3 April 2013
From hepcat to slacks, from right on to whassup, words and phrases have helped novelists and filmmakers evoke a particular time or place.
Tuesday was the first day the Michigan Tech archives have been fully reopened to Tech staff, students, and the community after a fire caused extensive damage to the archives.
The Digital Public Library of America, to be launched on April 18, is a project to make the holdings of America’s research libraries, archives, and museums available to all Americans—and eventually to everyone in the world—online and free of charge.2 April 2013
A southwestern Indiana county's library is electronically preserving some of the state's earliest records and putting the most historically significant documents online.28 March 2013
Inside a Catholic convent deep in St. Augustine's historic district, stacks of centuries-old, sepia-toned papers offer clues to what life was like for early residents of the nation's oldest permanently occupied city.27 March 2013
The National Library will implement the Resource Description and Access system by June this year, after five years of study on the system. Director-General, Datuk Raslin Abu Bakar said the new system will bring about a significant change in library discipline by creating an efficient digital index of resources.25 March 2013
Welsh Newspapers Online Beta is a free online resource from the National Library of Wales where you can discover millions of articles from the Library’s rich collection of historical newspapers.
In a nondescript building on South Lafayette Boulevard, the St. Joseph County Archives and Records Center holds a large chunk of this county's history in its 380,000-plus files.22 March 2013
The state Senate unanimously approved a measure Thursday allowing the University System of Georgia to take over management of the Georgia Archives. The vote sends House Bill 287 to Gov. Nathan Deal for his signature.
The Minister of Information and Communication, Alhaji Alpha Kanu said that “the National Public Archives Act 1965 is obsolete and ready for a review”. He made this statement yesterday in a stakeholders consultation workshop held at the British Council hall in Freetown, organized by the Society for Knowledge.18 March 2013
A trip back in time is only a click away at the University of North Texas. The school operates the Portal to Texas History, a researcher’s paradise where historians, genealogists, students can browse thousands of books, maps, photographs and newspapers for an endless stream of information, whether an ad showing the price of milk in 1920 or clues about their grandmother’s ancestry.15 March 2013
The selection of Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina to be the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church is being seen as a move that will continue to cement Catholic-Jewish relations and perhaps end the debate over the Church’s actions during World War II.
More than a million images of probate records from Wellington, Auckland and Christchurch have been digitised and indexed at Archives New Zealand in a joint venture between FamilySearch and the archives.13 March 2013
The new Digital Public Library of America (or DPLA) will be kicking off its first big pilot project at the Boston Public Library next month, and it's now gotten a big shot in the arm courtesy of the US National Archives.
The National Archives is reducing its public operating hours due to automatic federal budget cuts taking effect.Older Posts - page 3 of 62 - Newer Posts