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BBC – Culture – Libraries: Where the world’s memory is stored
A new book celebrates some of the world’s most beautiful libraries, with many of its entries in Europe. Cameron Laux looks at how they have carried knowledge through the ages, surviving 10th-Century raids – and looting by a 21st-Century crime ring. Source: BBC – Culture – Libraries: Where the world’s memory is stored
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Smithsonian Institution | institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States | Britannica.com
” Smithsonian Institution, research institution founded by the bequest of James Smithson, an English scientist. Smithson, who died in 1829, had stipulated in his will that should his nephew and heir himself die without issue, his remaining assets would pass to the United States and be used…
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Scout Archives – British Library: Turning the Pages
“Turning the Pages is a software program developed by Armadillo Studios that enables libraries and museums to digitize books, manuscripts, and other documents in an engaging 3D format. Here, readers will find the British Library’s spectacular collection of items digitized with this software.” Source: Scout Archives – British Library: Turning the Pages
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America in Color | Smithsonian Channel
Witness American history, from the 1920s through the 1960s, like it’s never been seen before — in vibrant color. Editor’s Note: If you get this channel, this show is recommended viewing… Source: America in Color | Smithsonian Channel
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Records Relating to D-Day | National Archives
D-Day, June 6, 1944, was part of the larger Operation Overlord and the first stages of the Battle of Normandy, France (also referred to as the Invasion of Normandy) during World War II. It was the culmination of the Allied powers strategy for the war and a multinational effort. The success of the D-Day invasion…
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How the L.A. Public Library Amassed a Collection of 3.1 Million Historical Photos | KCET
If a picture is worth a thousand words, so are the stories behind how this massive collection came to be. Source: How the L.A. Public Library Amassed a Collection of 3.1 Million Historical Photos | KCET
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Issaquah bookbinder among handful at libraries nationwide still operating a ‘mendery’ | The Seattle Times
Donald Vass works at restoring a book at the King County Library System’s central service center in Issaquah. Public libraries’ automated sorting machines, whirring conveyor belts and hard bins can break a book and shorten its life. Vass has spent the past 26 years mending and tending to books for the county library system. (RUTH…
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With “20,000 Leagues,” the National Film Registry Reaches 700 | Library of Congress
“Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today the annual selection of 25 motion pictures that have been inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress because of their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance. This year’s titles range from the Disney animated blockbuster “The Lion King” and the seminal coming-of-age drama “The Breakfast…
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What Happened to America’s Most Precious Documents After Pearl Harbor? | Smart News | Smithsonian
“America’s founding documents are among the most precious pieces of paper in history, so precious that they have a lavish, bulletproof and heavily guarded rotunda all their own. But what happened to these documents during World War II? As Jessie Kratz writes for the National Archives, following Pearl Harbor, archivists sprung into defensive action on…
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Beneath New York Public Library, Shelving Its Past for High-Tech Research Stacks – The New York Times
As they skate or snack in Bryant Park, visitors might dismiss the stately New York Public Library next door as a dog-eared relic in an age of digital information.But unbeknown to most of them, 17 feet below ground, in a concrete bunker worthy of the White House, the library is expanding and updating one of…
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Reinventing the Library – The New York Times
If we change the role of libraries and librarians, we must be careful to preserve the centrality of the book. Source: Reinventing the Library – The New York Times
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What Google’s Victory Against the Authors Guild Means for Readers and Libraries – The Atlantic
After all, as Judge Leval emphasized: “While authors are undoubtedly important intended beneficiaries of copyright, the ultimate, primary intended beneficiary is the public.” It may have taken 10 years, but that crucial reminder of copyright’s goal is anything but dated and inconsequential. It will serve all of us as we think about how books are…
