PEIE Mirror (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
Knowledge Oasis Muscat (KOM) rolled out the red carpet recently when His Royal Highness the Duke of York visited Oman's flagship technology park. The Duke of York, who was visiting KOM in his capacity as The UK’s Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, was met by His Excellency Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, Minister of Commerce & Industry and presented to key KOM Management...
Online Learning Update (Free subscription) | yesterday
Georgia Tech received $857,000 to create a digital library to be shared by colleges in the University System of Georgia. The grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Science matched the nearly $857,000 raised by the participating institutions to allow shared access to research and other scholarly work. When complete, a user will be able to log onto one site and search databases from all participating...
Legal History Blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
Peter B. Hirtle, Cornell University Library, Emily Hudson University of Melbourne Law School, and Andrew T. Kenyon, University of Melbourne Law School have posted Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums ( Cornell University Library Press) on SSRN and here. Here is the abstract:Digital communications technologies have led to
Metroblogging Los Angeles (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Downtown Los Angeles was no stranger to adaptive reuse. Dr. Walter Lindley built California Hospital at 315 W. Sixth Street in 1887. Years later, you could yourself buy a hat for $2.00, or rent a room for 50 cents at “The Lindley.” The year was 1912. Photo from the USC Digital Library
Toronto Mike's Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
About ten years ago, while learning HTML and practising the trade with a couple of websites, I had an idea. I called this idea "HyperLists" and I was sure it would take off. HyperLists were simply "Top 10" lists in which each item on the list linked to the most relevant site on the web. Ten years ago there was no Google, no Wikipedia and no blogs. We had search engines, but they...
Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Brewster Kahle has many titles. These days he’s best known as founder of the Internet Archive (home of The Wayback Machine) and founding member of the Open Content Alliance. From the Article: “We have to have universal access to everything, just like a library,” he says. “Do we want that under a single corporation’s control? It [...]
Legal Theory Blog (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Peter B. Hirtle, Emily Hudson and Andrew T. Kenyon (Cornell University Library , University of Melbourne - Law School and University of Melbourne Law School) have posted Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums...
Mark's Technology News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
We looked at ION’s Tape Express recently for easy digitization of cassettes, but what do you do with that large collection of vinyl you’ve got stashed away? Well, thanks to this LP-to-iPod conversion system called the ION iPROFILE USB Turntable, you can transfer your old records either directly to your iPod, to your computer, or [...] ION iPROFILE USB Turntable Transfers Vinyl Directly...
Digitization 101 (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
On Monday, Nov. 9, I am giving a workshop entitled "Planning & Management of Digitization Programmes" in Geneva, Switzerland. The full-day workshop is sponsored by the Association of International Librarians & Info. Specialists (AILIS). More information is available and, I believe, registration is still open. I am looking forward to the workshop and talking about digitization from...
Applelinks Release News About iColl (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The Logos 4 interface is streamlined, powerful, and yet easy to use, which is a great achievement for software that can manage digital libraries of more than 10,000 titles - Mac Users: We're sorry, it's coming! - presently shipping a pre-release Alpha of the Mac version....... Continue Reading Filed under: Software Updates | Education | Software News | Home & Personal | | | | | | | | |
War Poetry (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Those ingenious people at the First World War Poetry Digital Archive have created a virtual 'tour' of the First World War battlefields, which you can sample by clicking the video above. You can also experience the site by visiting Second Life here . This is their press release: With Armistice Day fast approaching a JISC project team has taken an unusual approach to ensuring that people continue to...
DigitalKoans (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
In "Internet Archive Dishes up BookServer as Digital Books Market Heats Up," Nancy Herther discusses the recent BookServer announcement and its implications. Here's an excerpt: Using an open architecture and open ebook formats, Kahle and his team intend to see that ebooks are available—for free or a fee—that will work on any device—whether a laptop, PC, smartphone, [...]...
DigitalKoans (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER) has released Making the Case for European Research Libraries: LIBER Strategic Plan 2009-2012. Here's an excerpt: In 2009-2012 LIBER will give priority to the following areas: Scholarly communication Digitisation and resource discovery Heritage collections and preservation Organisation and human resources LIBER Services Related...
Media: PDA | guardian.co.uk (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Former colleagues Tony Ageh and Bill Thompson back together to work on digitisation of corporation's shows See the network in action: for the next six months, online expert Bill Thompson will help the BBC Archive director, Roly Keating, establish the resource as a cultural hub. As a head of partnership development he will focus on building relationships with cultural institutions such as the British...
DeadDog (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
China has accused Google of copyright infringement, claiming Google scanned hundreds of China’s authors’ works for Google’s digital library without permission. In fact, China is so upset they have threatened to stop using Google to illegally download American movies and CDs. - Jay Leno
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