Boom in electronic gadgets prompts libraries to offer more ebooks
Are iPads sending people to their local public library? Sunnyvale, Calif., official Lisa Rosenblum thinks so.
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Jun 6, 2014
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News tagged with digital library
10th century Greek manuscript is brought into the digital age
A tenth century Greek manuscript, one of the latest additions to the Digital Library, shows how the transmission and reinterpretation of written knowledge over the centuries still continues in today's digital age.
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Mar 27, 2014
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World Digital Library grows to 10,000 items
The World Digital Library led by the Library of Congress reached a milestone Thursday, surpassing 10,000 items with the addition of ancient manuscripts from the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore.
Internet
Mar 6, 2014
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Digital music to feel impact of Big Data
A new project that will use large music collections – so called Big Data – to support music research has been launched by Queen Mary University of London, City University London, University College London and the British ...
Internet
Feb 26, 2014
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Researchers develop tools to access 'scholarly big data'
Academic researchers and corporate managers often seek experts or collaborators in a particular field to enhance their knowledge or maximize the talents of their workforce. Harnessing that data, however, can be a challenge. ...
Software
Jan 28, 2014
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US judge weighs Google book copyright case
A federal judge Monday pointedly questioned attorneys for the Authors Guild in a long-running case on whether Google's book-scanning project violates copyright law.
Internet
Sep 23, 2013
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Court: No class-action status in Google book case (Update)
Google Inc. got a friendly ruling Monday from a federal appeals panel that stripped a group representing authors of class-action status as the search engine defends itself against claims that its plan to create the world's ...
Internet
Jul 1, 2013
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Group helps to improve use of colossal digital library 'Europeana'
The IXA Group of the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has helped to improve the use of the colossal digital library Europeana. The Library currently has 15 million content items in the field of culture in a range ...
Computer Sciences
May 14, 2013
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US appeals panel speaks well of Google book plans
A federal appeals panel in Manhattan has expressed support for Google Inc.'s plan to create the world's largest digital library.
Business
May 8, 2013
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What did Alexander Graham Bell's voice sound like? Scientists help find out
Berkeley Lab's sound-restoration experts have done it again. They've helped to digitally recover a 128-year-old recording of Alexander Graham Bell's voice, enabling people to hear the famed inventor speak for the first time. ...
Engineering
Apr 30, 2013
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