Information on Migratory Birds Needs Help Entering the Digital Age
I just read about a call for help to assist in the saving of hundreds of years worth of information on birds’ migrating patters. The North American Bird Phenology Program...
Tag: Digital
Mar
07
2009
Digital, Europe, Images, Libraries, Manuscripts, Open Access, Public Libraries, Technology, USA, Women
Financial Advice at the Library?
by Bilingual Librarian
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Financial advice at the public library? Apparently so. As unstable and scary as the financial landscape appears these days all of us seem to be looking for advice where we...
Feb
07
2009
Prado Artwork Available Through Google Earth
by Bilingual Librarian
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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
Academic Earth
by Bilingual Librarian
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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
Copyright and the Public Domain
by Bilingual Librarian
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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...
LIFE Photo Archive
by Bilingual Librarian
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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
Google “recreates” Ancient Rome
by Bilingual Librarian
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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
Biblioteca Digital Hispánica
by Bilingual Librarian
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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
Google is Digitizing Old Newspapers
by Bilingual Librarian
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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
Turning The Pages
by Bilingual Librarian
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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...