Ancient Books

Sarah Laskow searched for the oldest books in major libraries - and their stories .

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Making Archived Information Accessible

OCLS has released a report on making archives and special collections more accessible . The report argues that institutional repositories and archives are filled with information that has been deemed of value, and access to these materials should be preserved.

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Web Archives

Wendy Boswell of ABOUT.COM has developed a list of archives which can be found on the web.

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eBooks and Libraries

Brian Mathews recently posted about the pressure on library directors to discard the printed books and move toward an all electronic library . A comment on the post noted that some Canadian Libraries have already lost valuable historical data due to a similar government demand.

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Nation Digital Public Library Launches

According to Lucas Mearian, the Nation Public Library has been launched. This Internet archive consists of images, sound files, and video clips from major U.S. archives. It is not a book collection -- for books, one should check the Project Gutenberg.

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Information Heritage Inititiative

Lucas Mearian reports that "EMC Donates to the Vatican Storage of Biblical Proportions." He indicates that the storage capacity is enough to story 40 million pages.

The article also includes links to EMC's Information Heritage Initiative, which lists (and in some cases links to) the archival sites being created with EMC technology.

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