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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

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

Unwritten Record

National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.

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306-NT: Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900–ca. 1950

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In December 1940, the Paris Bureau of the New York Times was seized by the Nazis and its Library of New Photos was transported to Berlin. The photographs that make up 306-NT were originally part of the New York Times photo morgue for the Paris Bureau of the newspaper. It operated until its closing in 1950.

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

Info Source

Having just seen out the last of the COVID-19 pandemic slowdown with early signs of a healthy recovery in 2021 and 2022, the industry – like many others in the country – is being hamstrung by the power supply crisis in 2023, and for the foreseeable future. One solution would be to target the main growth industries.

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Surveying Community Webs Members’ Digital Preservation Needs

Archive-It

Out of the 51, respondents the following organization types were represented: public libraries (34), college and university libraries or archives (4), archival repositories (5), museums (5), research institutes (1), and state/local government offices (1).

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Spotlight: Happy Birthday, West Virginia

Unwritten Record

The film, West Virginia and Its Natural Resources , was part of the film library of the Bureau of Mines. The library served as a way to further agency’s mission to spread information on the extraction, processing, use and conservation of mineral resources. Another natural resource and industry highlighted in the film is salt.

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Updated SCA Page in Florida History Research Guide

Archives Blogs

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. Research guides can be accessed through the tile, “Research Guides,” on the library’s main page.