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SobekPH, the free UFDC iPhone App (available from iTunes here) for the UF Digital Collections has been downloaded 76 times since it was released on November 23. Most of the downloads have been in the US, but there are downloads from all around the world already! Downloads Country Code 2 GB 4 DE 2 AU 51 US 2 CA 1 IE 2 FR 1 ES 1 CN 1 PH 1 HK 1 KR 2 IT 1 RO 2 JP 2 RURead More →

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The iPhone App for the UF Digital Collections is now live and can be downloaded from iTunes here. The App, codenamed SobekPH for the Crocodile god Sobek (even crocodiles are Gators in Gainesville) and PH for iPhone, makes it easy to browse and search a number of the collections within the UF Digital Collections. SobekPH is a great iPhone App on it’s own, and it’s because it showcases the power and excellent design of the UF Digital Collections. I often try to explain to people how and why UFDC’s infrastructure is so excellent, why that’s so important, and what it then makes possible. Normally, theseRead More →

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Celebrate the official launch of the Jamaica Journal online in the Digital Library of the Caribbean: Jamaica Journal Historical Collection Online November 15, 2009, 4-6pm Florida International University; Green Library 220 Event will feature Jamaican writer Donna Weir-Soley, reading from her book, Eroticism, Spirituality, and Resistance in Black Women’s Writings. Tour an exhibit featuring the Jamaica Journal with presentations from the Institute of Jamaica. Admission is FREE and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Subscriptions to the Jamaica Journal and books by Weir-Soley will be available for purchase and signing. Co-Sponsors Include: Air Jamaica, Jamaican Information Service, Jamaica Tourist Board, and the LatinRead More →

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Press Release – The Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) has just released a new planning document, DIGITIZATION ACTIVITIES – Project Planning and Management Outline. The aim of this document is to define activities relating to the digitization of original cultural materials, and to outline general steps for planning and management of this process. The activities described in this document address library/archival issues, imaging and conversion work, and IT infrastructure issues in particular, and were identified using project management outlines from several organizations with significant experience working with cultural materials. This document defines “digitization” as a complete process, and covers all project components from contentRead More →

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Press Release: Eleventh Annual FIU Eric Williams Lecture Touts a New Vision for the Caribbean MIAMI, Fla. (October 27, 2009)— The 11th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture at Florida International University will take place on Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., as part of FIU’s African & African Diaspora Studies Program. As current events demand new prescriptions for emerging countries, this year’s Distinguished Africana Scholars Lecture, “A New Vision for A New World Reality: Prospects for the Anglophone Caribbean,” promises to address critical issues of sustainable development for the region with a vibrant discussion of the implications for contemporary times. Former Jamaican PrimeRead More →

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The Fourth Paradigm: Data Intensive Scientific Discovery, has just been released by Microsoft Research and is available for download under a Creative Commons license here. The book is edited by Tony Hey, Stewart Tansley and Kirstin Tolle and it’s being released in conjunction with the Microsoft E-science meeting being held at Carnegie-Mellon.Read More →

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Press Release Port of Spain, TRINIDAD and TOBAGO (September 10, 2009) The Eric Williams Memorial Collection (EWMC) at The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago, announces the biennial “Eric Williams ‘School Bags’ Essay Competition.” Since 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution, Caribbean students are being asked to assess its successes and failures and to comment on their relevance to today. This year, the EWMC is partnering with UNESCO offices in Trinidad and Tobago; Jamaica; Guyana; Grenada and the British Virgin Islands in encouraging eligible schools in those countries to participate. Throughout his life, Dr Eric Williams, noted scholar/historian and theRead More →

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I was reading the latest issue of UF Today, and it had the wonderful photograph above of one man shaving another with an axe. The story next to it explains that the photo is from a Department of Forestry Field Day from 1937. It’s such a great photo, I wanted to be sure to ask Carl Van Ness (the Head of Manuscripts in Special Collections and the University Archivist) when I noticed the caption that states the photo is in the UF Digital Collections. Finding the photo was already findable was a nice surprise, and a nice reminder of the importance of the work beingRead More →