May 19, 2014 by Gary Price
From the YIVO Institute: The YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is delighted to announce the launch of the YIVO Digital Archive on Jewish Life in Poland, at polishjews.yivoarchives.org. The website provides access to thousands of digitized documents, manuscripts, photographs, artworks, films, and audio recordings relating to the rich and vibrant Jewish community in Poland before […]
February 18, 2013 by Gary Price
From Vogue UK: A public archive of Europe’s extensive fashion history will soon become available from May 2 with the launch of a website called europeanafashion.eu. Cultural institutions from 12 different countries – including London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and Paris’ Les Arts Décoratifs – will provide artefacts for the online project which will feature […]
February 17, 2013 by Gary Price
From UNews.ca: On behalf of the Dalhousie University Library, [Michael] Groenendyk and his team are building a 3D model repository: an open database filled with three-dimensional scans of interesting objects in the university’s possession. The files can be freely downloaded in their full detail and viewed in most common 3D modelling applications. Groenendyk is one […]
March 9, 2012 by Gary Price
From Emory News: When Salman Rushdie granted Emory University his archive — records that capture 40 years of his literary life — he wasn’t just opening the door to public examination of a writer and his process. Organizing his life’s writings — which range from scribbled notes and faded faxes to computer files — also […]
September 6, 2011 by Gary Price
A new e-Print via arXiv Full Text: “Beyond the Boundaries of Open, Closed and Pirate Archives: Lessons from a Hybrid Approach” (44 Pages; PDF) Authors: Prodromos Tsiavos (London School of Economics, UK), Petros Stefaneas (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) The creation of open archives i.e. archives where access is regulated by open licensing models (content, […]