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Maria Guerreiro ORCID: 0000-0003-0010-6895 Maria Guerreiro is the Head of Partnership Development at Dryad. She is an open science enthusiast who enjoys working collaboratively with researchers and other stakeholders in scholarly communication to drive positive change. She is Head of Partnership Development at Dryad, where she leads the partnership recruitment programme with publishers, scholarly societies and research institutions. Prior to Dryad, Maria spent a decade in journal publishing, primarily at eLife, where she was Head of Journal Development and worked directly with scientists, research organizations and funding agencies in the biomedical and life sciences in initiatives to drive growth, foster community engagement and promote best practices in peer review and scientific publishing. Sarah Lippincott ORCID: 0000-0002-5700-5844 Sarah Lippincott is a librarian and library consultant with a decade of experience supporting open access, digital scholarship, and scholarly communications through strategic planning, research, service design, facilitation, and communications work. As Head of Community Engagement at Dryad, Sarah works with institutions, funders, and researchers to increase awareness of and engagement with data sharing and data reuse. She received her MLS from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and prior to joining Dryad, she worked in a variety of roles within and adjacent to libraries. Sarah started her career as the founding Program Director for the Library Publishing Coalition and went on to coordinate assessment, user experience, and strategic planning activities for a major research library; led strategic consulting services for a digital services agency specializing in open source web development for the cultural heritage sector; and consulted on projects for the Educopia Institute, the Next Generation Library Publishing project (NGLP), the Library Publishing Coalition, Candid, the Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Find more podcast episodes here: https://access2perspectives.pubpub.org/podcast Host: Dr Jo Havemann, ORCID iD 0000-0002-6157-1494 Editing: Ebuka Ezeike Music: Alex Lustig, produced by Kitty Kat License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) At Access 2 Perspectives, we guide you in your complete research workflow toward state-of-the-art research practices and in full compliance with funding and publishing requirements. Leverage your research projects to higher efficiency and increased collaboration opportunities while fostering your explorative spirit and joy. Website: https://access2perspectives.pubpub.org --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/access2perspectives/message
In the midst of the worst economic disaster in US History, hope was being carried through the rural communities tucked amongst the rugged mountains of eastern Kentucky. The Pack Horse Library Project sent women on horseback through the most remote regions of the Cumberland Mountains to deliver reading materials to isolated homes and communities. The project gave hundreds of women their first taste of independence and purpose, and provided thousands of Appalachians their first glimpses into the world beyond Kentucky through the pages of books. Grief retreat: the-giving-ground.com Adopt A Gato NPS San Juan Historical Site Environmental Assessment We love our National Parks and we know you do too but when you're out there, remember to enjoy the view but watch your back. Please take a moment to rate and subscribe from wherever you're listening to NPAD! Become part of our Outsider family on Patreon or Apple Subscriptions to gain access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more. Follow our socials Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. To share a Trail Tale, suggest a story, access merch, and browse our book recommendations - head over to our website. Thank you so much to our partners, check them out! BetterHelp: National Park After Dark is sponsored by BetterHelp. Get 10% off. IQBAR: Text PARK to 64000 to get 20% off all IQBAR products and free shipping. Quince: Use our link to get free shipping and 365-day returns. Naked Wines: Follow our link and use code and password NPAD to get 6 bottles of wine for $39.99 plus free shipping. Sources Book: Down Cut Shin Creek, The Pack Horse Librarians of Kentucky by Kathi Appelt and Jeanna Cannella Schmitzer Documentary: The Pack Horse Librarians of Appalachia (PBS) Articles: History, Living New Deal, Digital Public Library of America, Smithsonian Magazine, American Library Association, VCU Libraries Social Welfare History Project, History (2), National Park History
A new episode of This Queer Book Saved My Life drops next week on February 6th! In our off weeks, we air the most recent episode of The Gaily Show which J.P. hosts for AM950 Radio.On today's episode, part two of our two-part series on The Banned Book Club. Today, we meet with the head of the project John Bracken who is the Executive Director of The Digital Public Library of America. Plus, a new season of Sort Of, Long Live Monetero drops today on HBO Max, and a look at LGBTQ films at Sundance.Banned Book Club: thebannedbookclub.infoLink to LGBTQ films at Sundance Film Festival: https://festival.sundance.org/blogs/your-guide-to-the-projects-by-lgbtq-filmmakers-at-the-2024-sundance-film-festival/ Support the show
Jennie Rose Halperin (moderator), Library FuturesMicah May, Digital Public Library of AmericaCarmi Parker, Whatcom County Library SystemKathleen Riegelhaupt, New York Public Library
April 20, 2023 Defending Democracy: The Role of Libraries and Civic Leaders in the Fight Against Book Bans and Censorship Featuring an introduction from Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias Panelists: Chicago Public Library Commissioner Chris Brown, Digital Public Library of America Executive Director John Bracken and American Library Association Executive Director Tracie Hall. Moderated […]
Do you want to get your books into libraries? Discover how to sell your self published book to libraries with Chief Strategy Officer of Draft2Digital, Mark Coker, and Director of Ebook Services at the Digital Public Library of America, Micah May. Authors who self-publish their books exclusively through KDP are missing out on a larger market beyond the Amazon platform - libraries! While getting your self published book into your local library used to require a ton of selling and marketing strategies, the latest way to sell your books to libraries makes it a whole lot easier with Palace Marketplace. Find out how Draft2Digital (D2D) and the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) are publishing over 500,000 indie titles to Palace Marketplace, reaching over 400 libraries in the United States. This uncut interview came from a live broadcast on YouTube. Draft2Digital - https://DaleLinks.com/D2D (referral link)
Philanthropy should focus less on risk and more on trust-based approaches. On today's episode of the podcast I am honored to be joined by John Palfrey, President of the MacArthur Foundation. Through our partnership over the last 3 years, I have been surprised and inspired by John's commitment to equity and innovation in the world of Philanthropy. Join us for a poignant discussion around the world of Philanthropy and the journey to integrating equity and socially just practices into the work we do.Meet John PalfreyJohn Palfrey is President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, one of the nation's largest philanthropies with assets of approximately $7 billion, and offices in Chicago, New Delhi, and Abuja, Nigeria. Palfrey is a well-respected educator, author, legal scholar, and innovator with expertise in how new media is changing learning, education, and other institutions. Palfrey has extensive experience in social change spanning the education, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors.He is founding board chair of the Digital Public Library of America, and is the former board chair of LRNG, a nonprofit launched and supported by MacArthur. Palfrey has published extensively on how young people learn in a digital era, as well as the effects of new technologies on society at large. Palfrey serves on the board of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and is a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Palfrey holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and an AB from Harvard College. Listen in as John shares:How has seemingly “favorable” identities have shaped who he is and how he seeing the world.How his unique family background has informed and inspired his philanthropic journeyHis thoughts on Trust-Based Philanthropy and the need for more of it.What other leaders in the Philanthropic world need to remember as they think of new and innovative approaches to Philanthropy.Resources Mentioned:Trust Based Philanthropy: An Overview by Pia InfanteLearn more and connect with John Palfrey and his work with The MacArthur Foundation:LinkedIn: John PalfreyWebsite: The MacArthur FoundationConnect with Keecha Harris and Associates:Website: https://khandassociates.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/keecha-harris-and-associates/Twitter: https://twitter.com/khandassociatesYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCukpgXjuOW-ok-pHtVkSajg/featuredConnect with Keecha:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keechaharris/Listen to the podcast on all major listening platforms:SpotifyStitcherApple Podcasts
How fulfilling an academic-centered careerInsights about the younger generations who lived during the digital eraAn excellent perspective on upbringing and raising your own childrenOverview of growing the financial endowment of a charitable foundationThe importance of balancing career and family The Life & Money Show Spotlight:Your Life & Money: What is one thing you're doing to live a meaningful and intentional life by design?Other's Life and Money: What is one life or money hack that you can share that will make an impact in others' lives right now? Life & Money in the World: What's the one thing you're doing right now to make the world a better place? RESOURCES/LINKS MENTIONEDBorn Digital by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser | Paperback & HardcoverThe Connected Parent by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser | Hardcover & Audiobook ABOUT JOHN PALFREYJohn is the President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation which is one of America's biggest philanthropies with assets accumulating to over $7 billion. He is an author of the award-winning books Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Diversity and Free Expression in Education, and Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives. He is a seasoned educator, innovator, and legal scholar with well-respected expertise in how learning, education, and other institutions have changed because of new media. Additionally, he is committed to rigorous thinking, disruption, and creative solutions often made possible by technology, accessibility of information, and diversity and inclusion. John served as Head of School at Philips Academy, Andover, and oversaw the creation of the Tang Institute. He was the Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean for Library and Information Resources at Harvard Law School. From 2002 to 2008, Palfrey served as Executive Director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, founding board chair of the Digital Public Library of America, and is the former board chair of LRNG, a nonprofit launched and supported by MacArthur. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School, an MPhil from the University of Cambridge, and an AB from Harvard College. CONNECT WITH JOHNLinkedIn: John PalfreyWebsite: MacArthur Foundation CONNECT WITH USTo connect with Annie and Julie, as well as with other Investing For Good listeners, and to get the latest scoop on new and upcoming episodes, join Life and Money Show Podcast Community on Facebook.To learn more about real estate syndication investment opportunities, join the Goodegg Investor Club.Be sure to also grab your free copy of the Investing For Good book (just pay S&H)--Thanks for listening, and until next time, keep investing for good!
"The Momentum of Memory" vs. "The Violence of Forgetting." Throughout history a well-documented feature of authoritarianism, totalitarian regimes, religious indoctrination and myth-making is the reshaping of collective and individual memory. As a person of African descent, deconstructing religion can yield epiphanies not only in science or theology but in the heavy political histories of ethnicity and provenance. This episode covers the ways in which forgetfulness, memory laws/loss and short collective memories play into narratives that distort, demean, erase and discriminate. We cover the George Floyd "Year of Reckoning", Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, 45, my former pastor and the subtle manipulative power of misinformation + forgetfulness imposed on us via religion and culture. _____________________________ (Ep. 13) Show Notes Host: Rogiérs Writing & Narration: Rogiérs Production & Editing: Fibby Music Group, LLC Assistant Producer, Research: Drai Salmon Opening performed by Rogiérs, Reginald & Alesandra Ndu Recorded at: FMG Studios, Washington, DC Cover Artwork: Emily Wilson Music Licensing/Episode Musical Credits courtesy of: Fibby Music Recordings, Storyblocks, Overjoyed Blue Note Japan Recordings, IMOK Gospel Music, Howard University Gospel Choir Resources Sarah Frostenson, “Aftermath of Year of Reckoning”, Fiver Thirty Eight: A Politics Chat Michele Norris, "Don't call it a racial reckoning. The race toward equality has barely begun.", The Washington Post Banned Filename, Jr., “Remember fascism was a Catholic problem?”, Medium.com Stephanie Martin, “Vladimir Putin Quotes the Bible During Pro-Russia Rally in Moscow”, Churchleaders .com Jess Blumberg, “A Brief History of the Salem Witch Trials”, Smithsonian Magazine Frederick Douglass, “An 1876 speech given by Frederick Douglass at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, DC.”, Digital Public Library of America, University of Illinois CNN (Chris Wallace) Interview Nicole Hannah-Jones, Author & Professor of Journalism, Howard University Dr. Greg Carr, Professor, Howard University School of Law &Africana Studies Department Music Bed(s) “For Your Name is to be Praised” (James Hall Worship & Praise) “Never Shall Forget”, Melvin Crispell & Testimony _____________________________ For Contact, Inquiry, Voicemail & Feedback: E: BNDCPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @WWHPodcasting _____________________________ Additional Content: Find the entire LEGACY catalogue of programs online at the Black Nonbelievers YouTube Channel! Find Black Nonbelievers of DC online on Facebook and also on Meetup. Support Black Nonbelievers follow on Twitter and find a local affiliate new you! Special thanks to the American Humanist Association and the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities for their support. (c) 2022 Fibby Music Group, LLC www.FibbyMusic.net
In the United States the Coast Guard is a fully paid up branch of the military. Its men and women have served with valour in many conflicts and I'm going to tell you about one such event, the rescue of Misty 11. The badge of the US Coast Guard An F100 Fast FAC Misty crew An OV10 Bronco Spads escorting a Jolly Green Giant The jungle penetrator. Landing in difficult terrain 500 saves The approach into the valley The rescue Technical Sergeant Donald G. Smith Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the USAF National Museum, the USAF, USAF National Museum, USGOV-PD, Digital Public Library of America, Defence Imagery, the US Coast Guard and US Gov.
Here's a seemingly inexplicable historical event: How did the anti-slavery Republican party take the White House in 1861, only six years after its formation? Thanks to the work of our special guest, Dr. Omar Ali, a historian at UNC-Greensboro, we know this accomplishment is largely due to the earlier work of the abolitionist Liberty Party beginning in the 1840s and continued by the Free Soil Party, which worked against the extension of slavery. Author of In the Balance of Power: Independent and Third Party Black Politics in the United States, Dr. Ali emphasizes the importance of looking twenty years prior to fully understand these events. By this method, he describes the Civil Rights movement as an independent mobilization that rose outside the two-party structure in the 1950s and 60s. In this Purple Principle episode, “Liberty & Justice for Some,” we find that the history of independent and third-party black political mobilization is rich, significant, and long-running, with notable modern accomplishments as well. These include Mayor Harold Washington's defeat of Chicago Democratic machine candidates in the 1980s and Lenora Fulani's 1988 independent campaign for President. In an age where two parties seem to have a solid lock on our politics, it's important to highlight periods when independents and third parties have had a significant impact. And at a time when issues of race and identity polarize our politics and society, it's vital to understand the fluid nature of issues over time. Tune into Season Two, Episode 15, “Liberty and Justice for Some,” for an in-depth discussion with Dr. Ali as well as archival audio of some important voices in this throughline, including Frederick Douglass (courtesy of James Earl Jones), W.E.B DuBois, Jesse Jackson, Lenora Fulani, and others. Original Music by Ryan Adair Rooney Show Notes Our Guest Dr. Omar Ali, Professor of Comparative African Diaspora History, African American & African Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Greensboro @AliNCInd In the Balance of Power: Independent Black Politics and Third-Party Movements in the United States, Ohio University Press, 2008. Additional Resources Frederick Douglass, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” July 5, 1852. Frederick Douglass. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. W.E.B. Du Bois. Library of Congress. W.E.B. Du Bois. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Jesse Jackson and the Rainbow Coalition, 1984 and 1988. Digital Public Library of America. Lenora Fulani Find us online! Twitter: @purpleprincipl Facebook: @thepurpleprinciplepodcast Instagram: @thepurpleprinciplepodcast Our website: https://fluentknowledge.com/shows/the-purple-principle/liberty-and-justice-for-some Sign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/2UfFSja
Let's talk about reading books for free, getting a digital library card, and autodidactic wisdom. How I Read Bestselling Books for FREE by Corey Bennett Boardman
Defenceless, it relied on its unmatched performance to provide vital data for the USA and NATO on some of the most sensitive parts of the globe. One of the regular missions flown by the SR71 Blackbird out of a base in the United Kingdom, RAF Mildenhall, was East across the North and Baltic Seas towards the territories of the Soviet Union; these flights were known as the Baltic Express. All went until one day... The SR71 at Mildenhall The original A12 The Baltic Express track The Saab 29, nicknamed the Tunnan The Draken The Saab AJS 37 Viggen The Vig was also capable of operating from unusual locations Shockwave formation during an unstart. An SR71 pilot in his pressure suit The Mig 25 Foxbat Three of the 4 Viggen pilots involved receive their Air Medals Images under Creative Commons licence with thanks to the Digital Public Library of America, USAF, John5199, Blockhaj, Alan Wilson, Guenter KONZ-BEYER Bad Erlach, NASA, Alex Beltyukov, Defence Imagery and the US Gov.
In today's episode we will feature an interview with John Palfrey, President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. This interview is part of the popular "Views from the Penthouse Suite" series and was conducted by Tom Gilson, Associate Editor, Against the Grain, and Ann Okerson, Senior Advisor, Center for Research Libraries. In this episode, John talks about his keynote presentation at the 2020 Charleston Conference titled "Do Librarians Matter and What Might Matter to Librarians?" He discusses the need for a digital public infrastructure, and how librarians can play a major role in the development of such an infrastructure. He says radical collaboration is needed among collection specialists, and librarians should pool efforts to fund the Digital Public Library of America and help set standards. He says collective, well coordinated action will give more power to librarians. John also discusses how librarians can use their well earned position of trust to combat misinformation. John talks with us about his book Bibliotech: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google. He says a reform of the Copyright Act is needed to make it easier for collection librarians to handle the digital side more effectively. He also gives his take on what libraries can do to better receive funding and support from large foundations for new ideas or projects. Video of the Presentation is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV2uK1t8yzA
Digital Public Library of America's Director of Business Development & Senior Strategist Interview starts at 13:17 and ends at 46:40 Note: I will be discussing my Michele Kimpton interview Monday June 21, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I've also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Digital Public Library of America DPLA Exchange SimplyE e-reader app “DPLA signs agreement with Amazon Publishing to make their books available to U.S. libraries” (press release) - May 18, 2021 “Amazon Publishing, DPLA Ink Deal to Lend E-books in Libraries” by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - May 18, 2021 “The best early Prime Day deals” by Brandon Widder at The Verge - June 16, 2021 The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere by Pico Iyer Nameless Season 2, Amazon Original Stories by Dean Koontz Next Week's Guest Ben Springwater, founder of Matter If you'd like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time. The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
Author of Mop Rides the Waves of Change Interview starts at 6:32 and ends at 44:46 Note: I will be discussing my Jaimal Yogis interview Monday June 14, 2021, at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I've also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links Mop Rides the Waves of Change by Jaimal Yogis - available for pre-order with release on July 13, 2021 Mop Rides the Waves of Life: A Story of Mindfulness and Surfing by Jaimal Yogis (2020) Previous books by Jaimal Yogis: The Fear Project: What Our Most Primal Emotion Taught Me About Survival, Success, Surfing...and Love (2013) and Saltwater Buddha: A Surfer's Quest to Find Zen on the Sea (2009) Next Week's Guest Michele Kimpton, director of business development and senior strategist at the Digital Public Library of America If you'd like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time. The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
PubTalk Live is a publishing talk show, broadcasting live to YouTube every 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9pm Eastern. Host Sarah Nicolas is joined in each episode by a Guest Co-Host and at least one Special Guest. They talk about all aspects of the book publishing industry, including its intersections with other media and libraries. This episode of PubTalk Live features Guest Co-Host picture book author Leah Hong and Special Guest Siena Koncsol, Associate Director of Publicity at Little Brown. →Leah Hong Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/a/1209/9780316536011 Amazon: https://amzn.to/3bjhyTe https://www.leahhong.com https://www.instagram.com/leahhongdraws/ https://twitter.com/leahhongdraws →Your Host, Sarah Nicolas: https://sarahnicolas.com https://twitter.com/Sarah_Nicolas https://instagram.com/presidentsarah →Become a PubTalk Live patron: →https://www.patreon.com/pubtalklive →Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/sarahs-place →Originally Streamed at: https://youtu.be/KF8ZbkvjmxY →PubTalk Live Logo adapted from art from freepik.com. --News-- →Enola Holmes sequel: https://variety.com/2021/film/news/millie-bobby-brown-henry-cavill-enola-holmes-sequel-1234972060/ →HarperCollins acquires HMH trade division: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/industry-deals/article/86297-harpercollins-completes-purchase-of-hmh-trade.html →Vampire Academy TV series: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/vampire-academy-series-peacock-julie-plec-marguerite-macintyre-1234976691/ →Digital Public Library of America / Amazon Publishing agreement: https://dp.la/news/dpla-signs-agreement-with-amazon-publishing-to-make-their-ebooks-available-to-u-s-libraries →Skylight Books union: https://twitter.com/skylight_union/status/1394862226037633028 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Author of Pandemic and other thrillers Interview starts at 16:27 and ends at 49:33 Note: I will be discussing my Gerry Riddle interview Monday May 24, 2021 at 1 pm EDT on Clubhouse. Whether you are a current member of Clubhouse or want to join in order to participate in the discussion, click here. I've also created a club named The Reading Edge. Use this link to join! Links “Amazon Publishing, DPLA Ink Deal to Lend E-books in Libraries” by Andrew Albanese at Publishers Weekly - May 18, 2021 “Amazon will distribute ebooks to public libraries” by Michael Kozlowski at Good E Reader - May 19, 2021 Digital Public Library of America press release - May 18, 2021 DPLA Exchange SimplyE library E-Reader app for iOS and Android “Amazon Prime Day 2021: These are the deals we think you'll see” by Russell Holly at CNET - May 21, 2021 Echo Show 10 (3rd Gen) at Amazon.com Novels by A. G. Riddle Next Week's Guest Paul Rudnick, author of Playing the Palace, available for pre-order with release on May 25, 2021 If you'd like brief daily updates on technology, books, marriage, and puppies, you can follow along with my Morning Journal flash briefing. From your Echo device, just say, “Alexa, enable Morning Journal.” Then each morning say, “Alexa, what's my flash briefing?” I post a five-minute audio journal each day except Sunday, usually by 8:00 am Eastern Time. The Kindle Chronicles is now available at Audible Podcasts. The only thing missing are ratings! If you have time, please consider leaving one in order to help others learn about the show. Right-click here and then click "Save Link As..." to download the audio to your computer, phone, or MP3 player.
Today's episode features a conversation hosted recently by the Digital Public Library of America, DPLA. The DPLA brings together many collections of America's libraries, archives, and museums, and makes them freely available to the world on a shared platform. This DPLA Book Talk features a conversation on trust and the crisis faced by our institutions; the promise of the movements rising to challenge them; and the obstacles we must confront if we are to rebuild civic life and create meaningful change. It includes Ethan Zuckerman, Katherine Maher, and Alberto Ibargüen. Ethan Zuckerman is an associate professor of public policy, communication and information at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and is founder of the Institute for Digital Public Infrastructure, a research group that is studying and building alternatives to the existing commercial internet. He's the author of two books: Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them and Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection. Mistrust, published in November 2020, looks at how and why Americans are losing faith in our institutions and how we can harness the methods of successful social movements to both transform and replace them, and serves as the basis for today's discussion. Katherine Maher was the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation until this spring, when she stepped down after a long and successful tenure. The foundation operates Wikipedia and the Wikimedia projects. She is a longtime advocate for free and open societies, and has worked around the world leading the integration of technology and innovation in human rights, good governance, and international development. Katherine has worked with UNICEF, the National Democratic Institute, the World Bank, and Access Now on programs supporting technologies for democratic participation, civic engagement, and open government. Alberto Ibargüen, who moderates the discussion, is president and CEO of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. He is the former publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald and during his tenure, The Miami Herald won three Pulitzer Prizes and El Nuevo Herald won Spain's Ortega y Gasset Prize for excellence in journalism.
We're excited to launch our second episode of Politics and Poetry, a new podcast about the power of poetry to engage us in political conversations. Join three generations of political activists and poetry lovers as we read and share a curated collection of ideas written by critics, reporters, authors, poets, historians and politicians to spur thoughtful discussion about the ways that poetry and politics intersect. In this month's episode, we're featuring Emily Dickinson, one America's favorite poets, and one of our favorite poets, whom we believe was an activist for truth. Join us as we explore the ways in which Emily Dickinson uses metaphors, pauses, punctuation, and radical empathetic thinking to capture our interest and prompt questions about the meaning of life--what we know, and knowing what we don't know. ReferencesBiography. (n.d.). Emily Dickinson museum. https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/Budick, E. (1979). When the soul selects: Emily Dickinson's attack on New England symbolism. American Literature, 51(3), 349-363. https://doi.org/10.2307/2925390Dickinson, E. (1958). Selected letters, edited by Thomas H. Johnson. Belknap Press. Emily Dickinson: Poet and Recluse. (n.d.). Hermitary. Retrieved February 9, 2021, from https://www.hermitary.com/articles/dickinson.htmlFinch, A. (1987). Dickinson and patriarchal meter: A theory of metrical codes. PMLA, 102(2), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.2307/462545Howard, J. (2019). Much madness is divinest sense - summary & analysis. LitCharts. https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/emily-dickinson/much-madness-is-divinest-senseKarra, A. (2014). Emily Dickinson, “We never know how high we are” (1176). Rethink. http://www.ashokkarra.com/2014/02/emily-dickinson-we-never-know-how-high-we-are-1176/Lambert, M. (2019). Tell it slant: Modern women writers reflect on Emily Dickinson's influence. The Hollywood Reporter. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/features/tell-it-slant-modern-women-writers-emily-dickinson-appletv-1250744Larkin, D. (2017). Emily Dickinson was less reclusive than we think. Hyperallergic. https://hyperallergic.com/372801/emily-dickinson-was-less-reclusive-than-we-think/Prahl, A. (2019). Biography of Emily Dickinson, American poet. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/emily-dickinson-4772610Robinson, M. (2017). Marilynne Robinson on finding the right word. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/books/review/marilynne-robinson-on-finding-the-right-word.htmlStrong, M. (n.d.). The poetry of Emily Dickinson. Digital Public Library of America. https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/the-poetry-of-emily-dickinsonVendler, H. (2010). Dickinson: Selected poems and commentaries. Belknap Press.Wolff, C. (1989). Emily Dickinson, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the task of discovering a usable past. The Massachusetts Review, 30(4), 629-644. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25090122THE POEMS OF EMILY DICKINSON: READING EDITION, edited by Ralph W. Franklin, Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Copyright © 1998, 1999 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © 1951, 1955 , by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. Copyright © 1914, 1918, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1942 by Martha Dickinson Bianchi. Copyright © 1952, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1965 by Mary L. Hampson.Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998)Visit the Emily Dickinson Museum website at https://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org/ to learn more about Emily Dickinson!
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Black versus white, North versus South, vigilantes and a deathbed confession. Join me for all this and more as we travel to Atlanta, Georgia in 1913 to learn about the tragic death of 13-year-old factory worker Mary Phagan – one of the most divisive cases in history. Was the right man found guilty, or was it impossible to hold a fair trial in a state riven by racial, religious and geographic tension that had been brewing ever since the end of the Civil War?Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:Website: https://www.prashsmurdermap.com/Email: prashsmurdermap@gmail.comTwitter: @PrashsMurderMap Facebook: fb.me/prashsmapInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/prashs_murder_map/If you enjoyed the show, please consider supporting Prash’s Murder Map on Patreon; take a look at the rewards on offer for as little as $1 a month.Donate on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapOne off donations gratefully received: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermapAudible Discount www.prashsmurdermap.com/audiblediscountRecommended Podcast: Murder She Spoke https://linktr.ee/MSSPodCredits:Research, writing, narration and audio editing by PrashThanks to Ian and TG for the voice oversNo part of this episode may be reproduced or copied in any form without the written permission of Prash’s Murder Map.Sources:Anonymous, “The Frank Case: Inside Story of Georgia’s Greatest Murder Mystery”, 1913, produced in 2015 by Margaret Huffstickler, https://archive.org/details/LeoFrankCaseAtlantaGeorgiaGreatestMurderMystery1913_201503 Digital Library of Georgia, “Tragedy in the New South: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank”, Exhibitions, Economic Transformation and Child Labour, Digital Public Library of America,https://dp.la/exhibitions/leo-frank/setting-atlanta-in-1913/economic-transformation-and-ch ESRI, “Anti-black racism in Georgia history”, arcgis story maps, https://www.arcgis.com/apps/Cascade/index.html?appid=b7673ba74e3b4d95828bc573f049c8a1 Leo Frank Case Archive, “Murder Trial Testimony”, https://www.leofrank.org/trial-and-evidence/murder-trial-testimony/ Leo Frank Trial, 1913, “Testimony of Leo Frank”, Famous Trials website by Professor Douglas O. Linder, https://www.famous-trials.com/leo-frank/14-excerpts/48-testimonyfrank Little, Becky, August 2019, “In 1912, this Georgia county drove out every black resident”, History.com, https://www.history.com/news/georgia-racial-expulsion-stacey-abrams “Machinist tells of hair found in factory lathe”, April 30th 1913, The Atlanta Georgian, Vol XI, No. 230, https://www.leofrank.org/library/atlanta-georgian/april-1913/atlanta-georgian-043013-april-30-1913.pdf “Mary Anne Phagan”, Find A Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11655/mary-anne-phagan Monroe, Heather, November 2019, “The Divisive Death of Mary Phagan”, https://medium.com/@hlemonroe/the-divisive-death-of-mary-phagan-1317c5e0c981 Phagan-Kean, Mary, “Little Mary Phagan”, https://littlemaryphagan.com/about/ Snyder, Franklyn Bliss, 1918, “The Ballad of Mary Phagan”, Famous Trials website by Professor Douglas O. Linder, https://www.famous-trials.com/leo-frank/38-ballad Tennessean Staff, “An Innocent Man was Lynched: Reporting exonerated Leo Frank in the murder of Mary Phagan”, Tennessean, https://eu.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2020/02/20/alonzo-mann-says-jim-conley-murdered-mary-phagan/4819312002/ “The Night Witch Did It”, Famous Trials website by Professor Douglas O. Linder, https://www.famous-trials.com/leo-frank/36-notes Worthy, Larry, “Little Secrets The murder of Mary Phagan and the death of Leo Frank”, About North Georgia, http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Little_Secrets
Lost in the Stacks: the Research Library Rock'n'Roll Radio Show
Part 3 of JUST GOOGLE IT Guest: Greer Martin of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and University of Georgia Libraries First broadcast April 25 2014. Playlist available at http://bit.ly/1ijDUD5
Steve chats with John Bracken, Executive Director at Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), about why he left the Knight Foundation to take on the challenge of the DPLA, how the DPLA works with its partners, and how DPLA is working to protect democracy and advance needed conversations about race. John Bracken has served as … Continue reading 190: John Bracken
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society: Audio Fishbowl
“In our data-driven society, it is too easy to assume the transparency of data. Instead, we should approach data sets with an awareness that they are created by humans and their dutiful machines, at a time, in a place, with the instruments at hand, for audiences that are conditioned to receive them,” says Yanni Alexander Loukissas, Assistant Professor of Digital Media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication at Georgia Tech. All data are local. The term data set implies something discrete, complete, and portable, but it is none of those things. Examining a series of sources important for understanding public data in the United States—Harvard's Arnold Arboretum, the Digital Public Library of America, UCLA's Television News Archive, and the real estate marketplace Zillow—this talk explains how to analyze data settings rather than data sets. This talk sets out six principles: all data are local; data have complex attachments to place; data are collected from heterogeneous sources; data and algorithms are inextricably entangled; interfaces recontextualize data; and data are indexes to local knowledge. Then, it provides a set of practical guidelines to follow. These findings are based on a combination of qualitative research on data cultures and exploratory data visualizations. Rebutting the myth of “digital universalism,” this work reminds audiences of the meaning-making power of the local.
On this episode of The Open Mind, we're delighted to welcome John Bracken. We've been tracking the progress of the Digital Public Library of America since it's genesis: first with its founding visionaries, Robert Darnton and John Palfrey, then with its inaugural executive director Dan Cohen, and today with its second and current leader, John Bracken. As I described it then, the DPLA is a one-stop portal for primary sources from the nation's archives, libraries and museums, a public option to access the full breadth of human expression and American cultural heritage. DPLA's aspiration is to be a unifying national library and it could be critical to answering that question of how our democracy can function successfully again in the digital age and how the common civic experience of libraries will help us achieve trust anew.
Lindsay and Cate discuss the birth of Cate's business in coaching educators at the beginnings of their teaching careers. They also touch upon the inspiration and support found in fellow academics running businesses. Find Cate and other AMB guests and listeners in the Academics Mean Business Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMBcommunity/ About Cate: Cate Denial is the Bright Professor of History, Chair of the History department, and director of the Bright Institute at Knox College in Galesburg, IL. A teacher for twenty-three years, Cate has published and consults on pedagogical innovation, was a participant in the 2017 Digital Pedagogy Institute, and is a member of the Educational Advisory Board of the Digital Public Library of America. http://learningwithcate.com/ http://catherinedenial.org/ https://twitter.com/cjdenial
Lindsay and Cate discuss the birth of Cate’s business in coaching educators at the beginnings of their teaching careers. They also touch upon the inspiration and support found in fellow academics running businesses. Find Cate and other AMB guests and listeners in the Academics Mean Business Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/AMBcommunity/ About Cate: Cate Denial is the Bright Professor of History, Chair of the History department, and director of the Bright Institute at Knox College in Galesburg, IL. A teacher for twenty-three years, Cate has published and consults on pedagogical innovation, was a participant in the 2017 Digital Pedagogy Institute, and is a member of the Educational Advisory Board of the Digital Public Library of America. http://learningwithcate.com/ http://catherinedenial.org/ https://twitter.com/cjdenial
Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society: Audio Fishbowl
What is the role of libraries in a technological society? A group of librarians, technologists, journalists, and researchers, including new DPLA executive director John Bracken, come together to reflect on the Digital Public Library of America’s past, present and future, and explore the way in which libraries can contribute to a stronger civic life in the midst of disruptive times. Read more here: https://cyber.harvard.edu/node/100128 Learn more about the Digital Public Library of America: http://dp.la
RAILS Executive Director Dee Brennan talks with Andrew Medlar, Assistant Chief, Technology, Content and Innovation at Chicago Public Library, about the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) and DPLAfest, April 20-21, 2017, in Chicago. Relevant Links Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/ DPLAfest https://dp.la/info/get-involved/dplafest/april-2017/ Chicago Public Library https://www.chipublib.org/ Black Metropolis Research Consortium http://bmrc.lib.uchicago.edu/ Chicago Collections http://chicagocollections.org/ Intro/outro music by Julie Jurgens, https://himissjulie.com/
MSM 343: The TED-ED Club does that 100 Word Challenge . . . Go! Jokes You Can Use: Middle School Science Minute by Dave Bydlowski (k12science or davidbydlowski@mac.com) A Closer Look at Flowers http://k12science.net/Podcast/Podcast/Entries/2016/11/24_Middle_School_Science_Minute__Closer_Look_at_Flowers.html From the Twitterverse: #mschat every Thursday at 8:00 pm Eastern Standard Time. And as Troy says, “The Twitter never stops!” Strategies: Blubbr Appears to be gone. http://www.blubbr.tv/ Resources: TED-ED Clubs How Clubs Work http://ed.ted.com/clubs Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/ Web Spotlight: Biology Resources ATEP Project. http://atep.techlit.org/ 100 Word Challenge https://100wc.net/ Random Thoughts . . . Personal Web Site
April 14, 2016. What are teachers and students looking for from digital collections and platforms? In this session, education project leaders from major institutions, through the lens of their individual projects, led a discussion on the big questions of digital GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, museums) education outreach. Speaker Biography: Franky Abbott works as the curation and education strategist for the Digital Public Library of America. In this capacity, she leads DPLA education initiatives with teachers, and students in K-12 and higher education, organizes the Community Reps program, runs the Gates-funded Public Library Partnerships Project, and collaborates on digital exhibition curation. Speaker Biography: Brian Ausland works as a primary consultant to the Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access in conducting both the research and development of the new Smithsonian Learning Lab. He also works as a specialist with the US Dept. of Ed. Tech and led the development of the California CTE/STEM Online Community of Practice and California's My Digital Chalkboard K-12 platform. Speaker Biography: Stephanie Greenhut is with the National Archives and Records Administration. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7415
April 14, 2016. This panel will gave an update on research and advocacy efforts happening in the area of e-books: ReadersFirst, Charlotte Initiative, and Open eBooks. Speaker Biography: Rachel Frick is business development director of Digital Public Library of America. Speaker Biography: Michael Blackwell is director of St. Mary's County Library. Speaker Biography: Alison Bradley is head of research and information services at the J. Murrey Atkins Library, UNC-Charlotte. Speaker Biography: Colin Rogister is special advisor to the National Economic Council at the White House. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7392
John Palfrey, founding president of the Digital Public Library of America and a director of Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, told the Deseret News that he has “been struck by the number of times people tell [him] that they think libraries are less important than they were before, now that we have the Internet and Google. He says he thinks “just the opposite: Libraries are more important, not less important, and both as physical and virtual entities, than they've been in the past.” We'll revisit our conversation with John Palfrey, author of "BiblioTECH: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google."
Today on the show the guys talk about the Digital Public Library of America. Discussion on Vanessa Monterosa (@EdTech_FTW) asks:“Digital Tattoo” vs “Digital Footprint”? Which is the more appropriate term? Discussion on the article written by Meg Conlan for EdTechMagazine talks about Jason Ohler’s 5 big trends that will affect education presentation at ISTE. Also a grab bag of Google App/Tips of the week.
April 14, 2016. Dan Cohen of the Digital Public Library of America joins representatives from host organizations and major funders to welcome the public to DPLAfest 2016, hosted at the Library of Congress. Speaker Biographies: Dan Cohen is the founding executive director of the Digital Public Library of America. David S. Mao is acting Librarian of Congress. William D. Adams is the tenth chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. David Ferriero is Archivist of the United States at the National Archives and Records Administration. George Martinez is vice president and chief technical officer at the Knight Foundation. Maura Marx is deputy director of library services at the Institute of Museum and Library Services. David J. Skorton is the 13th secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Doron Weber is vice president and programs & program director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7237
John Palfrey, founding president of the Digital Public Library of America and a director of Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society, recently told the Deseret News that he has “been struck by the number of times people tell [him] that they think libraries are less important than they were before, now that we have the Internet and Google. He says he thinks “just the opposite: Libraries are more important, not less important, and both as physical and virtual entities, than they've been in the past.” John Palfrey, author of the new book "BiblioTECH: Why Libraries Matter More Than Ever in the Age of Google," joins Tom Williams to discuss the future of the library on Thursday's Access Utah.
Mind Grapes: A well rounded mind grapes today, we have a play in the form of Educating Rita, Mary's been watching the new show Jane the Virgin, and Sam has been catching some of the extensive backlog of CBC's Writers and Company. Class Z(ed)/Where Do We Put This?: For the last few months, our first mate Mary has been acting as a Community Representative for the Digital Public Library of America. This amazing organization aggregates collections of freely available totally awesome collections from around the U.S. while advocating for freedom of information, open source, and creative commons licensing. They also offer opportunities to create apps for their collections - how cool is that? Currently they are also running a GIF contest! Create GIFs using the DPLA collection and submit them here!
Robert Darnton, author of books, articles, and Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard. Darnton joins host Jonathan Judaken to discuss the future of libraries, the printed press, and his project – the Digital Public Library of America, or D.P.L.A. – which he hopes will foster a culture of “Open Access” to help promote the free communication of knowledge and sharing of intellectual wealth in order to create this “digital commonwealth.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robert Darnton, author of books, articles, and Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard. Darnton joins host Jonathan Judaken to discuss the future of libraries, the printed press, and his project – the Digital Public Library of America, or D.P.L.A. – which he hopes will foster a culture of “Open Access” to help promote the free communication of knowledge and sharing of intellectual wealth in order to create this “digital commonwealth.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robert Darnton, author of books, articles, and Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard. Darnton joins host Jonathan Judaken to discuss the future of libraries, the printed press, and his project – the Digital Public Library of America, or D.P.L.A. – which he hopes will foster a culture of “Open Access” to help promote the free communication of knowledge and sharing of intellectual wealth in order to create this “digital commonwealth.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Robert Darnton, author of books, articles, and Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the University Library at Harvard. Darnton joins host Jonathan Judaken to discuss the future of libraries, the printed press, and his project – the Digital Public Library of America, or D.P.L.A. – which he hopes will foster a culture of “Open Access” to help promote the free communication of knowledge and sharing of intellectual wealth in order to create this “digital commonwealth.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Digital Public Library of America's director for content, Emily Gore, speaks at Digital Preservation 2013. As director for content of the Digital Public Library of America, Emily Gore oversees the Digital Hubs Pilot Project and coordinates content workflows for DPLA. Gore came to the DPLA after working for 12 years in digital library and technology development in academic and state libraries. Most recently, she served as the Associate Dean for Digital Scholarship and Technology at Florida State University Libraries. Her work has largely focused on building digital collection collaborations among cultural heritage institutions. She previously managed the former statewide digital library in North Carolina, NC ECHO, and co-directed the South Carolina Digital Library. She has a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Alabama, a BA in English/Technical Writing from Clemson University and is a 2011 graduate of the Frye Leadership Institute. For captions, transcript, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=6018
Emily Gore is the Director for Content of the Digital Public Library of America. In this role, she oversees the Digital Hubs Pilot Project and coordinates content workflows for DPLA. Gore came to the DPLA after working for 12 years in digital library and technology development in academic and state libraries. Most recently, she served as the Associate Dean for Digital Scholarship and Technology at Florida State University Libraries. Her work has largely focused on building digital collection collaborations among cultural heritage institutions. She previously managed the former statewide digital library in North Carolina, NC ECHO, and co-directed the South Carolina Digital Library. She has a Master's degree in Library and Information Studies from the University of Alabama, a BA in English/Technical Writing from Clemson University and is a 2011 graduate of the Frye Leadership Institute. For more information, visit http://digitalpreservation.gov/multimedia/videos/gore.html&loclr=itu
The news includes: Drew has been appointed as Chair of the Family History Information Standards Organisation (FHISO). RootsMagic is now Share+ Certified by FamilySearch. Early Bird Registration for the 2013 Federation of Genealogical Societies' Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on August 21-24, 2013, ends on July 1st. Canada's Heritage Minister asks the Library and Archives Canada to reconsider restoration of funding to help museums preserve local history. The 1921 Census of Canada will be made available to researchers in the near future. A new season of Who Do You Think You Are? will begin on TLC (The Learning Channel) on July 23, 2013. The Digital Public Library of America has been launched. findmypast.com provides free access to its Irish Records Collection from June 27-30, 2013. findmypast.com has updated its Irish Petty Session Court Registers with 2.5 million new records. Drew tells listeners about DNA research that has identified the potato blight responsible for the Irish Potato Famine, using leaves from an herbarium. findmypast.com added 3 million baptism, marriage, and burial records from Westminster in London. findmypast.com has added 23 million records and 121 million newspaper pages from around the world. Drew shares information about major collections added to FamilySearch, including 5.7 million images to the New Massachusetts Land Records Collection (1620-1986). Moorshead Magazines has announced the publication of a new title, Tracing Your Colonial American Ancestors. Geni.com continues to enhance its offering with the addition of Record Matching and Smart Matching tools. Synium Software has released MacFamilyTree 7 and MobileFamilyTree 7, with special pricing for new and existing users through July 31, 2013. Drew reminds listeners how to subscribe to the podcasts. Listener email includes: Richard provides a suggestion for how to learn to pronounce names. George discusses meeting someone on Facebook who was able to photograph wills in the Maryland Archives of his fifth- and sixth-great grandfathers in his Alexander line.
Creating an open environment for reading and research, all shades of grey of copyright, bringing together libraries, archives and museums and new ways of accessing digital collections. This and much more in this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation! thisweekinlibraries.com You can also sign up for our newsletter: thisweekinlibraries.com/?page_id=218 Or join in the discussions at our Linkedin group: linkedin.com/groups/This-Week-in-Libraries-3933248
The Genealogy Gems Podcast with Lisa Louise Cooke - Your Family History Show
A lot has been happening in the genealogy world while I have been on the road, and my job is to boil it down so I can bring you the best genealogy gems and that's what we are going to do in this episode. NEWS: RootsTech If you didn't make it out to Salt Lake City for the huge RootsTech conference – and I do mean huge – don't fret because they have lots of video recordings online for you including a panel that I participated in where the topic was the Future of Genealogy. If you have ever wondered what is coming down the pike, and what some of the leaders in the genealogy community would like to see, I think you will enjoy this . While it was a tall order to get up there on that stage and try to foresee the future, we had fun trying. I would be interested in knowing what you think is out on the horizon for genealogy, and what you would like to see on the horizon for genealogy. and we'll share some of those ideas on an upcoming episode. RootsTech Report from Sunny And if you would like to hear more about what went on at RootsTech here's a there written by our own Sunny Morton, contributing editor to Genealogy Gems. FamilySearch Records Update There are new digitized images for Australia, Austria, China, England, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, the U.S. – In fact in might be faster to announce where they are NOT digitizing records! Read Read Your Ancestor's Criminal Past If you have British roots, you will want to check out the new collection available on Findmypast.com: a half million criminal records dating from 1770-1934! This sounds like a pretty gripping collection, whether you've got British roots or not. It contains records like mug shots, court documents, appeals letters and registers from prison ships (which were used when mainland prisons were crowded). According to Findmypast.com, the records "provide a wide variety of color, detail and fascinating social history, chronicling the fate of criminals ranging from fraudsters, counterfeiters, thieves and murderers and their victims." The 500,000 records you can search now are only a fifth of the full collection of 2.5 million that will be online soon. The company calls this the largest collection of historical criminal records from England and Wales to be published online and is done in association with the National Archives (UK). Findmypast.com members can to access the criminal collection directly (make sure the box for "Institutes and Organizations" is checked). Read more about it here: Digitized War of 1812 Pension Files on Fold3 According to the National Archives, pension files for the War of 1812 rate among their most-requested materials. But the files haven't been easy to use because they're only at the National Archives–they haven't been available in published, microfilmed or digitized form. You have either had to research the pension files onsite in Washington, D.C. or order copies from the Archives. Not exactly easy access. This is about to change. The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS), The National Archives, Ancestry.com and Fold3.com are partners in a huge effort: to preserve and digitize 7.2 million pages of War of 1812 Pension Records and make them available for free online. Who Do You Think You Are? TV Series Update #WDYTYA In recent weeks, that Kelly Clarkson has filmed an episode. A seeing her in Americus, Georgia and that they were shooting footage at . . Newspapers are reporting that the Danish Broadcasting Corporation is filming its own version of “Who Do You Think You Are?” According to the and the (Illinois Valley), popular Danish actress Suzanne Bjerrehuus was in the area filming stories of her great-great-grandparents, who emigrated from Denmark to the American Midwest in 1869. (They apparently left behind one of their six children, from whom Bjerrehuus descends.) Genealogy Jamboree: Church Records for Genealogy on Archives.com About 4.6 million genealogical records from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) are now available on Archives.com. This project represents a unique collection for Archives.com, which partnered with the ELCA Archives to digitize and index about 1000 rolls of microfilmed records of affiliated church. According to the company, this collection represents records that have never been online before. It eliminates the major barriers we usually have in researching church records: not knowing which specific congregation an ancestor attended; not knowing where those records are now and not having easy access to them. Online Historical Maps: From David Rumsey to the DPLA Genealogists rely on historical maps to help us navigate the geography of our ancestors' lives. One of the most important resources available online is the . Well, Rumsey recently announced on his website that he will be making more than 38,000 of his historical maps–everything he's currently got online–available at the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA). Google's free program Google Earth includes nearly 150 historic maps in the Layers panel. You can also add historic maps downloaded from Rumsey's site to Google Earth by using the Overlay feature. My video tutorial series called will show you how. You can also get step-by-step instructions in my book . MAILBOX: Lee has some questions, and perhaps you do too: Question: How often do the premium podcasts come out? Answer: Typically there is one new premium episode and one new premium video every month. And the real value in Premium Membership is that when you join, you get the entire back catalogue of Premium podcast episodes and video. That means as soon as you become a Member you will have access to over 95 exclusive Premium episodes and over a dozen videos of my most popular classes and topics! Question: Does the premium version cover different material than the free version or the same topics but with more depth? Answer: Premium podcast episodes are commercial free, and very similar in format to the free show although the material I cover is different, and we often take time to go more in depth into particular genealogy topics. Question: Is it possible to buy one episode of Premium to try it out before subscribing for the full year? Answer: Actually, the free podcast is the "free trial" for Premium. If you like the free podcast, you will love Premium! Question: While searching the iPad App Store for anything new in genealogy, I see there is a paid app for Genealogy Gems but little descriptive information. Is this just for listening to the podcast? Is the price one time or for each episode? Or, have I discovered something new that you are about to tell us all about? Answer: The Genealogy Gems app is a one-time $2.99 purchase (which goes toward development and updates) and conveniently streams the free podcast on your mobile device. It also includes "bonus features" like unique short video, audio, images, and pdfs unique to the app. Click for the Genealogy Gems iPad app: Click for the Genealogy Gems iPhone app: Joyce asks about region-locked video: Question: Is it possible to watch the UK version of Who Do You Think You Are? online? If so I want to. I need to attend their conference one of these days also. Looks like you had a blast! Lisa's Answer: Unfortunately, the UK version is not available outside of the UK online. Many television video providers do what is called "region-locking." However, if you are really determined to watch, a quick Google search can uncover some work around. From the BBC website: Currently BBC iPlayer TV programmes are available to play in the UK only, but all BBC iPlayer Radio programmes are available to you. One more thing - occasionally folks upload episodes to YouTube such as . Watch them soon as you can because they are often removed due to copyright issues. New Genealogy Blogs Blogging is in the family at Matt's house…I love your show and look forward to every episode. I've been researching for close to 20 years now, but because of podcasts, blogs and all the other electronic communications that have come along with the Internet, I feel more connected and involved in the genealogy community than ever. I want to thank you for always encouraging us to start our own blog. I finally made that jump yesterday. My daughter, who is only 11, and has her own blog about doll crafts has also been encouraging me, so I thought I better get with the program. You can check it out at I can't promise anything about how often I will post, but I do appreciate the encouragement you always provide to your listeners. Thanks for providing a great resource to the genealogy community. p.s. Just in case you want to check it out, my daughter's blog is: Amanda also has a new blog…I have been catching up on all the genealogy gems podcasts for the last month (I sometimes hear your voice when I don't have my headphones in! :) Anyway, I just recently became a premium member, and I'm working my way through those podcasts and videos to catch up. I just wanted to write to say thank you for doing what you do. I can really tell when I listen that you love what you are doing. I've been "working" on our family tree since 2003 or so, but only in the last year have I gotten serious about it... and only after I started listening to you have I realized about sources. So, I now have a tree with over 13,000 people in it and most of it isn't sourced. I wanted to let you know that I have started a genealogy blog (mostly so I can go back and source everything from the beginning). I have had a blog in the past just about my kids and other general stuff, but I never kept it going. I'm already thinking differently about this one because of all the possibilities there are... the address is , I hope you'll check it out. It's about more than just the Feeser line of our family, but since that's my last name now, that is what we used as the title. Just after my very first post some of my first cousins (who I talk to a lot) let me know about some pictures and information they have, and one of my cousins even has a recording of our great grandmother that she did when she was younger (she's the oldest cousin). Linda likes to blog and laugh…I have been meaning to write to you for some time now to thank you for your marvelous podcast. I have been a faithful listener to Genealogy Gems since the beginning and have enjoyed your stories, insights, and how-tos. You have a gift for expressing the joys of learning about our family history, not to mention a contagious laugh! Your podcasts have kept me company on walks, while doing chores, even when waiting in line. On a warm June afternoon a couple of years ago, I found myself doing just that - listening to your podcasts on immigration records and taking copious notes as I stood in line for several hours at the Palo Alto Apple Store, waiting to "early-adopt" my first iPhone. Some hours later, I logged onto Ancestry.com to search for my elusive Italian Schiavone family, using your tips. What a surprise when I found my great-grandfather Vito and his oldest son, Pasquale, in the Ellis Island records! Your tips on how to read the ship's record led me to Pasquale's petition for immigration - and to so much more…When I finally tumbled into bed at 5:00 a.m.. my sweet (and very understanding husband) asked me why I had stayed up for so long. I could hardly begin to tell him, because I was still crying tears of joy. Not long after that, I reconnected with a cousin I had lost touch with and since then have made new connections with long-lost cousins I had never known from this side of the family…It turned out the other cousin remembered my grandfather Schiavone. He had invited her family to stay at our home while our family was away on vacation. She actually rode my tricycle and played in my sandbox! Can you believe what a small world? And all of this thanks to you. Unfortunately, this cousin passed away just last year, but I feel so blessed to have met her and to have made the other connections, who I will always treasure. By the way, I want to echo your enthusiasm for the rewards of blogging about family history. It is so much fun, not to mention a great way to record family history for our children and for those who are searching for their roots. But there are other rewards, too, in that researching and writing about our families allows us the opportunity to really reflect on their lives and understand them better. This can in turn sometimes lead to some wonderful discoveries we may not have made if we had not reflected on their stories in this way. I invite you to visit my blog, called Many Branches, One Tree, at Bill is celebrating 160 years down under on his blog…I thought you might like to hear about another blog you inspired. I created a web site dedicated to the Jessep Family history back in 1997. It holds just the facts and covers the many spellings of the name. This is my father's page so you can see what I mean. My Jessep line arrived in Australia on the 29 Sep 1854 and I suddenly realized that in 2014 our line will have been Down Under 160 years. Now that is something to get excited about and provided a starting point for the story. The blog also allows the story to start and get added to with the help of others. This gave it the purpose it had been missing. The about page has more information: GEM: Interview with Chris Whitten, Founder of of my interview with Chris was done for the Family Tree Magazine podcast. In this episode, Part 2 Chris talks about the According to Chris: "This is really a major advance on WikiTree. It makes it much more useful for people who just want to stick their toe in the water and see if cousins are already participating here.”
With so many mayoral candidate forums, are they working?/ A look at whether consumers can improve worker conditions abroad/ Introducing the Digital Public Library of America, one of the 50 Best Websites in America.
The role of the library in the digital age is one of the compelling questions of our era. How are libraries coping with the promise and perils of our impending digital future? What urgent initiatives are underway to assure universal access to our print inheritance and to the digital communication forms of the future? How is the very idea of the library changing? These and related questions will engage our distinguished panelists, who represent both research and public libraries and two of whom serve on the steering committee for the Digital Public Library of America. Robert Darnton is Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor at Harvard, Director of the Harvard University Library and one of America’s most distinguished historians. He serves on the steering committee of the Digital Public Library of America and has been a trustees of the New York Public Library since 1995. In a recent essay in the New York Review of Books, Darnton defended a NYPL plan to liquidate some branches in the system while renovating the main Fifth Avenue branch. The essay sparked a number of responses. In November of last year, Darnton provided a status report on the DPLA. Darnton is the author of many influential books including The Case for Books, Past, Present, and Future and The Great Cat Massacre. Susan Flannery is director of libraries for the City of Cambridge and past president of the Massachusetts Library Association.
The technological advancements of the past twenty years have rendered the future of the library as a physical space, at least, as uncertain as it has ever been. The information that libraries were once built to house in the form of books and manuscripts can now be accessed in the purely digital realm, as evidenced by initiatives like the Digital Public Library of America, which convenes for the second time this Friday in San Francisco. But libraries still have profound cultural significance, indicating that even if they are no longer necessary for storing books they will continue to exist in some altered form. Radio Berkman host David Weinberger postulated in his book Too Big To Know that the book itself is no longer an appropriate knowledge container – it has been supplanted by the sprawling knowledge networks of the internet. The book’s subtitle is “Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room.” Inspired by the work of Harvard Graduate School of Design students in Biblioteca 2: Library Test Kitchen – who spent the semester inventing and building library innovations ranging from nap carrels to curated collections displayed on book trucks to digital welcome mats – we turned the microphone around and had library expert Matthew Battles ask David, “When the smartest person in the room is the room, how do we design the room?” Matthew Battles is the Managing Editor and Curatorial Practice Fellow at the Harvard metaLAB. He wrote Library: an Unquiet History and a biography of Harvard’s Widener Library. David Weinberger is the author of Too Big To Know and a senior researcher at the Berkman Center. He is also the co-director of the Harvard Law School Library Lab.
What would a digital version of your public library look like? There’s more to it than e-books and digital reading devices. Librarians, scholars, innovators, and techno-wizards are collaborating under the mantle of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) to build a next generation public library. Such a thing could incorporate one or more of many different elements: a set of physical buildings; a purely digital archive with an open API layer for coders to play around with; a full fledged digital lending library. And when the DPLA converge on the National Archives in Washington, DC this Friday (you can check out the agenda and tune in to a livestream here) they’ll get to work out just a few of those ideas. Today, a special report from Benjamin Naddaf-Hafrey who spoke to a few of the minds behind the DPLA.
Cultural historian Robert Darnton, Harvard University librarian and professor, speaks about efforts to create the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), a project to make the country's research libraries available, free of charge, over the Internet.
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