NARA: George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum Launches New Website
From a NARA News Release: The National Archives’ George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum has launched its newly designed website: www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu. The website is hosted by...
View ArticleArticle: Shaking Up Israel’s National Archives (Interview with Israel’s Chief...
In a New Article From Tablet Magazine: The state archives are home to everything from top-secret government deliberations to countless cultural artifacts to, apparently, footage of pre-state soccer...
View ArticleAssessment Leads to Strategic New Directions for OAC (Online Archive of...
From the California Digital Library: The CDL has recently completed a multi-faceted assessment of the Online Archive of California (OAC) and Calisphere, in order to plan for the continued development...
View ArticleWestern Michigan University Scheduled to Break Ground For New Archives...
From WMU: After years of planning and fundraising, Western Michigan University will break ground at 10:30 a.m., Thursday, July 19, for a facility that will house the University’s archives as well as...
View ArticleGeorgia: Home Movie in U. of Georgia Library May Be State’s Oldest Film Images
From the Athens Banner-Herald: Archivists at the University of Georgia believe they have found the earliest movie footage shot in the state, part of a collection of home movies and other films that...
View ArticleHistory: French Holocaust Records Exhibited For 1st Time
From the AP (via AJC): They are among France’s darkest days: Police dragged over 13,000 Jews from their homes, confined them in a Paris cycling stadium with little food or water, and then deported them...
View ArticleDigitization Projects: Stanford Releases Hundreds of Oral History Interviews...
From Stanford University Library ReMix Newsletter: Accessible only at Special Collections for decades, hundreds of oral history interviews are now available online as a result of the work of the...
View ArticleThe Library of Congress and CLIR Release National Recording Preservation Plan
From a LC Announcement: The Library of Congress today unveiled “The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan,” a blueprint for saving America’s recorded sound heritage for future...
View ArticleE-Rate Program Commits Over $450 Million In Funding For Broadband in Schools...
From the FCC: A record level of early financial support for broadband in schools and libraries has been approved by the E-rate program, the Federal Communications Commission’s program for supporting...
View ArticleGovernment Transparency: World Wide Web Foundation Releases 2nd Open Data...
From the Report: A global movement to make government “open by default” picked up steam in 2013 when the G8 leaders signed an Open Data Charter – promising to make public sector data openly available,...
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