Library Juice Academy Certificate in XML and RDF-Based Systems
I saw this posted on the Library Juice blog. I thought it might be of interest, since I keep repeating the phrase “learn XML” in class. And there are many other professional development courses on...
View ArticleDPLA: Google’s New Rival?
We talked about the Digital Public Library of America in class, but I just ran across an article about it and had to do a double-take. The article title? “US Digital Library Hopes to Rival Google.”...
View ArticleEnvironmental Scan: DL in Developing World – Africa
Digital Libraries in African countries While searching for news on the advancement of Digital Libraries in African countries, I stumbled into the site of African Digital Library...
View ArticleDigitized Newspaper Listings and Crowdsourcing Text Correction
Was looking at Rose Holley’s blog recently, http://rose-holley.blogspot.com/2013/04/crowdsourcing-text-correction-and.html and she had posted a list of recent digitized newspaper sites including Welsh...
View ArticleCourse Evaluation – Spring 2013
I know I’ve talked about this in class twice now… but I’m serious about the response rate issue. So here, in case you missed it, is the text of the email imploring you to fill out the SILS course...
View ArticleA Digital Library … for BODY PARTS!
Amongst all the news about the DPLA’s “opening” this week, I found this interesting little gem slipped into my RSS feed about a virtual mapping system for organs being used to create a medical “digital...
View Articlehttp://openhumanitiespress.org
There are increasingly calls for scholarly publishing to be online and free and open to the public. This is especially true in the UK under the mandate by the Research Council UK that the results of...
View ArticleFinal reports from last year
As promised (sorry for the delay), here are final reports from last year’s INLS 740. One project worked with the Stephen & the Photo Archives, to develop a prototype collection of the NC...
View ArticleDigital Humanities Practicum (AMST 850)
I received an email about this yesterday… of possible interest now that registration for Fall is open. A new Digital Humanities Practicum (AMST 850) being offered in the fall. This course will...
View ArticleSmithsonian Mobile
We mentioned Smithsonian apps today in class — The Smithsonian does over MANY applications and mobile websites; many of the apps are for Smithsonian products (Smithsonian Magazine, Smithsonian Channel,...
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