American Library Association gets a wiki
Thanks to Jennifer (The Shifted Librarian) Levine, one of my inspirations as a blogger, the American Library Association now has a wiki called Read Write Connect.
The Ten Thousand Year Blog
Archivist-historian David Mattison’s musings and Web tracks on digital culture preservation issues
First International Workshop on Database Preservation (PresDB-07), March 02007, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
The First International Workshop on Database Preservation (PresDB’07) is being held on March 23, 02007 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Some of the issues being addressed by this workshop appear to mirror those that formed some of the research undertaken by InterPARES 2 (2002-2006).
This Week in LibraryBlogLand, a blog carnival by library and librarian bloggers
Blake Carver, who maintains LISnews.org, has created a blog carnival by library and librarian bloggers called This Week in LibraryBlogLand. There’s also a RSS feed at http://twil.lisnews.com/TWiL.rss.
Google Sightseeing, the aerial world at your fingertips
For a different kind of sightseeing adventure, give Google Sightseeing a whirl. One of the funniest entries is about the secret development of the world’s largest plasma screen TV.
To Stand the Test of Time, let your URLs live forever
From the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Web site visited on January 30, 02007 and “Last updated Friday, January 26, 2007″: “The final report of the ARL Workshop on digital data stewardship, To Stand the Test of Time: Long-term Stewardship of Digital Data Sets in Science and Engineering, is now available via www.arl.org/info/frn/other/ottoc.html.” If you [...]
CAScommunity, digital storage industry information portal
The CAScommunity is a digital storage industry information portal. CAS stands for content-addressable storage, a type of digital file storage described in this Wikipedia article. CAS is best suited for files that do not change often or are in their final, fixed state such as word processing documents, image files, and e-mail. There is at [...]
What do you get when you mix a wiki, social tagging and Amazon.com – Amapedia!
Amapedia is Amazon.com’s beta effort at collaborative, social networking. Here’s most of the starting page blurb: “Amapedia introduces an exciting new way of organizing products we call “collaborative structured tagging”. In a nutshell, it makes it easy for you to tag products with what they are and with their most important facts, and for others [...]
eduSource Canada, the Canadian Network of Learning Object Repositories
eduSource Canada is the bilingual Canadian Network of Learning Object Repositories. I could be wrong, but there doesn’t yet appear to be an actual method of searching the various examples of learning object repositories listed on the site.
Patenting the future of digital preservation, or, Microsoft digs immortal information hole
The details of a patent application filed by Microsoft to create an “Immortal Information Storage and Access Platform”, that is a permanent, hardware- and software-independent digital storage device, were revealed on January 22, 02007 in various news stories. The U.S. Patent Office patent application was filed in June 02005 and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer was the [...]
Frozen Ocean: Search for the North-West Passage virtual exhibit, Toronto Public Library, Ontario, Canada
I came across this virtual exhibit, Frozen Ocean: Search for the North-West Passage, created by the Toronto Public Library, on the Images Canada Web site. The physical exhibit was available between October 2 and December 31, 02004.
TOBuilt, a visual database on the built heritage of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
TOBuilt, a visual database on the built heritage of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is the handiwork of former archivist Bob Krawczyk, who “has no formal training in architecture but enjoys the built environment, cycling, taking photos, researching, and organizing data.” (quoted from the About page). You can search or browse for buildings a variety of ways, [...]
USA.gov was FirstGov.gov
Gosh, how often does this happen, bureaucrats actually listening and responding to user feedback. What was FirstGov.gov, a United State Government information portal, is now USA.gov. The list of RSS feeds is at http://www.usa.gov/rss/index.shtml The Reference Center component includes link categories for things like libraries, laws and regulations, maps, historical documents, and photos and multimedia, [...]
Google Librarian Central Blog launched
Update: 02007 01 19 At the request of its readers, the Google Librarian Newsletter launched the Google Librarian Central Blog on January 17, 02007. Original post: 02005 12 20 Google’s started a Google Librarian Newsletter, an announcement-only service on how to make better use of Google. It’s part of Google Groups. No announcements as of [...]
New issue of D-Lib Magazine (January-Feburary 02007)
The January-February 02007 issue D-Lib Magazine has an eclectic roundup of articles, including an opinion piece by H.M. Gladney, “Digital Preservation in a National Context: Questions and Views of an Outsider”, who also publishes his views in his Digital Document Quarterly. A couple of the other opinion pieces talk about new methodologies for cataloging online [...]
WordPress 2.0.7 is out with apologies from developers
A couple of security fixes caused the WordPress developers to release WordPress 2.0.7 close on the heels of 2.0.6. Better safe than sorry, so upgrade now. The good news is, only six files need to be upgraded. Also, they’ve announced that the next major version. 2.1, will be released by the end of January 02007.
Articulating the Value of Digital Assets espida Conference, February 12, 02007, British Library, England, UK
Quoting from the conference page: “espida are delighted to invite you to ‘Articulating the Value of Digital Assets’ Conference to be held at the British Library on February 12th 2007. There is no cost of attendance.” The espida Handbook will be launched at this one-day event.
Access 2007, the Canadian library technology conference, University of Victoria, BC, October 02007
Access 2007, Canada’s best library technology conference, which always attracts an international audience, is being held at the University of Victoria, BC, between October 10 and 13, 02007. Since I attended the last one held in BC in Vancouver in 2003, I will more than likely be in the audience for this one. I’m pleased [...]
Wikinomics, a new book by Don Tapscott
Don Tapscott has caught the wiki bug and his new book Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything, cowritten with Anthony D. Williams, explores collaboration from a business perspective. Chapter 11, an ironic numbering choice from a United States legal perspective since it denotes bankruptcy court proceedings, will be launched on February 5, 02007 and will [...]
Web archiving training session, March 1 and 2, 02007, Paris, France
From the annoncement on DIGLIB (02007 01 09): “The European Web Archive is organizing a two-day training session on Web Archiving in Paris on the 1st and 2nd of March 2007. The training will cover all aspects of Web Archiving for librarians, archivists as well as technicians in charge of web archiving. Special attention will [...]
JISC briefing paper on archiving and preservation of e-journals
Update for 02007 03 08: From the announcement on DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK (02007 03 08): “A JISC briefing paper on Archiving and Preservation of E-journals has become available. The briefing paper explains the main issues related to the preservation responsibility of e-journals and the differences between Perpetual access, archiving and long-term preservation. It also looks at the [...]
eArchivaria, journal of the Association of Canadian Archivists
The public and archivists especially who wish to bone up on recent archival theory without becoming a member of the Association of Canadian Archivists can consult digitized issues of its flagship publication Archivaria. The digital content is accessible through the Public Knowledge Project’s Open Journal Systems software and hosted on a Simon Fraser University Web [...]
New issue of the Digital Document Quarterly from H.M. Gladney
H.M. Gladney’s “Digital Document Quarterly 5(4) is available at http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/ddq_5_4.htm. Its content list is: Digital Preservation On Designated Communities NDIIPP at Mid-Point East of England Digital Preservation Project A Misleading Analogy: Paper and Digital Preservation Digital Preservation of a Different Sort Inattention across the Boundaries of Professional Disciplines A Two Cultures Model: Stylistic Differences in [...]
East of England Digital Preservation Project report
The Report of the East of England Digital Preservation Regional Pilot Project is available as a PDF file via the UK Data Archive. Quoting from the announcement on DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK (02007 01 03), “The report describes a pilot project designed to investigate the issues which would need to be resolved if a regional digital repository were [...]
Version 2.0.6 of WordPress is out
Security fixes, deverloper tools and Apple Safari browser capabilities are highlights of the WordPress 2.0.6 release available for download.
Association of Internet Researchers play around at Internet Research 8.0 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 17-20, 02007
The Association of Internet Researchers is holding its conference Internet Research 8.0 in Vancouver, BC, Canada, between October 17 and 20, 02007. The theme of this year’s conference is “Let’s Play”. The deadline for paper abstracts is February 1, 02007. Source: Archives & Archivists mailing list, 02007 01 04
National Historical Publications and Records Commission announces grants for electronic records projects
According to an announcement on the ARCHIVES & ARCHIVISTS mailing list (02007 01 04), the United States National Historical Publications and Records Commission is encouraging institutions to apply for grants to develop “sustainable electronic records programs in state archives and other historical records repositories.” The final deadline for applications is June 1, 02007.
Library Trends 02005 issue on digital preservation
I came across a sample issue of Library Trends on the Project Muse site on the topic of digital preservation. The guest editor was Deborah Woodyard-Robinson and the title of the issue is “Digital Preservation: Finding Balance“. You can view, download, save or print each article in HTML or PDF. The articles describe digital preservation [...]
Field Guide to Sponosored Films by Rick Prelinger
From the announcement on th AMIA-L mailing list (02006 12 01): “The National Film Preservation Foundation is delighted to announce the publication of The Field Guide to Sponsored Films by Rick Prelinger, the first modern overview of the motion pictures commissioned by American businesses, charities, advocacy groups, and state and local government units over the [...]
Prelinger Library Digital Collection
“The Prelinger Library Digital Collection now includes over 1,630 monographs, serials volumes and print ephemera. More are continually being added. All are freely available in a variety of downloadable formats, including searchable PDFs, DjVu, and raw (uncorrected) OCRed text. The PDFs are color facsimiles and may be printed and bound if desired. The library may [...]
CERN workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communications (OAI5), Geneva, Switzerland, April 02007
Registration opened on December 11, 02006 for OAI5, the 5th Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication at CERN in Geneva, Switzerland, which will take place from April 18 to 20, 02007. The OAI series of workshops is one of the biggest international meetings of technical repository-developers, library Open Access policy formulators, and the funders and [...]
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