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Connecting town and gown through the library

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Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

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Today’s post is written by Joseph Smith, who volunteers at the National Archives at College Park. National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . But sometimes a patron is unable to access a library due to limitations of location or distance. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.

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Incorporate archived materials from the Wayback Machine into your collections with the Waybackfill Service

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by the Archive-It team. Archive-It empowers institutions to collect websites and digital materials from the current web and build collections that grow and evolve over time. This allows Montana State Library to provide more extensive historical and contextual information to their patrons.

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

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For example, they are exploring how customer expectations are changing and how they can tailor their offers accordingly. Over the past year, Libraries and Archiving, Education, Mining, Media Companies, and Agriculture have also demonstrated noteworthy progress towards adopting digitalisation, resulting in increased scanning needs.

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Updated SCA Page in Florida History Research Guide

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Special Collections & Archives is pleased to announce our new and improved page on the Florida History research guide. One of our major projects this summer in light of Covid-19 and the need for expanded online services has been to update our presence on FSU Library research guides to better connect patrons with our materials remotely.

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Eggplant Activism: Philadelphia Community Gardens and COVID-19

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McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Community gardens are an important part of our Commonwealth’s food and agricultural system,” Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Wiota Street Community Garden Farm Stand, August 12, 2020.

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Spotlight: Photographs Documenting the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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In fact, photographs documenting CCC activities and companies are scattered throughout the United States and are housed within the collections of state libraries and archives, university libraries and archives, and within the collections of local historical societies. Credit National Archives (photo no. 80-G-32500.