http://library.gameology.org A chronicle of work in UF's Digital Library Center Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:33:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "The Longtail of News" by the Toronto Star's public editor Kathy English is an excellent report for the effects of networked, persistent access to information in respect to the public good and the accuracy of current and archived information. http://library.gameology.org/2010/03/15/the-longtail-of-news/ With three iPhone apps out, downloads have increased, with 45 downloads of the main SobekPH App from 3/1-3/7/2010, 14 downloads of the Baldwin SobekPH app, and 5 downloads of the UF Archives SobekPH App. Given that the Baldwin and UF Archives apps were only out for 1/2 of the week, ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/03/11/iphone-statistics/ More content is almost always better, so the SobekPH App for accessing multiple collections from the UF Digital Collections is best for more content. However because each of the collections already has such a vast supply of content to offer, we're also starting to release iPhone Apps for each of ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/03/04/more-iphone-apps/ The following is a text-only press release from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). An HTML version of this release with links can be viewed on the agency's Web site at http://www.imls.gov/news/2010/030210.shtm FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2010 IMLS Press Contacts 202-653-4632 Jeannine Mjoseth, jmjoseth@imls.gov Mamie Bittner, mbittner@imls.gov IMLS and SGS Issue Report on the ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/03/03/imls-news-release-imls-and-sgs-issue-report-on-the-preservation-of-world-cultural-heritage/ The report won't be out until after the meeting this May, but Computer Forensics and Born-Digital Content in Cultural Heritage Collections should be exciting and timely reading for everyone involved in supporting cultural heritage collections. http://library.gameology.org/2010/02/21/computer-forensics-born-digital-content-in-cultural-heritage-collections/ As usage of the self-submittal and online metadata editing systems for the UF Digital Collections have continued to increase, new supports were needed to support the additional users. To provide those supports, the former UFDC_CM application has been integrated into UFDC/SobekCM and additional functionality has been added. These improvements are releasing ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/02/20/uf-digital-collections-system-improvements/ The next MLA convention will take place in Los Angeles on January 6-9, 2011. The Division of Colonial Latin American Literatures calls for papers for the following two sessions: Visual Textualizations: Latin American Colonial Lives : This panel seeks to explore how written and visual/iconic narratives from the colonial period interact ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/02/18/mla-division-of-colonial-latin-american-literatures-cfp/ Excerpt from UF's Latin American Collection News, 2/16/10: DIGITIZATION UPDATE While much of the digitization work at UF has concentrated on the Federally-funded Digital Library of the Caribbean, this is by no means the only effort here to make documents related to Latin American Studies available online. The UF Digital Center is developing ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/02/17/uf-latin-american-collection-news/ News Release The University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies will sponsor Library Travel Research Grants for summer 2010. Their purpose is to enable faculty researchers from other U.S. colleges and universities to use the extensive resources of the Latin American Collection in the University of Florida Libraries, thereby enhancing ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/02/16/uf-center-for-latin-american-studies-library-travel-research-grants-summer-2010/ News from the Florida Archivist Newsletter: FREE ARCHIVAL WORKSHOPS FOR ARCHIVISTS, LIBRARIANS AND MUSEUM STAFF WORKING IN FLORIDA'S CULTURAL HERITAGE REPOSITORIES Florida will host four FREE Society of American Archivists workshops (SAA) this year thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Over the past nine years, several Florida ... http://library.gameology.org/2010/02/13/preservation-workshops-florida/