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Category: Video
Ode to the Library: Harvard’s Widener Turns 100
Narrated by John Lithgow ’67, this visual love letter to libraries celebrates books and those who watch over them while marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of the Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library, Harvard’s flagship library. Built with a … Weiterlesen
How to pronounce: Bibliothek
Das musste hier einfach mal ausgesprochen werden … 😉
President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Carla D. Hayden as Librarian of Congress
Today, I’m nominating Dr. Carla Hayden to be our 14th Librarian of Congress. Michelle and I have known Carla since her days working at the Chicago Public Library, and her dedication to learning and education is unparalleled. More recently, she’s … Weiterlesen
BBC: Libraries and Civilization (1990)
n 1990, two great institutions of knowledge, the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France were in the midst of reinvention for the information age. This is a 1990s period piece presented by Benjamin Woolley for BBC’s The Late … Weiterlesen
The New Library of Alexandria – Bibliotheca Alexandrina
The New Library of Alexandria, the New Bibliotheca Alexandrina is dedicated to recapture the spirit of openness and scholarship of the original Bibliotheca Alexandrina. It is much more than a library and having the aim to be a center of … Weiterlesen
DCDC15 | A Journey Through Digital.Bodleian – Lucie Burgess, Bodleian Libraries
Lucie is Associate Director for Digital Libraries and Collection Management at the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, and a Senior Research Fellow at Hertford College, Oxford. via https://lonewolflibrarian.wordpress.com/2016/01/08/a-journey-through-digital-bodleian-oxfords-bodleian-libraries/
Kultur und Wissen online – 03: Recht und kulturelles Erbe im digitalen Zeitalter
mit Statements von: Dr. jur. Ellen Euler, LL.M., Stellvertreterin des Geschäftsführers Finanzen, Recht, Kommunikation, Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek; Ute Schwens, Direktorin in Frankfurt am Main, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek; Dr. Dietmar Preißler, Sammlungsdirektor, Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Paul Keller, Board … Weiterlesen
How Aldus Manutius Saved Civilization with G. Scott Clemons
On Monday October 26th, Scott Clemons was guest speaker at Type@Cooper in the Herb Lubalin Lecture series and delivered this talk at The Cooper Union. In the last decade of the 15th century, a middle-aged private tutor named Aldus Manutius … Weiterlesen
Jahr der Forschung – Papyrologie
Das Jahr der Forschung ist ein vom Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Wirtschaft initiiertes Projekt, um österreichische Forschungsgebiete und ihre Akteurinnen und Akteure vor den Vorhang zu holen. Bernhard Palme, Professor für Alte Geschichte und Papyrologie an der Universität Wien … Weiterlesen