MORE 'PRESERVATION' POSTS
New Preprint: "Practical Limits to the Scope of Digital Preservation" by Mike Kastellec
Digital Preservation, Journal Articles, Libraries, Preservation
|A new preprint from Information Technology and Libraries. Title: “Practical Limits to the Scope of Digital Preservation” (16 pages; PDF) Author: Mike Kastellec Libraries Fellow, North Carolina State University Libraries From the Abstract: This paper examines factors that limit the ability of institutions to digitally preserve the cultural heritage of the modern era. The author […]
NRHA: Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority From the News Release: For years dusty boxes of photo negatives, slides and prints dating from 1868 to present have resided in storage vaults at Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority (NRHA). In 2009, it was decided to bring these treasures back to life in an accessible and searchable online […]
From the AP: A New Jersey university will be the new home for nearly 15,000 documents associated with Bruce Springsteen. Books, concert programs, magazines and newspaper articles formerly kept at the Asbury Park Public Library will be moved to Monmouth University in West Long Branch on Nov. 1. The material has outgrown the library, which […]
From New Scientist: The shift from paper to email has made such happy recollection more difficult. Now Sudheendra Hangaland colleagues at Stanford University in California want to fix that with a software tool called Memories Using Email (MUSE), which lets you dig through your email archive and reminisce on your digital past. MUSE is available […]
University of Miami Joins HathiTrust & Slide Decks from Two Recent HT Presentations
Academic Libraries, Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Public Libraries
|New HT Member From the University of Miami Libraries Web Site: The University of Miami has become a member of HathiTrust (www.hathitrust.org), a partnership of major academic and research libraries collaborating in an extraordinary digital library initiative to preserve and provide access to the published record in digital form. William Walker, Dean and University Librarian, […]
From a Europeana Announcement: See what Europeana items your friends like or share on Facebook, check out our latest blog posts, and discover some of the most interesting content on the new Europeana portal. Based on users’ feedback we’ve been receiving since our launch in November 2008, Europeana underwent a significant makeover. The redesigned Europeana […]
Article: "Digital Curation: The Emergence of a New Discipline"
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, New Issue, Preservation
|Title: “Digital Curation: The Emergence of a New Discipline (11 pages; PDF) by Sarah Higgins Source: International Journal of Digital Curation Vol 6, No 2 (2011) Abstract: In the mid 1990s UK digital preservation activity concentrated on ensuring the survival of digital material – spurred on by the US report Preserving Digital Information (The Task […]
New Article from EDUCAUSE: "Digging into Archaeological Data"
Academic Libraries, Data Files, Libraries, News, Open Access
|From an EDUCAUSE Review Article by Elizabeth A. Waraksa: Among the various types of electronic resources for the study of the ancient world, open access collections of primary archaeological data—for example, the Archaeology Data Service (http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/) and the Archaeobotanical Database (http://www.cuminum.de/archaeobotany/)—are a particular boon for researchers, especially those for whom annual fieldwork may not always […]
Pasadena, CA: "City's Historic Photos Go Online"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Public Libraries, Resources
|From the La Cañada Valley Sun: A group of local cultural institutions has been scanning, cataloging and uploading images of the city’s past to the Internet, creating an extensive online database known as the Pasadena Digital History Collaboration. The Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena Museum of History, Pasadena City College and Huntington Library so far have […]
From the BBC: An ancient Hebrew manuscript which has been stored in an Oxford library for more than 300 years has been made available online. Part of the first comprehensive code of Jewish law, Mishneh Torah, written in the 12th Century, has been digitised by Oxford University’s Bodleian Library. More than 350 pages of handwritten […]