laurien @ November 19, 2007 # One Comment
The UF Libraries’ Preservation Department has started a retrospective dissertation scanning project to help solve problems of access to research, but UF needs permission for Internet Distribution from each author. Authors can grant permissions by completing this form and sending it to the address on the form.
UF requires all new dissertations to be submitted electronically, [...]
laurien @ November 13, 2007 # 2 Comments
UF’s Digital Library Center is still working on making video files work properly through our Digital Collections. In the meantime, we’re adding videos to Youtube so that people can access the videos since some of them are really neat.
Thus far, we’ve loaded the Preservation Book Care video in two parts because of Youtube’s file [...]
laurien @ November 6, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Chronicle of Higher Education has an post about libraries in the digital age. The post notes that digitization projects often lead to a patchwork of online materials that aren’t available within an integrated interface. This is certainly true for the time being, but steps toward integration can be seen in the WorldCat’s full catalog [...]
laurien @ November 1, 2007 # No Comment Yet
While the map linked from this slideshow isn’t actually accurate because nearly all of the images are from the University of Florida’s original Library, Smathers East, and I spread them out for easier viewing, the map does accurately show why there’s reason to be excited because Picasa has improved once again. Not only can [...]
laurien @ October 28, 2007 # 2 Comments
This is the mindmap I made for the Baldwin Digital Library Project using Mind42, which is a new online mindmapping service. Mind42 is free and allows for collaboration, so it’s a nice service for many uses. However, I’m hoping to find something that will display the nodes in motion (like the Visual Thesaurus but I’m [...]
laurien @ October 18, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Spatial Information Services Unit of the George A. Smathers Libraries is hosting UF’s inaugural GIS Day on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. This all day event will showcase the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to the academic community and the public. The event [...]
laurien @ October 18, 2007 # No Comment Yet
In working on some of the comics materials here and setting up the Alice exhibit, I was looking at other online exhibits and kept stumbling across online comics exhibits. Each of these are different in terms of material covered and scope, but together these are absolutely fantastic for comics research.
The exhibits I’ve found so [...]
laurien @ October 15, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Afterlife of Alice in Wonderland Exhibit is now open. The exhibit website has some of the text and images, and it’s here. The exhibit also has a video on Youtube and a huge slideshow with images from the exhibit materials.
laurien @ October 8, 2007 # No Comment Yet
The Jewish Museum of Florida is having a comics exhibit starting later this month. The exhibit details are online and below. I’ll be presenting on October 21 on some of the resources available on comics for teachers.
Zap Pow Bam – Super Heroes of the Golden Age of Comics 1938-1950
OCTOBER 16, 2007 [...]
laurien @ October 7, 2007 # No Comment Yet
Looking for a few more Monopoly game images led me to vast railroad images, so the archives I’ve seen might be better for a railroad style game first or alongside a Monopoly style game. These are just some of the great Florida railroad images. A railroad game based on Florida would have so many possibilities [...]