Monthly Archives: April 2008

NCSU Library Loans Kindles

Next week the Learning Commons at the North Carolina State University Library will begin lending Kindle ebook readers. Students will tell reference librarians which books they would like to have downloaded onto the devices, which they will check out for … Continue reading

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Harvard Tail Wags Dog

Students at Harvard have decided not to wait for an ‘official’ open repository for undergraduate theses. A group of students calling themselves the Harvard College Free Culture have set up a repository for undergraduate honors and senior theses. The site … Continue reading

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LOC Flickr Pilot

Library of Congress is experimenting with Flickr Collections. There are currently 2 collections: 1910s in the News and 1930-40s in Color. Over 3,000 photos to date. Check it out at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/

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Large Digital Library Collection

The Internet Archive has been building a library since 1996. Many know it as the home of the “wayback machine” a tool that lets you search for older versions of web pages, including those that may no longer exist. For … Continue reading

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Google Books Disappoints

Google had promised to release its Viewability API to give access to Google Books. The buzz around digital humanists was that this wold be a wonderful tool allowing access to the content of the books. Think of the fun! Instead, … Continue reading

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