Microfilm? Are people still using that?
Are you kidding? Here’s what Bernie Madoff’s liquidation trustee Irving Picard had to say: “I expect these claim statistics will change as we continue to review and evaluate them. For example, we are finding that more than one claim may have been clipped together [and] are being broken apart. We [...]
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 [...]
I work for a company that digitizes newspapers, as well as historical documents, books, photographs, and government records. It is great work, and I feel I am contributing my part to making information accessible to more people. I so remember using the microfilm reader at the library. What a great tool! But if someone else [...]
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 [...]
