July 14, 2024 by Gary Price
From Archives Portal Europe: DeCoSEAS project launch the web platform Pratinada.net, with 7200 recordings online from Southeast Asia. The web platform Pratinada.net hosts 7200 recordings online from Southeast Asia. It was created by the DeCoSEAS project (Decolonizing Southeast Asian Sound Archives) to make searchable and accessible online sound archives and collections related to music and sound (including interviews, speeches, […]
July 12, 2024 by Gary Price
From Cambridge University Library: After being donated to the nation by the Hawking Family in 2021, the scientific and personal archive of Professor Stephen Hawking has been fully catalogued and is now available to all who might benefit from access to it at Cambridge University Library. The Hawking Archive [Video] contains not only his scientific papers but […]
July 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Brown University: The John Hay Library, home to Brown University’s special collections, has acquired the contemporary papers of acclaimed poet, musician, playwright, author and activist Joy Harjo, who served as the 23rd U.S. poet laureate from 2019 to 2022 as the first Native American to hold that honor. The acquisition, which primarily consists of […]
July 11, 2024 by Gary Price
From the University of Montana: Some of the state’s earliest known aerial photography now is available online courtesy of the University of Montana Mansfield Library. The images are part of an extensive collection of aerial photography taken by the U.S. Forest Service and held in the library’s Archives and Special Collections department. “The Forest Service […]
July 11, 2024 by Gary Price
AI AI’s Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet’s Hyper-Consumption Era (via WIRED) An Experiment with the Use of ChatGPT for LCSH Subject Assignment on Electronic Theses and Dissertations (via arXiv) “The Rise Of Generative AI: Transforming the Role of Information Professionals” by Mary Ellen Bates (via Springer Nature) Coalition For Networked […]
July 9, 2024 by Gary Price
From Channel 6 (Tulsa): Radio IDL is responsible for one of the largest Blues and Black history sheet music collections in the nation. Now work is being done to archive and digitalize them. Kerry Kudlacek, also known as the “professor of blues” was a collector for 63 years. He said it is his dream to […]
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July 2, 2024 by Gary Price
Acquisitions Library of Congress Acquires House of Blues Radio Collection (via LC) AI GraphRAG: New Tool For Complex Data Discovery Now on Github (Via Microsoft Research) Perplexity’s “Pro Search” Receives an Upgrade California ‘Why Would You Hack A Library?’: Solano County Public Library Still Struggling Months After Cyberattack (via SF Chronicle) College & Research Libraries […]
July 1, 2024 by Gary Price
From Internet Archive Canada We at Internet Archive Canada (IAC) are delighted to announce the launch of an exciting new digitization project in collaboration with Library and Archives Canada (LAC). This initiative marks a significant step forward in our mission to provide universal access to all knowledge, leveraging our expertise tn library and archival digitization […]
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June 27, 2024 by Gary Price
From the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS): The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) today released InformationLiteracy.gov, a website with specialized tools and resources designed for library and museum professionals to engage diverse communities in developing critical information literacy skills. The website and resources will debut at the American Library Association (ALA) Annual […]
June 25, 2024 by Gary Price
AI Algorithms Should Not Control What People See, UN Chief Says, Launching Global Principles For Information Integrity (via UN) Artificial Intelligence: Generative AI Technologies and Their Commercial Applications (via GAO) Announcing the Scholaris Website and Early Adopter Cohorts 1 & 2 (via CARL and OCUL) Kentucky Louisville Free Public Library to Renovate, Reopen And Build […]