Tag: Preservation

Feb 03 2013

Archives, Libraries, Library Science, Open Source, Photographs, Preservation, Professional Development, Tools

Free Technical Services Webinars!

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A little while ago I discovered this amazing list of free technical services webinars! They cover a wide range of topics, and best of all they are free! Some of...

Feb 12 2010

Books, Databases, Europe, Images, Libraries, National Libraries, Preservation, World

Database of Bookbindings

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The British Library is always up to something interesting; I just discovered their Database of Bookbindings. This is an entire online collection dedicated to the bindings of books held by...

Dec 29 2009

Americas, Archives, Education, Images, Libraries, Library \ Book Tourism, Manuscripts, National Libraries, OPAC, Open Access, Oral Histories, Photographs, Politics, Preservation, Tools, USA, Web 2.0, World

Library of Congress

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Today I spent the day at the Library of Congress and loved it. I was there with my mother and brother and we took one of the guided tours of...

Aug 27 2008

Images, Manuscripts, Open Access, World

Digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Israel’s Antiquities Authority has begun digitizing the Dead Sea Scrolls to make them available to everyone on the web. The project is an effort to preserve the remains of this...

Aug 29 2007

Archives, Digital, Open Access, Photographs, Technology, USA, World

Apollo Moon Photographs

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In the 1970’s the various Apollo missions took a number of highly detailed photographs of the moon which have been seen only by a handful of scientist. For three decades...

Aug 12 2007

Venezuela, World

A few days ago the Christian Science Monitor had an interesting article about conservation efforts for bufeos, (also known boto, pink dolphins, or fresh water dolphins). Scientist Fernando Trujillo from...

Jul 31 2007

Databases, Digital, Libraries, Open Access, Technology, USA, Web 2.0, World

Open Library

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Open Library is a new project starting out in San Francisco, CA, but global in scope. It aims at creating a single database for all book ever published! This massive...

Jul 16 2007

Digital, Libraries, Technology, USA

IRENE – Image, Reconstruct, Erase Noise, etc.

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IRENE (Image, Reconstruct, Erase Noise, etc.) is a new technological development that will help in the preservation of millions of sound recordings that are currently being lost because of lack...

Jun 30 2007

World

World Heritage Sites

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Earlier this week UNESCO had a couple of additions to their World Heritage Site list. World Heritage Sites can include natural locations, buildings, monuments, and entire cities, and are believed...

Jun 04 2007

USA, World

Tutankhamen Exhibit

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This weekend I was in Philly to see the Tutankhamen exhibit at the Franklin Institute Science Museum. My mom saw this exhibit when it toured the USA back in the...