Author: Carly B. Boxer
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Meet the Hubs! : Digital Commonwealth
The first post in a series exploring the collections of the DPLA’s seven service hubs—looking for hidden treasures and getting to know our hubs a bit better. This week, we investigate Digital Commonwealth.
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“Leaving Europe” and Digital Learning Tools
The DPLA and European’s new joint exhibition, “Leaving Europe,” is a learning tool, but it’s also a gateway to accessing the wealth of digital documents that its host organizations have to offer.
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“Kultur und Wissen online”: Germany’s New National Digital Library
Germany launches the beta version of its new national digital library, the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB).
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Macbeth Goes Digital: Folger Shakespeare Library Launches Digital Texts
The Folger Shakespeare Library launches a new digital platform with digital texts and source code for 12 of the Bard’s best known plays.
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Building a Library from Scratch: The Qatar National Library
Qatar announces plans to build a new national library and digitize 500,000 historical records. So, how do you reimagine and rebuild a national library?
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Digital Preservation, Long-term storage, and Hurricane Sandy
Even stable storage media present problems for preserving digital resources. How do academic institutions deal with servers shutting down, limited resources, and natural disasters?
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John Palfrey delivers TEDx Talk
John Palfrey, Head of School at Phillips Academy, Andover, and member of the DPLA Board of Directors, delivered a talk entitled “Digital Libraries and Keeping Well in a Digital Age,” at last week’s TEDxPhillipsAcademy event. Palfrey introduces the DPLA, and discusses the importance continued importance of physical objects and face-to-face interaction as a way of…
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Rijksmusem Launches 125,000 Image Digital Collection
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseumlaunces its digital collection. “Rijksstudio,” the 125,000 work collection, provides access to some of the museum’s most famous paintings. Users can also register with the site to access the Rijksstudio API, with metadata for 111,000 of the site’s images.
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Press: “2012 Henderson Lecture – Dr. John Palfrey”
“‘Building a Digital Public Library of America’ is the topic of the talk presented by Dr. John G. Palfrey, Jr., head of the Phillips Academy and former Henry N. Ess III professor of Law and vice dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School, at the annual Lucile Kelling Henderson Memorial Lecture on…
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Columbia Spectator Launches Digital Archive
The Columbia Spectator launches the first phase of its digital archive. The joint project between Spectator and Columbia University Libraries seeks to digitize every Spectator issue produced from 1877 until today.