Online database now filled with African American history

From the Article: New information about the history of African Americans is now available in an online database, thanks to the State Library of North Carolina. Information from the book “An Era of...

Digital Drafting History of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

From a Blog Post: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: An Historical Record of the Drafting Process provides access to early United Nations documents related to the drafting of the Universal...

New Video Lecture: Books and Libraries in the Digital Age, Director of Harvard Libraries Speaks at

From the web site: Perhaps because he is a historian rather than librarian by training, Robert Darnton regards the vast ocean of digital information that civilization has begun accumulating with...

National Library of Scotland plans large digital archive

From the article: Hitachi Data Systems is to become a supplier to the National Library of Scotland (NLS) in its work to build a digital archive; allowing it to ramp up its digitisation efforts. The...

Digitization Projects: All Issues of the Transactions of The Geological Society Go Online

According to a report, a new addition, the complete transactions of The Geological Society, will be added in digital form to the Lyell Collection on Wednesday. Source: The Geological Society See...