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. [...]

A Survey of Digital Humanities Centers in the United States

http://www.uvasci.org/current-institute/readings/dhc-survey-final-report-2008/

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THE State Library of NSW has received $10 million to digitise its catalogue of some of its oldest and most valuable works

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23807402-5006784,00.html
The budget funding, allocated over the next three years, would give libraries across the state online access to digital versions of some 18th century manuscripts.
Arts Minister Frank Sartor said: “It is a massive undertaking that will ultimately allow internet users access to the catalogue of original works such as the journals of Sir Joseph Banks, [...]

An Art Resource in New York

http://www.oclc.org/programs/publications/reports/2008-02.pdf
white paper on museum collaboration, prepared by Senior Research Scientist, Brian Lavoie, and RLG Program Officer, Günter Waibel. “An Art Resource in New York: The Collective Collection of the NYARC Art Museum Libraries” (.pdf: 136K/18 pp.) is available in PDF format on the OCLC Programs and Research Web site.

The [...]

ICCROM Newsletter

http://www.iccrom.org/eng/02info_en/02_03newsletters_en.shtml
Publisher: ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property)
ICCROM is an intergovernmental organization (IGO) dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage. It exists to serve the international community as represented by its Member States, which currently number more than 110.
The newsletter reports on the organization’s activities during the year.
These [...]

Study on the Use of Libraries, Museums and the Internet

http://interconnectionsreport.org/
Museums and libraries have long been sources of learning, recreation and information for personal, family, educational and workplace purposes. However, the Internet, Web and other technologies have become an increasingly used source of information that some believe will largely replace their physical counterparts. On the other hand, some have speculated that the Internet and related [...]

The Library of Congress Experience

http://www.loc.gov/experience/
Opening April 12! Interactive technologies will soon make the Library of Congress and its collections more dynamic and accessible than ever. This Library of Congress Experience will offer “hands-on” [...]

Introducing MuseTech Central, the MCN Project Registry

www.musetechcentral.org
The Museum Computer Network (MCN) and the Museum Software Foundation (MSF) invite you to visit and use the MCN Project Registry at MuseTech Central, a recently launched space for sharing information about technology-related projects in the cultural heritage sector. From implementations of digital asset management systems to innovative uses of educational interactives, the MCN Project [...]

Capturing the WWW

http://www.nla.gov.au/pressrel/CapturingtheWWW_aworld-wideconcernmed.rel.html
The world is losing irreplaceable information about human history, commerce, political and social movements, and creative life as information disappears from the Internet.
This crucial issue will be the focus of a meeting at the National Library of Australia this week involving representatives of more than 30 leading libraries, archives, cultural heritage institutions and private organisations [...]

IPRIA Australian Developments in IP Bulletin – March 2008 update

http://www.ipria.org/developments_in_ip/domestic/index.html
includes:
Review of new format shifting exceptions
On 22 January 2008, the Attorney-General’s Department released an Issues Paper on the copying of films and photographs into a different format for private use. Public submissions were invited on the operation of two new copyright exceptions that permit such ‘format shifting’: sections 47J and 110AA of the Copyright Act [...]