Imagine a public library that focused on providing access to digital versions of books, photographs, historical records, audio recordings and videos to anyone with access to the Internet. The library’s mission would be to efficiently store a huge amount of digital content and make it easily searchable and accessible. [Read more…]
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Google Books is now facing a class-action suit from authors
Authors that are upset that Google created digital copies of their print books now have something to be happy about. New York federal Judge Denny Chin yesterday granted class-action status to authors suing Google Books for digitally scanning their copyrighted print books. [Read more…]
1940 census shows why we need a national digital public library
The US National Archives made history yesterday by putting the entire 1940 census online. Previously, census data was only released on microfilm. This is the first time that a decennial US census has ever been made available online. [Read more…]
Denver Public Library uses social networking to digitize photos
Take a close look librarians. This may be the future of public libraries. Massive digitization projects where a librarian becomes the digitizer-in-chief.
The Denver Public Library is launching a site next Tuesday that will allow users to upload photos and stories about Colorado. The idea is to leverage the power of social networking to create a historical digital collection for a geographic location. [Read more…]
Barrett and Browning love letters from 1845 now available online
It’s been said that love is eternal. That saying definitely applies to two famous poets thanks to a college in Texas that is known for this year’s Heisman award and a Massachusetts college that has a collection of love letters written by the poets. [Read more…]