Digital Collections
Minitex News articles tagged with "Digital Collections" (101):
Shackleton, Antarctic Explorer's Record of Human Survival Now Available in Online Exhibition
The 1914-1917 British Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition is an incredible story of survival. Never reaching mainland Antarctica, a week-long gale trapped their ship, Endurance, in the Waddell Sea. The 27-man crew, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton, was adrift for 10 months.
Rosa Parks Collection, Digitized & Online
The Rosa Parks Collection held by the Library of Congress (LOC) has been digitized and is now available online. Containing 7,500 manuscripts and 2,500 photographs, the collection provides a full picture of her
Over There: Missouri & the Great War, a Digital Collection
Over There: Missouri & the Great War is a collaborative with the purpose of digitizing historical documents, photographs, artifacts, oral histories and other primary sources from libraries and collections throughout Missouri to tell the story of its
Save the date: Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference, August 9-11, 2016
The 2nd Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (UMDCC) will take place August 9-11th at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa (Quad Cities).
Save the date for the 2016 MDL Annual Meeting
The Minnesota Digital Library will hold its 14th Annual Meeting:
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Continuing Education and Conference Center
University of Minnesota – St. Paul Campus
Twitter hashtag #mndig2016
NYPL, Thousands of High-Res Images Available Online
In case you haven't already heard, on January 6th, 2016, New York Public Library made over 187,000 of its digitized, public-domain items ava
DigiPres Commons: A helpful portal for staff who manage, protect, and preserve digital content
Are you aware of DigiPres Commons, a community owned web portal of digital preservation resources? I recently visited and found all sorts of excellent resources. Here's a brief recap of what you will find on the site.
New Digital Collection Provides a First-Hand View of North American Colonial Daily Life
Recently, the Harvard Gazette highlighted a new digital project launched earlier this month. Harvard University Library has provided public access to their ongoing, digital, multi-yea
Primary Source Sets from the Digital Public Library of America
Primary Source Sets from DPLA is a resource created by teachers on DPLA’s Education Advisory Committee and designed with students in mind to help
