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Oct 18, 2019
NEW RESOURCES MarketWatch: New CFPB database of expensive prepaid cards is missing key information, advocates say. "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched a new database revealing the terms and conditions on […]
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Oct 18, 2019
NEW RESOURCES PR Newswire: New Website artfairmag.com Slated to Become Benchmark Site for Information on Art Fairs (PRESS RELEASE). "Art fairs appeal to collectors, dealers, curators, artists and art lovers alike, showcasing […]
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Oct 17, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Google Blog: If it has audio, now it can have captions. "With the launch of Pixel 4, Live Caption is now officially available to make digital media more accessible. […]
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Oct 17, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Google Blog: Annie Leibovitz unveils photo series with Google Pixel. "The individuals photographed include soccer player Megan Rapinoe, equal justice lawyer Bryan Stevenson, artist James Turrell, journalist Noor Tagouri, hip-hop […]
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Oct 17, 2019
As you may have heard by now, Yahoo Groups is deleting lots of content. It's not shutting down, you understand, it's just restricting all ability to upload content as of October 28, […]
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Oct 17, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Silicon Republic: Cork's unique LGBTQ history preserved forever in digital repository. "Documents detailing the history of LGBTQ activism in Cork, including newspaper articles and photos, have been added to the […]
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Oct 16, 2019
NEW RESOURCES PR Newswire: The Lead in School Drinking Water Database (PRESS RELEASE). "The Lead In School Water Project is the first web-based application to rank and track every US state in […]
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Oct 16, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Google Blog: Explore the Maya world with the British Museum. "This project has fully digitized the remarkable collection of ancient Maya art and architecture gathered by Alfred Maudslay in the […]
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Oct 15, 2019
NEW RESOURCES UK Web Archive Blog: The Magic of Wimbledon in the UK Web Archive. "From the very first Lawn Tennis Championships in 1877, to the introduction of Open tennis in 1968, […]
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Oct 15, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES TechCrunch: GoFundMe launches free platform for nonprofits and charities, rolls out button to donate anywhere. "GoFundMe has made its name primarily as a platform for individuals to create fundraisers […]
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Oct 15, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Dallas Morning News: Hit rewind and go back in time: The Dallas Morning News Archives launches never-before-seen 1985. "The current year is 2019, but inside The Dallas Morning News Archives, […]
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Oct 14, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Florida Memory has launched a new collection of citrus fruit crate labels. From the collection page: "Most of the labels in this collection advertise citrus fruits, but corn, celery, cucumbers, […]
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Oct 14, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Another find via Reddit: a database covering popular music in movies and television from the 1920s to 1981. It's called Lights, Camera Backbeat. From the About page: "LCB starts at […]
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Oct 14, 2019
NEW RESOURCES My Reddit filter tipped me to this new database of black metal music lyrics. From the GitHub page: "Database of Black Metal lyrics in .JSON format to be used for […]
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Oct 13, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Digital Journal: Gourmet Popcorn Finder Launches World's First Online Popcorn Directory - The Ultimate Resource for the Upcoming Holiday Season (PRESS RELEASE). "Gourmet Popcorn Finder provides visitors to the site […]
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Oct 12, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Japan Times: Japan Defense Ministry opens new Twitter account for disaster info. "The Defense Ministry set up a new Twitter account on Friday to spread information on disaster relief […]
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Oct 11, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Mashable: Facebook unveils new Messenger tools for World Mental Health Day. "If only talking to friends about mental health was as easy as pushing a button. In honor of […]
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Oct 11, 2019
NEW RESOURCES DigitalNC: Publications from the Penland School of Craft now available!. "Thanks to our new partner, the Penland School of Craft, we now have course catalogs covering the years 1939-1962, nine […]
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Oct 10, 2019
NEW RESOURCES PPA: Icon Magazine Completes 16-Year Digital Archive. "The newly-completed 16-year digital archive consists of 197 issues to date and will continue growing as each new issue is published. Published by […]
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Oct 10, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Word & Way: In St. Louis, Mapping How Religion Is Lived — in Sanctuaries Holy and Profane. "[Adam] Park is a fellow with a novel project called Lived Religion in […]
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Oct 09, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Neowin: Patch Tuesday: Here's what's new for Windows 8.1 and Windows 7. "It's the second Tuesday of October, which means it's time for another one of Microsoft's Patch Tuesdays. […]
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Oct 09, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Hindustan Times: Online exhibition ‘Crafted in India' to showcase handicraft heritage. "The exquisite basketry of Angami Nagas from Nagaland, Bell Metal Craft of Payyanur in Kerala, the centuries old ‘Mata […]
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Oct 09, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Hartford Courant: New tool aims to remove the mystery of health care costs at Connecticut hospitals. "A new cost estimator tool launched by the Office of Health Strategy reveals how […]
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Oct 08, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Kansas State Library: South Central Kansas Library System Newsletters, 1971-2001. "The newsletters, spanning 30 years, give an historical look at libraries, library staff, supporting community members/volunteers who work together with […]
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Oct 08, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Society of Architectural Historians: Society of Architectural Historians and UVA Press Launch Open-Access SAH Archipedia. "SAH Archipedia contains histories, photographs and maps for over 20,000 structures and places, and showcases […]
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Oct 08, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Maidenhead Advertiser: New website on White Waltham's Air Transport Auxiliary launched. "Maidenhead Heritage Centre's free online resource showcases more than 130 logbooks, hundreds of photos and other documents about the […]
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Oct 07, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Forever Titans: Oral history archive of Mercy Sisters, Jesuits to go online. "The stories of the women and men in Detroit who followed their calling and helped build what is […]
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Oct 07, 2019
NEW RESOURCES SooToday: Digitized letters explore life at residential school. "The Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre (SRSC) is preserving documentation of daily life in the Shingwauk and Wawanosh residential schools through its Healing […]
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Oct 07, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Hearing the Voice: Celebrating the launch of Understanding Voices. "Our website covers a wide variety of topics, ranging from what it is like to hear voices and what's happening in […]
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Oct 06, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Yachts and Yachting: International Six Metre Class launches ground-breaking online archive. "The Six Metre Class has a long and illustrious history dating back to the introduction of the International Rule […]
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Oct 05, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES 9to5Google: Google reportedly interested in acquiring TikTok competitor in renewed social push. "The Wall Street Journal this afternoon reported on Google's ‘discussions about acquiring a video-sharing startup' called Firework. […]
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Oct 05, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Fast Company: A new repository of the web's best portfolios helps you design yours like a pro. "Humans is like a carefully curated Pinterest board that offers insight into what […]
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Oct 04, 2019
NEW RESOURCES GlobeNewswire: NYU Tandon data scientists launch tool to analyze Facebook political advertising in Canada (PRESS RELEASE). "Computer scientists at New York University Tandon School of Engineering today launched a new […]
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Oct 04, 2019
NEW RESOURCES DigitalNC: New Paper, The Free Will Baptist, Available at DigitalNC. "Thanks to our partner, University of Mount Olive, DigitalNC welcomes 61 issues of a new church newspaper called The Free […]
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Oct 03, 2019
NEW RESOURCES US Government Accountability Office (GAO): Our New "Science & Tech Spotlights". "GAO has launched a new line of science and tech quick reads, 2-pagers providing brief overviews of key topics […]
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Oct 02, 2019
NEW RESOURCES WNKY: Brand-new school rating system goes online in Kentucky. "A project in the works for years has finally been revealed. The Kentucky Department of Education has unveiled a 5-star rating […]
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Oct 02, 2019
NEW RESOURCES KSAL: KBI Missing Person Website Unveiled. "The new site allows for searches by a missing person's name, or by Kansas county. You can also search based on demographics such as […]
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Oct 01, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Daily Bruin: New organic chemistry website hopes to be engaging, interactive student resource. "The website, R/S Chemistry, focuses on teaching students principles of organic chemistry - a branch of chemistry […]
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Oct 01, 2019
NEW RESOURCES KTVA: New online tool helps Alaskan families stay on top of students' education. "The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development has come out with a new data portal to […]
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Oct 01, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Engadget: Google used photogrammetry to create a detailed VR tour of Versailles. "If you don't own a Vive or Rift headset (it's only available on those two platforms for now), […]
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Sep 30, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Royal Society of Chemistry: Lesson planning just got a whole lot easier. "We've launched our new education website that brings together all our support for chemistry teaching in one place. […]
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Sep 29, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Globe and Mail: Hands-on projects lead to major discoveries. "In the spring of 2018, approximately 20 students from Académie Ste-Cécile International School in Windsor, Ont., crouched low in a farmer's […]
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Sep 28, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Mashable: Facebook: ‘We are building AR glasses . "Augmented reality glasses from Facebook are actually happening. But we still don't know when you'll be able to wear a pair. […]
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Sep 28, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Google Blog: Follow the journey of 13 Latino Trailblazers. "The societal contributions of Latinos reach far beyond East Harlem. To celebrate this diversity during Hispanic Heritage Month, members and allies […]
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Sep 27, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Buddhistdoor: Freer and Sackler Galleries Launch Digital Catalogue of Goryeo Buddhist Art. "South Korea's Cultural Heritage Administration and the US-based Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery have […]
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Sep 27, 2019
NEW RESOURCES The Independent Florida Alligator: UF Libraries complete Alligator newspaper digitization. "You can now read the words of [University of Florida] student journalists dating back to 1912. Starting today, every copy […]
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Sep 26, 2019
NEW RESOURCES New-to-me, from Playbill: Parity Productions Expands Women and TGNC Artists Database. "Parity Productions' Women and Trans and Gender Nonconforming (TGNC) Artists database now features a distinction between union and non-union […]
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Sep 26, 2019
Hi, I'm getting a lot of notices that people are following RB, so I guess maybe someone recommended it? I just want to say thanks, I appreciate it. NEW RESOURCES MIT Technology […]
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Sep 26, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES TechCrunch: The latest version of Yahoo Mail helps users find attachments and deals. "The new Yahoo Mail also includes a view for checking all your email subscriptions, and a […]
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Sep 25, 2019
NEW RESOURCES The Scotsman: Map of Scots women accused of witchcraft published for first time. "A map that tracks more than 3,000 Scots women who were accused of being witches in the […]
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Sep 24, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES New York Times: Consumer Bureau's Complaints Database Is ‘Here to Stay,' Director Says. "The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will continue to publish its database of consumer complaints about financial […]
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Sep 24, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Irish Times: Vast archive of early Irish history digitised and put online. "They include copies of manuscripts painstakingly transcribed by Brother Ó Cléirigh for his project which would become the […]
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Sep 23, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Gulf Times: Islamabad-based start-up starts building online picture library. "Pak Stock Photo is an Islamabad-based start-up that is building a library of Pakistan-centric stock images. Like pretty much everything else […]
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Sep 23, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES BetaNews: Google to automatically delete more audio recorded by Assistant and introduce new privacy protections. "Digital assistants have been in the spotlight recently after various stories about contractors listening […]
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Sep 23, 2019
Google News is a lot like Google's general search engine in that there's a lot of secret sauce going on. Google states up front that search results are provided by algorithm, but you […]
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Sep 23, 2019
NEW RESOURCES K5 News: Free online tool identifies dangerous drug/supplement combinations . "Sometimes a supplement can interact with another medication. Now scientists and engineers at the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence have […]
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Sep 22, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Interesting Engineering: A Database of 100,000 AI Generated Faces Is Changing the Way We Think about Stock Photos. "Artificial intelligence can now give you a quality stock photo of a […]
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Sep 22, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Tulane University: Newcomb Archives now accessible online through Digital Repository. "The Newcomb Archives and Nadine Robbert Vorhoff Collection preserve, collect, and share manuscripts, books, and other materials that document the […]
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Sep 21, 2019
NEW RESOURCES The Courier: Explore Innergourie, Meffen and Scoun on new interactive Scots language map. "After two years of sifting through old documents, poems and audio recordings, the Scots Language Centre (SLC) […]
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Sep 21, 2019
NEW RESOURCES The Pantagraph: . "If a picture is worth a thousand words, Central Illinois has regained hundreds of books' worth of history. Nearly 37,000 photos, many never before published, taken by […]
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Sep 20, 2019
sometimes things are difficult. TWEAKS AND UPDATES DigitalNC: More of The Children's Friend and The Orphan's Friend are now online, thanks to the Grand Lodge of North Carolina!. "Over 100 new issues […]
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Sep 19, 2019
NEW RESOURCES It's Nice That: The Museum of Youth Culture opens up vast digital archive, via Google Arts & Culture. "Today the Museum of Youth Culture launches a major partnership with Google […]
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Sep 18, 2019
NEW RESOURCES DigitalNC: Flooded: Oral Histories Documenting Hurricane Floyd Now Online. "We've recently worked with Braswell Memorial Library (Rocky Mount, N.C.) to digitize oral histories, written stories, and a manuscript all created […]
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Sep 18, 2019
NEW RESOURCES CNBC: There's a new database of thousands of jobs at space companies, including SpaceX, Blue Origin and more. "Called ‘Space Talent,' the database features over 2,900 open jobs listed across […]
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Sep 17, 2019
NEW RESOURCES American Association for the Advancement of Science: ‘How We Respond' Shows What U.S. Communities Are Doing to Address Climate Change. "Communities across the United States are working with scientists and […]
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Sep 17, 2019
NEW RESOURCES ProPublica: Making Collaborative Data Projects Easier: Our New Tool, Collaborate, Is Here. "Collaborations are a major part of ProPublica's approach to journalism, and in the past few years we've run […]
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Sep 16, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES BetaNews: Software isolation utility Sandboxie is now free; soon it will be open source too. "Sandboxie — the sandboxing tool with the tagline "Trust no program" — has been […]
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Sep 16, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Diverse Education: Research Focuses on Lack of Women Authors on Graduate Syllabi. "In a recent article published in The Journal of Politics, [Dr. Heidi] Hardt's team reported the findings of […]
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Sep 16, 2019
NEW RESOURCES CBC: Online database for Inuit art looking for Nunatsiavut artists. "The Inuit Art Foundation is looking for Nunatsiavut artists to add to their growing online database, which highlights Inuit artists […]
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Sep 15, 2019
NEW RESOURCES New-to-me and I LOATHE this headline. He's collecting bricks and not hurting anybody. (This may just be an American thing; "eccentric" here can be very pejorative.) The Scotsman: Retired police […]
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Sep 14, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Chicago Sun-Times: The FBI Files . "The Chicago Sun-Times has compiled FBI records on people and groups with ties to, or of particular interest to, the Chicago region and Illinois. […]
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Sep 13, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Medical XPress: Database to support infectious disease research. "A new database PathoPhenoDB facilitates the search for associations between infectious diseases, the pathogens that cause them, the resulting clinical signs and […]
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Sep 13, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES The Verge: Google Photos adds Memories, a private archive that looks like Instagram Stories. "Google Photos is adding features to encourage reminiscing, starting with a new tool that brings […]
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Sep 12, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES CNET: Google Maps adds tools to find drug addiction recovery resources. "Google on Thursday said it's adding tools to its Maps app to help people recover from drug addiction. […]
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Sep 12, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES DigitalNC: New Issues of The Carolina Journal Are Available on DigitalNC!. "We are excited to announce the availability of 76 new issues of The Carolina Journal, the student newspaper […]
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Sep 12, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Irish News: Archive shows rare photographs of IRA men patrolling streets of west Belfast. "RARE photographs of IRA men patrolling the streets of west Belfast during the early days […]
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Sep 11, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES TechCrunch: Here's everything Apple announced today at the iPhone 11 event. "Like clockwork, Apple has used its annual September event to announce a new generation of iPhones. But they […]
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Sep 11, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Bangkok Post: Nectec launches website with AI database. "The National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (Nectec) has launched a website that allows programme developers, startups and businesses to access an […]
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Sep 11, 2019
NEW RESOURCES CTV: New high-tech web tool aims to enlist Canadians to help find missing kids. "Thousands of children are reported missing across the country each year but only a handful of […]
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Sep 10, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Google Blog: Japanese food and flavors come to Google Arts & Culture. "The Japanese word ‘meshiagare' means ‘enjoy your meal.' And don't we all enjoy our food more when we […]
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Sep 10, 2019
NEW RESOURCES RadioTimes: BBC will make thousands of classic TV clips available on new archive website. "The BBC will make nearly 2000 video clips from its archive available to view on its […]
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Sep 09, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Woodworking Network: Appalachian Partnership launches new Ohio Wood Products website. "Transforming standing timber into these products and services requires a diverse group of talent, transportation, and technology. The Supply Chain […]
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Sep 09, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES BetaNews: Wikipedia taken offline by massive DDoS attack. "A DDoS attack rocked Wikipedia on Friday, taking the site offline in a number of countries. The online encyclopedia was forced […]
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Sep 09, 2019
NEW RESOURCES GlobalNews: History enthusiasts can visit Western Development Museum online. "Earlier this week, the Western Development Museum (WDM) launched an online collection of Saskatchewan artifacts and over 9,000 of its library […]
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Sep 08, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Penn Today: Crowdsourcing 10,000 years of land use. "More than 250 archaeologists from around the world contributed their knowledge to ArchaeoGLOBE, an effort to better understand the prevalence of agriculture, […]
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Sep 07, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Boston University: ASC Completes Research Project on Mandinka Archives. "The African Studies Center, an affiliated center of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, have completed […]
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Sep 07, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES TechCrunch: Apple Music launches a public beta on the web. "Apple Music is coming to the web. Apple today is launching a public beta of its popular music streaming […]
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Sep 06, 2019
Someone emailed me this morning (hi Nancy) and asked if I was still doing Inside Google & Alphabet, and I realized I hadn't mentioned it… so just to clarify: no, I am […]
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Sep 06, 2019
NEW RESOURCES PetaPixel: Filmtypes is a Film Stock Database with Details, Sample Images and More. Not stock film. Film stock. "If you're new to film photography, or you're curious about the variety […]
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Sep 05, 2019
TWEAKS AND UPDATES Boston Globe: A digital family tree grows in Boston. "A massive genealogical project to digitize records from parishes in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston will expand its scope […]
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Sep 05, 2019
Good morning. We are currently under a tropical storm warning "until further notice." I am not particularly worried about flooding etc. but if trees start coming down that will mean extended power […]
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Sep 04, 2019
NEW RESOURCES State Archives of North Carolina: New Digital Collection: Future Homemakers of America Association. "The Future Homemakers of America North Carolina Association digital collection has materials from 1929 to 1984. The […]
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Sep 04, 2019
NEW RESOURCES PressGazette: BBC sent coded messages in news bulletins during WW2, archive files reveal. "A new archive of BBC interviews and documents has revealed the corporation's role in secret activities during […]
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Sep 03, 2019
NEW RESOURCES This launched in late July but I missed it. From SGS (Standard Global Services): SGS Launches New Product Recalls Online Platform. "The platform, which launches on July 12, generates a […]
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Sep 03, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Kansas City Star: Louisiana treasurer launches online searchable debt database . "How does Louisiana's debt load stack up against other states? Where is the state spending its billions on construction […]
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Sep 02, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Apparently around for a while, but new to me, via Slate: VideoWiki Challenges Wikipedia's Traditional Text Focus. "Even in 2019, an estimated 750 million people around the world are illiterate, […]
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Sep 02, 2019
NEW RESOURCES RTV6: Indianapolis police and fire history goes online. "If you enjoy Indianapolis history, this is for you. A collection of materials from the Indianapolis Fire Department and the Indianapolis Metropolitan […]
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Sep 02, 2019
NEW RESOURCES New-to-me, from Texas Observer: Two Houston Archives Gather Harvey Memories for Historians of the Future. "The Houston Flood Museum and the Harvey Memories Project. Both are online-only, open-access archives, and […]
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Sep 01, 2019
NEW RESOURCES Out of the Box: Virginia Untold: Lancaster County Fiduciary Records 1657-1872. "The Library of Virginia is pleased to announce the addition of the Lancaster County Fiduciary Records, 1657-1872, to Virginia […]
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Aug 31, 2019
NEW RESOURCES New Atlas: Track spacecraft as they talk to Earth in real time with new ESA tool. "The European Space Agency has released a new tool that allows space enthusiasts to […]
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