From Agence France Presse (AFP): Sitting in a basement at the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne, some 33,000 hours of video, 500,000 pictures and 2,000 documents among other archives risked decay and being lost forever. But after a seven-year and 30 million euro ($33 million USD) conservation project involving experts from across the […]
New Online from The British Library: Oral History Recordings with British Sporting Legends
Filed by on July 17, 2012
From the BL: With less than two weeks until the start of the London 2012 Olympics, the British Library is making available a selection of 61 oral history interviews documenting the lives and careers of sportsmen and sportswomen throughout the twentieth century. Available for anyone to listen to via the Library’s Sounds website, the recordings […]
Reference: Interactive Calendar: Pre-Olympic Athletic Events (Global)
Filed by on June 24, 2012
It’s about a month before the Summer Olympics begin in London. Here’s a direct link to an interactive calendar of pre-olympic athletic events (i.e. trials, championships, etc.) taking place around the world. The calendar is provided by the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations. Data fields include: Sport Category Event Title Continent Nation City Venue […]
Reference: World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Launches New Digital Library
Filed by on June 18, 2012
From the WADA Web Site: WADA has launched a new Digital Library designed to make WADA’s education and information tools more accessible to its stakeholders. The Library will assist stakeholders in developing their education programs by pin-pointing tools available for the target groups they wish to reach. Results of a survey of 597 WADA stakeholders […]
National Archives (UK) Unveils Olympic Records Website Giving Public Access to Hundreds of Historic Documents and Images
Filed by on May 16, 2012
From The Telegraph: The National Archives have created a new digital portal collating Olympic records that date back to the first modern Games in 1896 to the Beijing Games in 2008. The new resource features a timeline allowing users to see the progression of the Olympics and includes government documents from the two previous occasions […]
