In a historic first in Canada, the Vancouver Public Library and the Library and Archives Canada have partnered to establish a wiki in support of a project called Chinese-Canadians: Profiles from a Community. The wiki is also part of a larger VPL-led initiative on Chinese-Canadian Genealogy. The Library and Archives Canada also released a database [...]
Truly a very funny one-page paradox of Second Life, check out Get a First Life, dude, from Darren Barefoot who lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
From the Introduction to the Speculum Romanae Magnificentiae Digital Collection created by the University of Chicago Library: In 1540 Antonio Lafreri, a native of Besançon transplanted to Rome, began publishing maps and other printed images that depicted major monuments and antiquities in Rome. These images were calculated to appeal to the taste for classical antiquity [...]
Congratulations to the “Order of the Phoenix” team for getting that lander down safely in the Martian arctic. The imagery is dull and spectacular. The view of the lander parachuting to the surface taken from an orbital camera is unbelievable.
Thanks to Gerry McKiernan I learned about Elgg, “a robust open source social application engine.” A Version 1.0 of Elgg is supposed to be released in the summer 02008. Elgg Classic is the current version. The software is designed for those individuals and organizations who wish to host their own social software and retain control [...]
According to the announcement on DIGLIB (02008 05 15) and other lists, The May/June 2008 issue of D-Lib Magazine (http://www.dlib.org/) is now available. This issue contains four articles, a conference report, the ‘In Brief’ column, excerpts from recent press releases, and news of upcoming conferences and other items of interest in ‘Clips and Pointers’. This [...]
From the About page of the Data-PASS site: The Data Preservation Alliance for the Social Sciences (Data-PASS) is a broad-based partnership devoted to identifying, acquiring and preserving data at-risk of being lost to the social science research community. Examples of at-risk data include opinion polls, voting records, large-scale surveys on family growth and income, and [...]
The United Kingdom’s JISC has published its study Keeping Research Data Safe: A Cost Model and Guidance for UK Universities. According to independent consultant Neil Beagrie’s post to DIGITAL-PRESERVATION@JISCMAIL.AC.UK (02008 05 14), “Although focused on UK universities in particular, it should be of interest to anyone involved with research data or interested generally in the costs of [...]
Japan’s National Diet Library is constructing a digital archiving system which it expects to have in production in 2009. You can read more information about the library’s digital preservation activities, including a collection of links to external resources on digital preservation. Source: DIGLIB mailing list, 02008 05 11
The IFLA cataloguing group responsible for cataloging issues created a wiki has a temporary home for the Statement of International Cataloguing Principles for ”worldwide review until it is available on IFLANET.” The Statement of International Cataloguing Principles is available as a PDF file for download; the separate voting form is also there as a downloadable word [...]
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