New Years-ish linkdump
Cool tool alert http://demo.rampeditor.info/ "The Remixing Archival Metadata Project (RAMP) is a lightweight web-based editing tool that is intended to let users do two things: (1) generate enhanced authority records for creators of archival collections and (2) publish the content of those records as Wikipedia pages." http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2013/12/11/libraries-in-communities/ TLDR People love the physical space of libraries as much as the access to information and materials. http://activehistory.ca/2014/01/archival-digitization-and-the-struggle/ This is a pretty nice little summary of my entire degree. (Pursuant to amateur archiving and the democratization of the skillset.) ......... wait a second, did this just happen http://archivists.metapress.com.proxy1.library.mcgill.ca/content/6q005254035w2076/?p=db1a37f5c11d44289f25aec4dfbecc78&pi=10 // Meanwhile, in Canada: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/npress-communique/2014/20140107-en.html "All materials for which DFO has copyright will be preserved by the Department." (uhhhh) http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fisheries-and-oceans-library-closings-called-loss-to-science-1.2486171 SO? Is digitizing great for access or the first step to materials oblivion? Pick a side and stick with it. Also, http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-nature-museum-digitizing-3-million-specimens-1.2482826 Again, bit of a language mixup. Making an open dataset is not the same as digitizing. Read it. It says some things "CAN BE SCANNED." All they're doing is making a database of dates and places, guys. Guys. Useful for later: open access resources in Canada. http://scienceblogs.com/confessions/2013/06/26/resources-on-open-access-in-canada/