Taxodiary – Digital

Library Digitization for Free

By Melody Smith|November 30th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Library Digitization for Free

Treasures of Connecticut Libraries allows libraries to digitize, for free, up to 100 items in their collection, and then to upload their collection to a CONTENTdm site managed by the state library in Hartford. This collaboration is providing a relatively inexpensive model for libraries that want to expand awareness of their collections and demonstrate their value to a wider public.

Grant for Developing Digital Library Tools Awarded

By Melody Smith|November 29th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Grant for Developing Digital Library Tools Awarded

Engineering professors were recently awarded a National Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education (NSF DUE) grant to develop tools that will allow for easier curation of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL).

Going Digital in Nigerian Libraries

By Melody Smith|November 18th, 2010|metadata, News|Comments Off on Going Digital in Nigerian Libraries

Nigerian Former Minister of Defense, Dr Olu Agunloye is advocating for the introduction of Information Communication Technology (ICT) into the library system in the nation education sector. The fears of loss of jobs by librarians due to the digital library was allayed by Dr. Agunloye at the 30th Annual Seminar of the Nigerian Library Association (cataloguing, classification and indexing section) in Akure.

Google of Audio Digitizing

By Melody Smith|November 11th, 2010|metadata, News, search, storage|Comments Off on Google of Audio Digitizing

One-half million audio recordings have been digitized by Memnon Archiving Systems relying on NOA systems. NOA systems support multiple Memnon projects, including migration of 250,000 digital audio tapes for Danish Radio and 350,000 CDs for BnF.

UPS, First DAMMY Award Recipient

By Melody Smith|November 3rd, 2010|Business strategy, News|Comments Off on UPS, First DAMMY Award Recipient

Developer of solutions for digital media management, ViewCast Corporation, announced that UPS's Communications Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, powered by ViewCast Media Platform Digital Asset Management software, was the recent recipient of a 2010 DAMMY Award in the category of Best Storage, Archive and/or Preservation Solution.

Stanford’s Engineering Library Follows New Trend in Libraries – No Books

By Melody Smith|August 24th, 2010|News, search, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Stanford’s Engineering Library Follows New Trend in Libraries – No Books

What is a library without books? Paper books, that is. Some call it progress, others are in dismay, but Stanford University’s Engineering Library has gone digital.

Class Environments Go Media-Rich with New Partnership

By Melody Smith|July 20th, 2010|Autoindexing, News, reference|Comments Off on Class Environments Go Media-Rich with New Partnership

McGraw-Hill and Blackboard establish a new partnership to enhance the content and digital tools available to learning institutions.

Primestream’s New Acquisition Provides Complementary Services

By Melody Smith|July 20th, 2010|Business strategy, metadata|Comments Off on Primestream’s New Acquisition Provides Complementary Services

Primestream acquires Building4Media, bringing a complementary enhancement to their services.

Users Prefer e-Readers over Print

By Melody Smith|July 15th, 2010|News, reference, Technology|Comments Off on Users Prefer e-Readers over Print

Study shows users prefer e-readers even if they aren't faster to read.

Annotations May Be Paving the Way for the Semantic Web

By Melody Smith|July 14th, 2010|News, semantic|Comments Off on Annotations May Be Paving the Way for the Semantic Web

Twitter's annotations are changing the way we interact with the Web.