This month we celebrate American Archives month, and thus, the importance of archives. So . . . what is an archive? Here is one definition: “an archive is a collection of individual publications that are often cataloged or listed and made accessible in some way. Magazines, journals, and newspapers with Web sites sometimes refer to [...]
Until July 6, 2009, if you wanted to see any of the Codex Sinaiticus, touted as the world’s oldest Bible (and perhaps the first real book), you would need to travel to the British Library in London, the Monastery of St. Catherine in Sinai, the National Library in Russia, or the Leipzig University Library in [...]
Chronicling America made the news a couple of weeks ago for hitting the one million page mark. This project, started in 2007, is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program, which in turn is a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Library of Congress, and the states, “to provide enhanced access to [...]
In couple of my previous blogs I talked about textbooks going digital, and how comfortable today’s young adult is with getting their “content” in digital format, be it on their computer, PDA, or cellphone. Now we have a university taking the initiative and making digital images from their rare collections available for viewing on your [...]
In my last blog I talked about school textbooks going digital. Now comes news from the Brigham Young University that their Harold B. Lee Library has purchased three of Amazon’s Kindle for interlibrary loans. It has started, folks.
Read more about this at LibraryJournal.com
On June 8, 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his latest idea to save money for his money-crunched state: do away with textbooks. “Textbooks are outdated, in my opinion. For so many years, we’ve been trying to teach the kids exactly the same way. Our kids get their information from the internet, downloaded onto their [...]
If you’re like me, you probably weren’t even aware of National Preservation Month. Created in 1971 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, it started out as National Preservation Week and turned into a month-long event in 2005. The primary focus for the month is about places of historical importance.
Really, it’s a shame that a [...]
Being relatively new to the world of microfilm, digitization, archiving, and all that is involved in any of these types of projects, I am beginning to understand how huge some of these undertakings can be. Just read the blog from Deborah Wythe, who is Head of Digital Collections and Services at the Brooklyn Museum, in [...]
