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Job Posting: Senior Archivist, University of Central Florida Libraries (UCF), Orlando Responsibilities: Under the general supervision of the Special Collections and University Archives Department Head, the Senior Archivist completes records surveys of University administrative offices, colleges, centers and institutes, reviews collections of private organizational and personal papers, coordinates transfer and accession of archival documents to the University Archives or Special Collections; and is responsible for the physical and intellectual control of acquired records. Sets processing priorities; trains and coordinates students and interns in processing records to archival standards, creating description including EAD finding aids and performing basic preservation functions. Processes records to archival standards, createsRead More →

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Caribbean Scholarship in the Digital Age September 15, 2009 2:00 – 4:00 pm Graham Center 150 Florida International University 11200 SW 8th St. Miami, FL 33199 The Digital Library of the Caribbean will host three speakers on the use of digital resources for Caribbean teaching and research.   The speakers will highlight how digital access to Caribbean research materials is opening new paths for both research and teaching. Dr. JoAnne Harris, Brittain Fellow, School of Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Tech Dr. Nicola Foote, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Caribbean History, Florida Gulf Coast University Mr. Patrick Tardieu, Curator, Fathers of the Holy SpiritRead More →

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The University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC) has grown from September 2007’s 1 million pages (pages of books, newspapers, archival materials, maps, posters, audio, video, photos, and more) to 2 million in July 2008, 3 million in December 2008 (thanks to ingesting microfilm digitized by a vendor) and then to 4 million in July 2009. Right now – and UFDC is loading so this will be higher by morning – UFDC has 4,134,392 pages. Four million, one hundred and thirty-four thousand, three hundred and ninety-two pages. It sounds impressive because it is. Yet, it’s so much more than that even when only on a quantityRead More →

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Old technologies can be fascinating and informative for best practices for new technologies. However, they can also be broken systems that burden users and developers who are trying to use them and work around them. PURL servers are one of the broken ones in need of replacement. Like MARC, PURL servers are a dated concept that lead to failures. Yet, now PURLs are PURLz and are gaining new adopters, even though the US Government Printing Office had a PURL server outage that lasted over a week (Aug. 28 and still in process of correction Sept. 4). The design of PURL servers makes mirroring difficult. Thus,Read More →

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I’d always assumed that catalog records were based on MARC, and that MARC was a guideline or standard like METS, MODS, or TEI, or even HTML or XML. After all, SGML is one heck of a powerful grandparent for modern record formats, right? And for printing, TeX, LaTeX, and BibTeX have been around for ages, so there’s no way that an archaic punch-card style technology could be in use at almost every library in the US, right? Sadly, no, I was wrong. My assumptions on what MARC must be have kept me from helping to fix the problems that stem from what it actually is.Read More →

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The National Library of Jamaica was awarded nearly $3 million through the 2009 Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation (AFCP) to conserve the Enos Nuttall Manuscripts. The Jamaica Gleaner explains that the grant: will save historically important documents which once belonged to the esteemed Enos Nuttall who served as bishop. His collection consists of 38 boxes of letters written by governors of Jamaica, clergy and laymen identified as a source of important perspectives during the period immediately following the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865 up to and including the World War I. The manuscripts also provide information on the formation and development of several institutions includingRead More →

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Digital Archivist; Manuscripts & Archives; Sterling Memorial Library; Yale University; Rank: Librarian II The University and the Library The Yale University Library, as one of the world’s leading research libraries, collects, organizes, preserves, and provides access to and services for a rich and unique record of human thought and creativity. It fosters intellectual growth and supports the teaching and research missions of Yale University and scholarly communities worldwide. A distinctive strength is its rich spectrum of resources, including approximately thirteen million volumes and information in all media, ranging from ancient papyri to early printed books to electronic databases. The Library is engaging in numerous projectsRead More →

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Brown University’s Center for Digital Scholarship (http://dl.lib.brown.edu.revproxy.brown.edu) (CDS) and the John Nicholas Brown Center for Public Humanities and Cultural Heritage (http://www.brown.edu/jnbc) (JNBC) are seeking individuals to apply for a fellowship to direct the digital aspects of the Fox Point Community History Project. The digital fellow will work with faculty and staff in both the CDS and JNBC as well as other Brown faculty and students undertaking related work to develop an online public history resource that incorporates oral history, primary documents (photographs, letters, clippings), geospatial data, documentary film, statistical data and other materials. This multidimensional, interactive framework will provide avenues for both scholarly and publicRead More →

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The Rose Hill Manor Park & Children’s Museum in Frederick, Maryland will soon be printing new copies of historic children’s books from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature Digital Collection. The children’s books will be used for their story hour program where they read stories to children and let them act out part of the story and do a craft; their Playtime Monday programs that encourage children and parents to explore their facilities and spend time reading and playing together; tours; and history camp programs where they teach kids about school days for children in the past. It’s always exciting to share old materialsRead More →

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The second international Congress of the Haitian Diaspora “Haitian Diaspora Unity Congress” is being organized by The Haitian League with the cooperation of its chapters and affiliates, and numerous other supporting organizations and agencies. This will be the first time that representatives of Haitian Diaspora in a number of countries will convene under one roof to find long-term solutions to the major issues that plague Haitians in and out of Haiti. Themed “HAITIAN DIASPORA UNITY CONGRESS”, the purpose of the 2009 Congress — “La Grande Reunion de la Famille Haitienne” — is to coalesce and capitalize on the Haitian Diaspora´s resources (intellectual, financial, professional, andRead More →