Articles from Library Trends (Volume 73, Number 4; May 2025) were posted online today via Project Muse. Note: Articles from Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part I are available here. Direct to Articles: Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part II Introduction to Generative AI and Libraries: Applications and Ethics, Part II […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
Here’s the Full Text of the Launch Announcement From the BTAA (Big Ten Academic Alliance): In partnership with seven Big Ten-affiliated university presses, the Big Ten Academic Alliance’s Center for Library Programs announces the expansion of the Big Ten Open Books project with the publication of the second 100-book collection. The second collection is centered […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
Here’s an overview of new collections and new items added to the Digital Library from Special Collections for April-June 2025. Photos Fred T. Darvill (P0815) – The Fred T. Darvill photograph collection consists of images and slides documenting a trip down Glen Canyon in 1959....| J. Willard Marriott Library Blog | Banned Books Event to Feature Author Lauri...
Welcome to another Sourcing Series segment presented by the Data Literacy Program (DLP) of the Alexandria Archive Institute. In this how-to article, we discuss how we’ve used the New York Public Library’s Digital Collections as a source for images to add to our Digital Data Stories and other materials. This is another follow-up article to […] The post How to use the Digital Collections of the NYPL appeared first on The Alexandria Archive Institute.| The Alexandria Archive Institute
From a Computers in Libraries Article by Michael Blackwell, Jennie Rose Halperin, Catherine Mason, and Carmi Parker: In 2018, Rebecca Giblin and her colleagues created the E-lending Project, measuring in various studies the availability, license terms, and prices of digital titles in Australia. Additionally, using one library vendor, it internationally compared digital findings to print in […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
Machines reconfigure work. And yet, historians or other humanistic researchers rarely think about the way that our digital workflows—the tools that we use to do our work—enable or disenable the kinds of questions we pursue and the evidence that we marshal to answer them.| Clio and the Contemporary
The UC Davis Library’s Digital Collections (digital.ucdavis.edu) provides online access to digitized or born-digital materials from the UC Davis Library, with a focus on materials in the library’s Archives and Special Collections. The newly released version of the digital collections site offers more browsing options, easier access to collection-level information, and a book-style reading interface for text-based content — making it easier to explore, discover and cite materials in the ...| UC Davis Library
From the CBC: A trove of documents detailing more than two centuries of tornado events in Canada is now available to anyone with an internet connection. The files were housed in Environment Canada’s archives, and have been digitized and posted online as part of a multi-year project spearheaded by the Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) at […]| Library Journal infoDOCKET
by Mallory Fitzpatrick, PhD student in Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies I never knew how many things don’t get included in an exhibition until I started planning one. When my fellow committee members and I began browsing the Tri-Co Special … Continue reading →| Special Collections Blog
Has Valentine’s Day made you think you should write a love letter? There’s advice on how to do so on the web, but if you would prefer some examples that jump right into the nitty gritty of courting a person … Continue reading →| Special Collections Blog
At the beginning of May 2016, the first of 634 boxes of books arrived at the loading dock of Canaday Library. The enormous collection of 19th and 20th-century works for young readers had been bequeathed to the College by Ellery … Continue reading →| Special Collections Blog
For almost a year, we in Special Collections have been working on a statement documenting the ways in which we are trying to confront the legacies of colonialism and racism in our collections. In June 2020, Black students at Bryn … Continue reading →| Special Collections Blog
As we all find ourselves continuing to live and learn in a largely remote and virtual environment, digital collections provide an opportunity to engage with primary source, historical materials in interactive and exciting new ways. In fact, digital collections allow for methods of interaction that are not possible with physical materials. With digital content, we can do things like zoom in on digital images to see details up-close, do a full-text search of books and newspapers, and listen and...| Special Collections Blog