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Library of Congress Updates their Flickr Photochrom Collection
News | www.resourceshelf.com | Nov 20, 2009
From an e-Mail Announcement:The Photochrom Travel View set in Flickr now features more than 750 prints, including scenes in Canada, Wales, Belgium, and (most recently) The Netherlands photographed at the turn of the twentieth century. The Belgian scenes, in particular, feature people
Photochroms Give Us Holland’s Nice, Bright Colors
Blog | blogs.loc.gov | Nov 20, 2009
The Librarys Prints and Photographs Division has added 116 photocrom travel views of the Netherlands from 100 years ago to our Flickr page, bringing the total number of photochroms on Flickr to 773.Photochroms, published primarily from the 1890s to 1910s, are prints that were created by the
http://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2009/11/photochroms-give-us-hollands-nice-bright-colors/
"Poet and Poem" Radio Series for 2010
Press Release | www.loc.gov | Nov 19, 2009
Seventeen noted writers will be featured in the 2010 season of 'The Poet and the Poem from the Library of Congress.' The radio series is available to all public radio stations via the Public Radio Satellite System’s ContentDepot, starting Jan. 13, 2010.
NewsDesk
News | www.libraryjournal.com | Nov 15, 2009
In an unusual partnership called “Borrow Anywhere, Return Anywhere,” every public, college, and university library in Nova Scotia, Canada, will lend all their materials for free to any library cardholder in the province.
November 2009 issue of the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available
News | www.digitalpreservation.gov | Nov 13, 2009
In this issue:*The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program receives Government Computer News Award*The second video in the NDIIPP Digital Preservation Video Series is released*News of recent meetings: iPRES2009; the third Designing
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/200911.pdf
News: 12 November 2009
News | www.cilip.org.uk | Nov 12, 2009
Libraries have never played a more vital role in providing support to those who are NEETs: Not in Education, Employment or Training as youth unemployment hits record levels.
http://www.cilip.org.uk/aboutcilip/newsandpressreleases/news091112.htm
2010 CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards nominations
Blog | xrefer.blogspot.com | Nov 7, 2009
Nominations for the 2020 CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children's Book Awards have been
http://xrefer.blogspot.com/2009/11/2010-cilip-carnegie-kate-greenaway.html
Get Library of Congress Videos on iTunes U
Blog | blogs.learnnc.org | Nov 6, 2009
BY BILL FERRISYou now can access lots of free audio and video from the Library of Congress on iTunes U. Theres a lot of great material suitable for a history class, such as early films made by Edison himself (or his company, at least). There are also fascinating oral histories from actual
http://blogs.learnnc.org/instructify/2009/11/06/get-library-of-congress-videos-on-itunes-u/
News & Events: Event: Cultural Heritage Online Conference Empowering users: an active role for user
News | digitalpreservation.gov | Oct 29, 2009
News about the national digital preservation efforts of the Library of Congress and its partners, activities and sponsored events - includes press releases, a news archive, a calendar of upcoming digital preservation events, and Webcasts of past events.
http://digitalpreservation.gov/news/2009/20091029event_cultural_online_conference.html
240 Library Consortium in Tasmania Goes Live with SirsiDynix Symphony
News | www.sirsidynix.com | Oct 28, 2009
SirsiDynix earns accolades for well-planned implementation to bring complex library system online
http://www.sirsidynix.com/Newsevents/Releases/2009/20091028_talis.pdf
