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Download 100,000 Free Art Images in High-Resolution from The Getty
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Better be nice to your computer.
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The Smithsonian turned to conveyor belts, cameras to digitize its many artifacts
from the Washington Post We’re using a conveyor belt system to digitize these. We bring out 30 or 40 boxes a day, set them at the end of the conveyor belt, and one of the operators will pull out one … Continue reading
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Collaboratories and bubbles of shush – how libraries are transforming | Helen Shenton | TEDxDublin
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Tools @ DigiPres Commons
FYI: The DigiPres Commons site is a hub for digital preservation information and tools. (Lot’s of image format validation tools and file metadata tools! #geek)
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Slideshow: Glass
Glass objects from Harvard’s General Artemus Ward House Museum. Made with Spectacle.
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Harvard Library Lifts Restrictions on Digital Reproductions of Works in the Public Domain
This is a big deal. The Library will share, without restriction, all of its online resources that are not otherwise encumbered by license or copyright! (paraphrase) This simple declaration will inform the development of Harvard Library’s digital library infrastructure: Systems must … Continue reading
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What language is this?
Would this tool ever be helpful to our catalogers? Xerox’s “Language Identifier” will tell you what language a document is written in; just paste some text into the webform and hit the button. The service currently identifies the following languages: … Continue reading
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Nixie: A Tiny Flying Camera Drone You Wear On Your Wrist
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New 46MP Canon DSLR? (rumor)
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