Tag: Photographs

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...

Apr 13 2009

Images, Photographs, Technology, World

New Technologies Connect Rural Colombia

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Here’s a very interesting photo essay from Wired magazine about the impact of new technologies on a small onion growing town in Colombia. The author and photographer capture a town...

Apr 11 2009

Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, USA, Videos, Web 2.0

Library of Congress on YouTube

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The Library of Congress (LOC) just set up a YouTube account where they will be sharing a number of the treasured they hold. They currently have over 70 videos uploaded,...

Mar 30 2009

Images, Photographs, World

4 AM Project

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Like to get up really early? 4 am early? If so, this is the project for you! The 4 am Project is gathering photographs from around the world at this...

Mar 30 2009

Images, Law, Libraries, Photographs, USA

Obama at the Library

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This picture has been doing the round through email and I just had to share it. I LOVE that we have a president now who has brought back intelligence as...

Mar 01 2009

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

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...

Dec 01 2008

Databases, Digital, Images, Open Access, Photographs, USA, World

LIFE Photo Archive

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A couple weeks ago Google come out with one more impressive online collection. This time it’s the LIFE Photo Archive. Most of us have probably seen the powerful images that...

Oct 19 2008

Archives, Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, Manuscripts, Maps, National Libraries, Open Access, Photographs, Spain, World

Biblioteca Digital Hispánica

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Spain’s National Library has recently set the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica to highlight some of its most valuable items, including paintings, photographs, maps, and written texts spanning several centuries. The collection can...

Jul 25 2008

Digital, Europe, Open Access, Photographs, World

360 Cities

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360 Cities is a great site that allows you to see all 360 degrees of over 50 cities around the world. Well you don’t actually get to see every corner...

Jul 12 2008

Archives, Databases, Libraries, Manuscripts, Maps, Open Access, Photographs, USA

Alaska’s Digital Archives

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At ALA I sat in on a great presentation titled Digitizing Indian Country. The first presentation was on Alaska’s Digital Archives. The collection brings together photographs, oral histories, maps, moving images...