Category: Archives

Sep 19 2009

Archives, Databases, Images, Photographs, World

National Geographic Images

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National Geographic has been around for well over a century and have managed to gather a very impressive photography collection over the years. The magazine specializes on photojournalism, pairing powerful...

Aug 28 2009

Academic Libraries, Americas, Archives, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Source, Tagging, Technology, Tools, USA, Web 2.0

Labeling Library Archives at Dartmouth College

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With some financial help from the National Endowment for the Humanities, digital-humanities professor Mary Flanagan is developing a game that will help add tags to some of Dartmouth College’s archival...

Aug 19 2009

Americas, Archives, Open Access, Politics

Government Attic

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Government Attic is a site that collects hundreds of government documents that have been released under the Freedom of Information Act. The site divides its content into “FOIA Logs” and...

Jul 15 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Photographs, Poetry, World

National Library of Ireland

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Today I got a “behind the scenes” tour of the National Library of Ireland! On my visit I found out that the library is quite a welcoming place to people...

Jul 10 2009

Archives, Europe, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, World

The British Library

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This afternoon I had an appointment for a tour of The British Library. The library itself is huge, taking up the better part of a city block, and having so...

Jun 06 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Photographs, Web 2.0, World

Archives Normandie 1939-1945

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There is a great collection on Flickr of photographs from the battle at Normandie. The collection includes close to 3,000 images documenting the event; information and tags for this collection...

Apr 21 2009

Americas, Archives, Professional Development, Spain, World

Library Scholarships for Residents of Certain Spanish Speaking Countries

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I just found out that the Spanish Ministry of Culture is offering scholarships for library and archive professionals from a number of Spanish speaking countries. To apply you must be...

Apr 20 2009

Archives, bi/multilingual, Databases, Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Photographs, Videos, Web 2.0, World

World Digital Library Goes Live

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Today the World Digital Library goes live! The project has been in the works for about 4 years now, and was initially conceived by James Billington of the USA Library...

Mar 21 2009

Archives, Databases, Digital, Europe, Technology, USA

Information on Migratory Birds Needs Help Entering the Digital Age

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I just read about a call for help to assist in the saving of hundreds of years worth of information on birds’ migrating patters. The North American Bird Phenology Program...

Mar 01 2009

Archives, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Women

Women’s History Month

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March is Women’s History Month in the USA and a number of universities, libraries, and other educational institutions are preparing events to celebrate. This month long celebration started with events...