Harvard University Library Open Collections program

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/
Through Harvard’s Open Collections Program (OCP), the University advances teaching and learning on historical topics of great relevance by providing online access to historical resources from Harvard’s renowned libraries, archives, and museums. OCP’s highly specialized “open collections” are developed through careful collaborations among Harvard’s distinguished faculty, librarians, and curators.
The goal [...]

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS SUMMIT 2006: FINAL REPORT

http://www.collectionscouncil.com.au/Portals/0/Digital_Collections_Summit_FinalReport_v1.0x.pdf
This is the Final Report arising from the Digital Collections Summit convened
by the Collections Council of Australia in 2006. It brings together
information shared by people working in archives, galleries, libraries and
museums at the Summit. It also incorporates feedback received in respect of
the Australian Framework and Action Plan for Digital Heritage Collections
arising from the Summit and [...]

New PARcast: Special Collections and Beyond

Dear Colleagues,

A new podcast, Special Collections and Beyond–Conservation, Project Funding and Digital Surrogates (.mp3: 10.3MB/11min.) is now available on the OCLC Programs and Research PARcast page and in the iTunes Store.

In this interview, RLG Programs European Director, John MacColl, talks with Richard Ovenden, Associate Director and Keeper of Special [...]

JISC Final Report – Digital Repositories and Archives Inventory Project

http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/digitalrepositories/drai-end-project-report.doc
The Digital Repositories and Archives Inventory (DRAI) Project aimed to provide a comprehensive snapshot of digital resource provision in the UK and to examine the technical infrastructure and preservation environment of this digital content. There has been a clearly articulated need for a “one stop shop” for information discovery across a range of different digital [...]

Cultural Treasures Days University of Melbourne

http://www.unimelb.edu.au/culturalcollections/treasuresdays/
Discover Our Cultural Treasures
Thursday 18, Friday 19, Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 September 2008
Supported by The Russell and Mab Grimwade Miegunyah Fund
The University of Melbourne is filled with many exciting museums and collections. Join us in this very special event where you will discover exhibitions, talks, demonstrations, displays, tours, performances and workshops. [...]

Satirical London: 300 Years of Irreverent Images

http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English/EventsExhibitions/Virtual/SatLondon/
Satirical London: 300 Years of Irreverent Images Companion website to “an exhibition of visual satire produced in and about London over three centuries.” Browse images and essays on themes such as London print shops, English and Italian caricature, loan contractors, professions and trades, the fashionable, and royalty and celebrity. From the Museum of London
source: LII

Parker Library on the Web

http://parkerweb.stanford.edu/parker/actions/page.do?forward=home

Parker Library on the Web is a multi-year undertaking of Corpus Christi College, the Stanford University Libraries and the Cambridge University Library, to produce a high-resolution digital copy of every imageable page in the 538 manuscripts described in M. R. James Descriptive Catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Corpus [...]

The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship

http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-04.pdf

I’m pleased to announce the release of a report by Program Officers Merrilee Proffitt and Jennifer Schaffner. “The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship: Reflections on a Symposium about Digitization and the Humanities“ (.pdf: 70K/10 pp.) is available on the RLG Programs Web site. It consists of an overview and [...]

Bodleian Library Illuminated Manuscripts Online

http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/browse.htm#intro
About a thousand images can be reached from this page. Information about the manuscripts and the digital images can be found at the bottom of this page, and at the bottom of the pages with the images themselves

Seeking Sustainability

http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-03.pdf

Dear Colleagues,

I’m pleased to announce the release of a casual report about RLG’s exploration of ways to make access to digitized special collections self-supporting, prepared by RLG Program Officer, Ricky Erway. “Seeking Sustainability” (.pdf: 87K/15 pp.) is available in PDF format on the OCLC Programs and Research Web site.

The report begins with [...]