Recent articles from Blue Electrode
I have been remiss in sharing our blog posts lately, so here are links to the articles from the past couple of weeks. We’ve got some exciting projects underway!
March 19 - Digital Library Expands Into Audio With Philadelphia Ceili Group Collection
We’ve gone beyond paper collections and are now digitizing audiovisual collections. We’re super-excited to have our first audio items in the Digital Library — and it’s really great music, too! You can stream the music online or download the mp3s.
March 28 - Proofreading the Digital Library
Another exciting new venture is putting some of our stuff into Project Gutenberg’s proofreading project to improve the text OCR and create an ebook version of some of our materials. Let us know if there are any items you would particularly like to see get the Gutenberg treatment!
April 2 - Villanova history comes alive in the pages of The Villanovan
We recently celebrated our digitization of The Villanovan, the student newspaper at Villanova University. Read about the event and the process. This collection showcases not only the history of Villanova, but also how global events affected the campus and changes in advertising over time. There’s some really interesting stuff, even if you’re not affiliated with Villanova!
