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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. Now, the film is part of NARA’s holdings in Record Group 70: Records of the Bureau of Mines and Series: Public Information Films and Video Recordings, 1934-1975. Still Picture records relating to West Virginia .

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

Info Source

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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50 Years Makes a Difference! How Film Research Has Changed Since the 1972 Conference on Audiovisual Archives

Unwritten Record

The combination of the two factors meant that when more people became interested in government film, mining for new material was not overly complicated. NARA’s open access policy has not changed, with researchers coming from all over the world and viewing any available film they want with no explanation needed or charge levied.

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Spotlight: Photographs Documenting the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Unwritten Record

Class in placer-mining (20 miles from Camp) Company 591 F-42; Superior, Montana.” Original Caption: “CCC Enrollees planting trees on Little Round Top in Gettysburg, PA.”Date: ”Date: 5/1936. Local Photo ID: 35-N-13-4. Original Caption: “Headquarters Ninth Corps Area. ” Date: 6/1936. Photographer: L.Y.

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Part 2: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about the evolution from RIM to Content Services?

ARMA International

In the Neolithic Revolution, early humans discovered agriculture, which helped establish early civilizations. Over the millennia, agriculture has used countless technologies to increase production. So, extraction is critical to “mining out” very specific information from a particular data structure.

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Web 2 Preview: DigitalGlobe: The World Is The Index

John Battelle's Searchblog

Mine is, but then again, that happens a bit more frequently than your average bear, I'll admit. There's NASA, there's NIH, there's Agriculture, you get the picture, no pun intended). Is your mind blown yet? Back here on earth, I asked Dr. Scott two questions that bear repeating. What was my second question?

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The different types of renewable energy 

IBM Big Data Hub

For example, mining uses water in remote locations to aid in extractions and textile and chemical manufacturers may use on-site hydropower systems to power processes such as washing, fabrication, sanitation and more. Beyond electricity generation, many industries leverage hydropower for operations.