Global trends in digital #preservation: Outsourcing versus in-house practices
👉 "The meta-analysis of the final studies affirms a strong global preference of #libraries, #archives, and other cultural and memory organizations toward in-house activities for the preservation of their digital objects and collections compared to outsourcing digital preservation activities by third parties."
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/09610006231173461
#preservation #libraries #archives #digitization #heritagecollections
Ancient #books in northern #Italy frozen to salvage them from #flood damage
👉 Ancient books and #manuscripts, some dating back to the 16th century, that have been affected by devastating #floods in the northern Italian region of #emiliaromagna are being stored in freezers in an effort to salvage them.
#books #italy #flood #manuscripts #floods #emiliaromagna #heritagecollections
#Trove secures funding as federal government comes to rescue of National Library of #Australia's digitised #archive
👉 Funding for the country's largest digitised archive has been announced, after months of the National #Library of Australia (#NLA) calling for more financial support.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-03/funding-for-trove-announced-by-federal-government/102177488
#heritagecollections #digitization #nationallibraries #libraries
#Trove #australia #archive #library #nla #heritagecollections #digitization #nationallibraries #libraries
Martyrdom of St Lambert from the magnificent Psalter of Lambert le Bègue (ca 1285-1290), part of #ULiège Library collections
👉 Psautier dit de Lambert le Bègue https://donum.uliege.be/handle/2268.1/1508
#Liège #BookHistory #Manuscript #DONum #heritagecollections #libraries #Manuscripts
via Renaud Adam https://twitter.com/Renaud__Adam/status/1641727397627084802?t=WxgjzKZsjqfaRcpMk3ZPaQ&s=19
#ULiege #liege #bookhistory #manuscript #donum #heritagecollections #libraries #manuscripts
7,548 digitized items from University of #Liège Library now part of #JSTOR Open Community Collections
https://www.jstor.org/site/university-of-liege/
#ULiège #HeritageCollections #Heritage #Digitization #libraries
#liege #JSTOR #ULiege #heritagecollections #heritage #digitization #libraries
Some digitized #heritage collections preserved at #ULiège #Library now part of #JSTOR's Open Community Collections:
✅ Archival materials
✅ Incunabula
✅ Manuscripts
✅ Maps
✅ Photographs
✅ Plans
(More to come)
https://www.jstor.org/site/university-of-liege/
#digitization #digitisation #Liège #libraries #heritagecollections #rarebooks
#heritage #ULiege #library #JSTOR #digitization #digitisation #liege #libraries #heritagecollections #rarebooks
Gouache "Kieler #Weihnachtsmarkt" by painter Ernst Eitner (1867-1955), from the digitized collections of the Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesbibliothek
https://digibib.schleswig-holstein.de/startseite/trefferliste/detailseite?tx_dlf%5Bdouble%5D=0&tx_dlf%5Bid%5D=313&tx_dlf%5Bpage%5D=1&tx_dlf%5Bpagegrid%5D=0&cHash=108d549f4858bc0d30da9fd7739c80c1
#Kiel #Germany #SchleswigHolstein #digitization #digitisation #heritageCollections #libraries #Christmas #Weihnachten
#Weihnachtsmarkt #kiel #germany #schleswigholstein #digitization #digitisation #heritagecollections #libraries #christmas #weihnachten
When #Russia invaded #Ukraine, a key part of its strategy was to destroy historic #libraries in order to eradicate the Ukrainians' sense of #identity. But Putin hadn't counted on the unbreakable spirit of the country's #librarians https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/04/our-mission-is-crucial-meet-the-warrior-librarians-of-ukraine?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other #StandWithUkraine #RussiaUkraineWar #Archives #Heritage #HeritageCollections
#russia #ukraine #libraries #identity #librarians #StandWithUkraine #russiaukrainewar #archives #heritage #heritagecollections