How to pay for a free press, by André Schiffrin
How to pay for a free press, by André Schiffrin: How to pay for a free press In a media world with one eye on the bottom line and the other on the official line, it’s getting harder to publish or broadcast anything that doesn’t promise huge sales and attendant profits, and that doesn’t say […]
Read Moreit is archives month….
Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century: Mustaches of the Nineteenth Century — so archivists are sharing.
Read MoreInternational Memory of the World Conference
International Memory of the World Conference: “Communities and memories: a global perspective” is the theme of the Conference to take place in Australia next year. In association with the Australian Memory of the World Committee and under the auspices of the Australian National Commission for UNESCO, the National Library of Australia will organize the Third […]
Read MoreWSIS Golden Book Publication
WSIS Golden Book Publication: More than 375 submissions were made to the Golden Book by governments, international organizations, NGOs, companies and individuals, describing their work towards promoting ICT activities. ITU estimates that the activities announced during the Tunis Phase to promote WSIS goals represented a total value of at least € 3.2 billion (US$ 3.9 […]
Read MorePublic access group challenges Smithsonian over copyrights
Public access group challenges Smithsonian over copyrights: Grabbing pictures of iconic Smithsonian Institution artifacts just got a whole lot easier. Before, if you wanted to get a picture of the Wright Brothers’ plane, you could go to the Smithsonian Images Web site and pay for a print or high-resolution image after clicking through several warnings […]
Read MoreSpy Chips
Spy Chips: This book will make you look at every store-bought item you own or debate owning with a curious skepticism that — after reading the book — won’t seem too unwarranted. It was published two years ago (a cheap paperback came out in the fall), but if you’ve yet to explore the fascinating, potentially […]
Read More"New" Internet to Be Built by Original Designer
“New” Internet to Be Built by Original Designer: Arguably, BBN has more Internet experience than any other company. In 1969 it led the effort to connect computers at four universities, a linkage that became ARPAnet, the original backbone of today’s Internet. —– yes.. and then bill joy fixed it so it actually worked fairly quickly.
Read MoreBlogger Perceptions on Digital Preservation
Blogger Perceptions on Digital Preservation: Blogger Perceptions on Digital Preservation is an online survey from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Information and Library Science. The study team is interested in hearing from all bloggers on their perceptions on digital preservation in relation to their own blogging activities, as well as […]
Read MoreMemory of the World
Memory of the World: UNESCO’s Memory of the World program aims at preservation and dissemination of valuable archive holdings and library collections worldwide. —- great idea…
Read MoreAlterNet: Myth of the Universal Digital Library
AlterNet: Myth of the Universal Digital Library: Sorry, but we can’t digitize everything. Here’s why … A lot of Web geeks believe that one day everything ever created by humans will be available online. Call it the myth of the universal library. Here’s how the myth goes: Because there is unlimited real estate in cyberspace […]
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