MORE 'DIGITAL-COLLECTIONS' POSTS
Vermont: “College Students Object to All-Digital Library”; “Internet Archive Joins Library Groups at the Supreme Court”; and More News Headlines
Digital Collections, Interactive Tools, Libraries, National Libraries, News
|Creative Commons Open Education Platform Lightning Talks February 2023: Recordings and Slides Now Available (via CC) Georgia State University: Report on the Library’s Survey of Faculty ||| Direct to Full Text Report Internet Archive Joins Library Groups at the Supreme Court National Library Board of Singapore Launches Manga Library at City Square Mall (via IGN) Pen […]
Research Resources: “Yale University Art Gallery Digitizes its Publications”
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|From the Yale Daily News: A digitization effort of more than 50 years of the Yale University Art Gallery’s scholarly publications is gradually nearing completion. The Online Access project was conceived during the start of the pandemic in an effort to increase the accessibility of the art gallery’s publications even while its doors were closed. […]
A New Version of Oregon Digital, a Cultural Heritage Repository From the University of Oregon and Oregon State University Goes Live
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|From the U. of Oregon Libraries (Full Text of Announcement): The University of Oregon and Oregon State University are proud to announce the launch of Oregon Digital, a cultural heritage repository that brings together more than 500,000 digitized works from both universities, including unique digitized and born-digital collections. This collaborative effort includes historic and modern photographs, […]
Library of Congress Shares Overview of Digitization Strategy, 2023-2027; SAGE Publishing Announces Scholarship in Partnership with Joint Council of Librarians of Color; and More News Headlines
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|American Library Association Rainbow Round Table Announces Top 10 Book List Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) Joins Amicus Brief: Gonzalez v. Google Library of Congress Provide Overview of Digitization Strategy, 2023-2027 (via LC) MultiHATHI: A Complete Collection of Multilingual Prose Fiction in the HathiTrust Digital Library (via Journal of Open Humanities Data) Opera Will Integrate ChatGPT […]
Journal Article: “Getting to Know Digital Collections Users”
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|The article linked below was recently published by the Journal of Western Archives. Title Getting to Know Digital Collections Users Authors Emily Lapworth University of Nevada, Las Vegas Source Journal of Western Archives Vol. 14 (2023), Iss. 1 Abstract Use and user studies can provide valuable information to archivists and librarians who wish to improve […]
Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Intends to Adopt Task Force Recommendation on a Digital Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP)
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|From the FDLP/GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Director Hugh Nathanial Halpern has responded to the Feasibility of a Digital Federal Depository Library Program: Report of the GPO Director’s Task Force. In his response, Director Halpern writes that he broadly intends to adopt the Task Force’s recommendations to move to a digital Federal Depository […]
AI Models Spit Out Photos of Real People and Copyrighted Images; New Web Archives from Columbia University Libraries and the Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation; & More Headlines
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|AI Models Spit Out Photos of Real People and Copyrighted Images (via MIT Technology Review) California: Orange Unified School District Reinstates Digital Library After Parent Concerns (via Voice of OC) ChatGPT ‘May Make Up Facts,’ OpenAI’s Chief Technology Officer Says (via Business Insider) Connecticut and Hawaii Add Ebook Bills (via Readers First) Massachusetts: Librarians Find […]
LC’s African and Middle Eastern Division Announces Release of the Africana Historic Postcard Collection
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|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 […]
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: María Estorino Named Vice Provost for University Libraries and University Librarian
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|Below, Find the Full Text of a Letter Sent to the Carolina Community From Kevin M. Guskiewicz University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chancellor Kevin M. Guskiewicz and J. Christopher Clemens, Provost and Chief Academic Officer. Dear Carolina Community, We are excited to share that María R. Estorino has been appointed vice provost for […]
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 […]