Posts Tagged ‘Digital’
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.
Read MoreGrant 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).
Read MoreGoing 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.
Read MoreGoogle 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.
Read MoreUPS, 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.
Read MoreStanford’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.
Read MoreClass 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.
Read MorePrimestream’s New Acquisition Provides Complementary Services
Primestream acquires Building4Media, bringing a complementary enhancement to their services.
Read MoreUsers Prefer e-Readers over Print
Study shows users prefer e-readers even if they aren’t faster to read.
Read MoreAnnotations May Be Paving the Way for the Semantic Web
Twitter’s annotations are changing the way we interact with the Web.
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