William Gibson’s Agrippa and mal d’archive
I didn’t come to Austin to get an archival jolt from a digital artists’ book. I’ve been at the Ransom Center this weekend attending a conference on literary archives and …
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I didn’t come to Austin to get an archival jolt from a digital artists’ book. I’ve been at the Ransom Center this weekend attending a conference on literary archives and …
Read MoreAs part of our ongoing effort to highlight work that we’re doing in our new Archives and Special Collections program, I thought I’d talk a little about our current efforts …
Read MoreToday is Armistice Day, and the 90th anniversary of the end of the ‘War to end all Wars’. It is not surprising any longer that commemoration by the public of …
Read MoreLast week, I wrote about the backlogs project. Thanks to those who contacted me with suggestions and pointers. I think I’m close to having a fully populated working group, and …
Read MoreA few days ago, I said we’d write a little about each of our new projects in the archives and special collections program. The first one I’ll talk about is …
Read MoreWe’ve had a lot going on here, in the archives and special collections department. Some of this has gone out through other channels, but I don’t believe this has gone …
Read MoreI’ve just read the minutes from a recent meeting of the Lot 49 group, which was formed to address issues related to moving image digitization. [Here’s a link to notes …
Read MoreTwo interesting (and contrasting) blog postings popped into my feed reader today. The first blog posting is from colleague Andrew Pace (the second in his “sacred cow” series). (Why don’t …
Read MoreAs I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve been involved in planning the upcoming EAD @ 10 symposium. The full agenda has been posted and registration is now open. RLG Partners can register …
Read MoreFollowing the Digitization and the Humanities Symposium, Jennifer Schaffner and I wrote a brief report, The Impact of Digitizing Special Collections on Teaching and Scholarship: Reflections on a Symposium about …
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