[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxgQIAHX8kg&w=560&h=315] Here is Grossman at Perspectives on History: Access to research materials—both print and digital—is crucial for any historian engaged in scholarship and teaching. For historians working outside of well-resourced colleges and universities, gaining access to these materials has become...
digital libraries
The Omohundro Institute and George Washington Library Team-Up for Digital Collections Fellowship
Here is Jim Ambuske of Mount Vernon at the blog of the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture: The historian’s craft is a collaborative enterprise. For all of the long days and quiet nights we spend laboring...
The Next “Librarian of Congress” Should Be a Librarian
This is the argument of Portland Community College librarian Meredeth Farkas in a piece at The New Republic.Farkas chides outgoing Librarian of Congress James Billington for, among other things, not modernizing the Library and bringing it fully into the digital world.She writes:President...
Digital Public Library of America Lands Large Grant
Press release from the DPLA website: BOSTON — The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) announced today $594,000 in new funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to research potential sustainability models and to pursue the most promising option (or...
Museums, Libraries, and Archives in a Digital Age
G. Wayne Clough, Secretary of the Smithsonian, talks about his new free e-book, Best of Both Worlds: Museums, Libraries, and Archives in a Digital Age. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWvpBXoDN64]...
The Digital Public Library of America
It launched about an hour ago. Jonathan Wilson tells us more. Here is a taste of his post at The Junto: At noon Eastern today, the Digital Public Library of America will launch a beta version of its “discovery portal,” allowing...