Category: Digital

Feb 07 2009

Databases, Digital, Europe, Images, Open Access, World

Prado Artwork Available Through Google Earth

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

I really enjoyed my visit to the Prado Museum back in 2001 and was delighted to find out that the museum and Google have formed a partnership to make 14...

Jan 31 2009

Digital, Europe, Open Access, Technology, USA, Videos

Academic Earth

by Bilingual Librarian

3 Comments

I just ran into the site Academic Earth and was fascinated to find entire academic lectures available for free! The site is a collaboration between a number of prestigious American...

Dec 13 2008

Databases, Digital, Law, Open Access, Technology, USA, Women

Copyright and the Public Domain

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

A couple days ago I heard an interview with James Boyle on NPR that reminded me of a lot of information related issues that I have previously discussed with other...

Dec 01 2008

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

LIFE Photo Archive

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

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...

Nov 19 2008

Digital, Europe, Images, Maps, Open Access, Technology, World

Google “recreates” Ancient Rome

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

Google Earth has just created a new project which recreated Ancient Rome in all it’s glory. You can fly into the city, look into buildings and in general explore an entire...

Oct 19 2008

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

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...

Sep 14 2008

Archives, Databases, Digital, Open Access, World

Google is Digitizing Old Newspapers

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

Google as set out with the ambitious goal of digitizing as many news papers (large and small, national and international), as they can get their hands on. These digital files...

Aug 14 2008

Databases, Digital, Europe, Libraries, National Libraries, Open Access, World

Turning The Pages

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

Turning the Pages is a great collection digitized books, at the British Library, that allow you to turn the pages and almost experience the real thing. The works included in...

Jul 25 2008

Digital, Europe, Open Access, Photographs, World

360 Cities

by Bilingual Librarian

No Comments

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...

May 23 2008

Archives, Databases, Digital, Libraries, Technology, World

Digitizing Works from Timbuktu

by Bilingual Librarian

1 Comment

The Mali government has begun work to create a library that will house material from Timbuktu‘s golden age. Material consists of works of law, history, poetry, and science, much of...