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The Rest of the Story
Last week we discussed the valuable information and story that data, specifically DNA data, can reveal. I shared our experience with canine DNA and what story our dogs’ DNA told us. We did the canine experiments several years ago and valued the information provided to us by the company about breed specific diseases, behaviors, etc.…
Read MoreNew Words Added to the Oxford English Dictionary
Most of us have heard of hangry and some of us have experienced it. Now, it is in the dictionary. This interesting and humorous information came to us from NPR in their article, “‘Oxford English Dictionary’ Adds New Entries Including ‘Hangry‘.” Hangry is one of the newest entries and it is defined as “bad tempered…
Read MoreArt, Social Protest and Archives
When you think of art and archives, protest signs don’t often come to mind. Fortunately, many of the signs from Boston’s first Women’s March in 2017 have been saved and now available to the public not in poster form but as a searchable digital archive. The Northeastern professors serve as the primary reason. This interesting information came…
Read MorePreserving History From Your Barca Lounger
Small town history, big city archives. The love and passion for preserving historical information never fades. Home News Here out of Massachusetts brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Citizen archivist program.” The National Archives in Washington, D.C. is offering a unique opportunity to contribute to preserving our history and our legacy. Citizens…
Read MoreLibraries of Interest
Libraries are nirvana to the bibliophiles among us. They also tickle that OCD gene with all the books lined up and organized in a particular fashion. However, some are better than others. This interesting article takes a look at the “15 Incredible Libraries Around the World” and came to us from Twisted Sifter. Their determination of “incredible” is…
Read MoreIndexing Folklore
Many of us have the “word of day” type emails that arrive in our in-box every morning. For readers and writers (and just plain ole’ word nerds), it is a way to broaden our vocabulary or to just give us a chuckle. With social media, this type of outreach has more avenues and applications for…
Read More2018 Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) Keynote Announced
The 13th annual Data Harmony Users Group (DHUG) meeting is just around the corner. The keynote speaker for Wednesday, February 7th is Martin Klein, Scientist in the Research Library at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. His presentation is titled, “Towards Web-Centric Repository Interoperability.” In this talk Martin will outline the Signposting concept for repositories – a standards-based …
Read MoreOpen Access to Research
Academic publishers should take note of a recent report from Springer Nature that shows there is a tangible benefit to publishing academic books using immediate open access (OA) models. Springer Nature brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Open access academic books downloaded, discussed and cited far more than traditional books.” Among the research findings,…
Read MoreFlorida State University is New Hub for Digital Public Library of America
The Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) is a US project aimed at providing public access to digital holdings in order to create a large-scale public digital library. Florida State University (FSU) Libraries will be playing a key role in this as the state of Florida’s service hub for the DPLA. Florida State University News brought this information to our attention…
Read MoreNFAIS & NHA Annual Meeting and Humanities Advocacy Day
The National Federation of Advanced Information Services (NFAIS) 2018 Humanities Roundtable is scheduled for Sunday, March 11, 2018 in Washington D.C. The theme this year will be “Meeting the Needs of Digital Humanities Librarians” The loaded program will start with the keynote speaker, Dr. Kimberley Bugg, Chief of the Humanities and Social Sciences Division at…
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