Blue Electrode Lite: Archive

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"YES WE SCAN" →

ellenbee: “Locked in our federal vaults is a tremendous storehouse of information that if digitized would form a core for our digital public libraries in America with huge benefit for our country: cutting costs in the Federal government, creating jobs throughout America, and revolutionizing how we educate our citizens, how we practice the law, and how we create news, art, and scholarly...

Jan 6th

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Jan 6th

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“To come back after a nice restful vacation and be exposed to some of the classic...”

– The Villanovan, Vol. 2. No. 13, January 14, 1930, p. 2.

Jan 3rd

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Dec 14th

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Dec 13th

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Dec 6th

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Dec 1st

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Nov 22nd

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Nov 18th

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Nov 15th

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Nov 9th

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Link Round-up: Amazon & the Kindle Fire

Just a few links on the Amazon News of the Week, not exhaustive at all! TCTV: Hands On With The Kindle Fire “The Kindle Fire is the device we were all waiting for and when it arrived it did not disappoint. The Fire is a 7-inch media device that plays well with all of Amazon’s media services including the book store, the video store, and the music store. It includes a web browser and...

Sep 30th

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Sep 19th

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Sep 14th

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The Digital Library: now more social! →

New blog post on the main Blue Electrode blog. Check us out elsewhere on the social web!

Sep 8th

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Aug 31st

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The unexpected delights of old letters →

Our latest blog post about a passing mention of Nellie Bly and the significance one small line can have to a letter.

Aug 22nd

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Watch

This is a neat short film about marginalia (writing in books) by Jonathan Michels. I liked that Michels included three perspectives: a student who writes in books, a librarian who wants to preserve marginalia, and a librarian who hates it. So, what do you think about marginalia? Love it? Hate it? Other feelings? Leave a comment!

Aug 16th

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Aug 12th

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Aug 9th

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Aug 3rd

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Jul 29th

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Jul 19th

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Jul 12th

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Jul 5th

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"Opening" the Special Library: Open Source, Open... →

We’re big fans of this attitude at the Villanova University Digital Library! Most of the images in our collections are available under Creative Commons licenses and we recently launched our open source digital library administration software, VuDL. (Link via @creativecommons on Twitter.)

Jun 15th

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Jun 14th

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Jun 14th

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Jun 7th

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“My dear Papa, We have received three letters and the beautiful lava sets since...”

– Letter, To: “My dear Papa” (William T. Sherman) From: “Ellie Sherman” (Ellie), June 7, 1872.

Jun 7th

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Jun 3rd

New digital title: An anatomical account of the... →

Signed and dated at end: A.M., Trinity College, May 12th, 1682. Attributed to Mullen by Wing and NUC pre-1956 imprints.

Sep 11th

New digital title: Through the garden of Ireland :... →

Issued by the Dublin and South Eastern Railway Co. Compiled by M.J. Maguire. Contains advertisements and train schedules. With: Dublin and South Eastern Railway Tourist Programme, 1912.

Sep 11th

New digital collection: Irish Catholic Benevolent... →

Aug 28th