives is the nation’s record keeper, and we hold billions of stories in our […]
The Brubeck Collection at Wilton Library Launches Digital Archive of Jazz Legend Dave Brubeck on International Jazz Day, 22,000+ Item Collection Includes Unreleased Music, Interactive Tour Maps, Song Timelines, Rare Photos, Videos & More
| Archives and Special Collections, Awards, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Maps, News
From The Wilton Library: Today, one of the world’s premier jazz archives, The Brubeck Collection at Wilton Library (Wilton, CT), announced the launch of its enhanced and interactive digital archive, making the 22,000+ item collection catalog easily searchable and browsable online for the first time to everyone worldwide. This new digital archive also includes more […]
The Internet Archive Files Reply Brief in Lawsuit Appeal (Hachette Book Group, et al, v. Internet Archive)
| Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Publishing, Roundup
We will update this post with additional materials and coverage if/when they become available. Update 4/22 Internet Archive Files Final Appeal Brief in Book Scanning Case (Updated April 22, 2024; via Publisher’s Weekly) Today, the Internet Archive filed their reply brief in the appeal of the Hachette Book Group, et al, v. Internet Archive decision. […]
Listen to a Radio Interview with ALA President Emily Drabinksi; Joint Statement: “Better Together: BTAA Libraries, CDL And Lyrasis Commit to Strengthen Diamond Open Access in the United States” & More Headlines
| Associations and Organizations, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interviews, Libraries, News, Open Access, Profiles
California Oakland’s Main Library Will Soon Close For Six Months For Repairs (via SF Chronicle) Iowa Legal Filing By PEN America Urges Appeals Court to Uphold Injunction Against Iowa’s Book Ban Law Libraries Listen to a Radio Interview with ALA President Emily Drabinksi: (America’s Top Librarian Says ‘We’re Fighting For Our Lives’ (via WBEZ) Open […]
From a Library of Congress Blog Post: The South Asian Digital Collection (SADC) is the new online home for the Library’s digitized books, serials, and manuscripts related to the histories and cultures of South Asian countries (i.e., Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka). The creation of SADC will provide easy access to a variety […]
US Government Publishing Office (GPO) Makes Available New Statutes at Large Dating Back to 1789 via GovInfo
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Publishing
From the US GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) has added historical volumes of the United States Statutes at Large (Statutes at Large) to GovInfo, the one-stop site for authentic, published information for all three branches of the Federal Government. The newly added Volumes 1–64 (1789–1950) date back to 1789 and include the text of […]
Funding: NEH Announces $26.2 Million for 238 Humanities Projects Nationwide
| Archives and Special Collections, Associations and Organizations, Awards, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Jobs, Libraries, Maps, News, Podcasts, Preservation, Public Libraries, Reports
From the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH): The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced $26.2 million in grants for 238 humanities projects across the country. Grants awarded today will underwrite a new permanent exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh on how the Nile River shaped ancient Egyptians’ ideas of […]
NARA: National Archives Unveils New Mass Digitization Center in College Park
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From a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Post: A new state-of-the-art digitization center at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in College Park, Maryland, is allowing the agency to provide greater public access to the country’s most important historical federal government records faster than ever before. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, Representative Steny […]
