From a LC Announcement: The Library of Congress today unveiled “The Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan,” a blueprint for saving America’s recorded sound heritage for future generations. The congressionally mandated plan spells out 32 short- and long-term recommendations involving both the public and private sectors and covering infrastructure, preservation, access, education and policy […]
The Library of Congress and CLIR Release National Recording Preservation Plan
By on February 13, 2013
NYPL Launches Frankenstein Biblion App
By on June 7, 2012
The New York Public Library (NYPL) has launched Frankenstein: The Afterlife of Shelley’s Circle, the second edition of its free “Biblion: The Boundless Library” app for iPads. The app was developed in an effort to give more people access to the library’s research collections, and encourage them to explore those collections in unique ways. The first edition, released in May 2011 focused on NYPL’s extensive collection of materials from the 1939-40 World’s Fair, and won Apple’s Education App of the Year award.
Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library Tackling Digitization
By on December 1, 2011
The Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library recently announced that it has received a grant to tackle five projects for the library, including a digitization project involving Vonnegut manuscripts.
