A Google Books Cautionary Tale
This one made the rounds of Twitter earlier today thanks to Jo Guldi. This month Wired Magazine tells a cautionary tale for those following the progress of Google Books. Entitled "Google’s
Tom Scheinfeldt
Tom is Professor of Digital Humanities at the University of Connecticut. He writes about history, technology, digital humanities, design, higher education, and (sometimes) politics.
Briefly Noted for October 6, 2009
Gmail Helps Spam Be More Annoying? — Yesterday Google began rolling out a new “feature” called “enhanced email” to some Gmail users. As reported by ReadWriteWeb, the “enhancement” is the ability for messages to
Briefly Noted for October 5, 2009
The Future of Libraries — Broadcasting from my very own neighborhood, local Washington DC NPR personality, Kojo Nmandi, hosted a special program on “The Future of Libraries” last week. Full .mp3 audio of the
Privatizing Holocaust History?
For the past few years, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has undertaken a series of public-private digitization partnerships, especially with a company called Footnote.com. These partnerships provide NARA with free
SI and Flickr Commons
Originally published in the journal Archival Science, the Smithsonian Institution Libraries has just released under open access terms a report of the Institution’s experience with Flickr Commons. Written by Martin Kalfatovic, Effie