June 2012
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One of my favourite places on this planet →
sarahjla:
Shakespeare and Company, one of my favourite places on this planet, is now selling their rare books online. *dies*
The Return of the Archivist →
rch-commonplacebook:
Answering the most important questions in the archives world. I mean, is there a better reason to become an archivist other than to look at really hot photos of dead guys? I’ll let you decide that one.
Dublin Core Generator →
meta-everything:
Library school student in my class found about this site during a “write Dublin Core in HTML META tags assignment.” Now everybody in my class uses it whenever a “write Dublin Core in this particular syntax” assignment comes up.
May 2012
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Treasure trove uncovered in a library →
While preparing for a massive renovation of its 100-year-old facility, librarians at the Russian State Polytechnical Museum found more than 30,000 pre-revolutionary books and magazines.
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As the books were packed into boxes, the empty racks were dismantled. Behind one of these racks, the librarians found a plywood wall that sounded hollow when tapped.
“We moved the cover aside and...
This Site is a Museum of the Electronic Sound of... →
thomasraukamp:
Remember when Louis CK was ranting about how everything’s awesome and nobody’s happy? If you’re one of the people who can relate to how far we’ve come along in the past decade or two, you’re going to love the Museum of Endangered Sounds.
[Read on]
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Trapit Discovers: Margaret Sanger Papers Project... →
trapitdiscovers:
Sanger with Japanese Senator Kato. Image via.
The Sanger Papers Project at New York University is dedicated to collecting, preserving, and making widely available over the Internet the work and archives of Margaret Sanger—the woman who started planned parenthood. I spent a summer working…
“All the documents of “homesteaders” stealing land from Native Americans is...”
– We got a range of reactions to our recent series on the Homestead Act’s 150th anniversary - from angry to enthusiastic to, well, bummed out.
The Homestead Act is a difficult document. When we think of homesteaders, most of us probably think of “Little House on the Prairie” and not the Trail of...
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“While the administration at the New York Public Library likes to pretend the...”
– Charles Peterson, Lions in Winter
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“And while it’s not cheap to buy and store a physical copy of every important...”
– Charles Peterson, Lions in Winter
(The entire article is a thoughtful piece on the radical changes happening at the NYPL right now.)
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Black history ‘undertaker’ loses...
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San Bruno Facility To House Asian-American... →
The Federal Government had targeted most of the dusty files for destruction. Others were headed for storage in the National Archives’ limestone cave at Lee’s Summit, Missouri, locked away for eternity.
“I said, basically, over our dead bodies,” Louie said.
It took 15 years, four presidents, and a final push by late Congressman Tom Lantos and Congresswoman Jackie Speier to save the collection....
Archaeological News: Rare Lotus Sutra opens to... →
archaeologicalnews:
NEW DELHI: The Gilgit Lotus Sutra Manuscripts, discovered by cattle grazers in Gilgit in a Buddhist stupa in 1931, are set to be released in a facsimile edition in New Delhi on Thursday. The rare manuscripts, housed with the National Archives of India, date back to 5th-6th century AD and…
I thought I reblogged this already but no harm in showing it twice!
boingboing: Libraries set out to own their ebooks →
calimae:
The digital branch allows patrons to view and explore digital content using their hands and eyes the same way they might explore a traditional collection, with added functionality like immediate access to staff recommendations, most popular titles, and new content. Digital branch technology and features will change and improve as Douglas County Libraries’ eContent collection grows and...
“College is not trade school. Who’s really complaining? The people really who are...”
– Using Standardized Tests To Develop Flexible Minds | Fast Company (via infoneer-pulse)
This may have just sent me into a rage.
Archives, NARA and Ethics →
disastrid:
I don’t know what’s more upsetting about this news story on NPR: that someone would do that (steal from an educational institution), or that the recording sold for under $40. The transcript did say that the reel wasn’t well marked, so it’s likely that the buyer was simply unaware of what was on it. I hope they didn’t somehow ruin or destroy the recording because of that unawareness....
“PeerJ is establishing a new sustainability model. Researchers will be able to...”
– PeerJ (via archivalia)
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Auction Preview of D&D Co-Creator’s Personal... →
All these items were once written, crafted or owned by Dave Arneson, gaming legend and co-creator of D&D. But when Arneson died in 2009, his personal archives and game collection become lost. In 2011, they were found, in an abandoned storage locker in Minnesota.
Some 10,000 items comprising what is being called the Dave L. Arneson Collection — ranging from Arenson’s 1959 game of Risk to...