Restricted internet access could be key to academic gains
The internet is typically not associated with serious self-directed learning where teenagers are involved.
Education
Mar 23, 2022
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News tagged with digital library
Library of Congress gets health workers' audio COVID diaries
The Library of Congress has acquired a digital archive of the real-time impressions of more than 200 frontline health care workers documenting the country's descent into the coronavirus pandemic.
Other
Jun 9, 2021
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Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions
An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way to scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions, which could be a key to mitigating global climate change.
Materials Science
Dec 11, 2019
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Fifty years after the Apollo 11 moon walk, a vexillologist looks at the challenge of planting the flag on the moon
When Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin planted the United States flag on the moon 50 years ago this month—July 20, 1969, to be exact—it was a team effort.
Space Exploration
Jul 12, 2019
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Scientists orchestrate a symphony of the stars
A new stellar library has been created by UK and US scientists to, for the first time, give us a window of understanding on to our and other galaxies.
Astronomy
Jan 9, 2019
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Protecting our digital heritage in the age of cyber threats
One of the key functions of the government is to collect and archive national records. This includes everything from property records and registers of births, deaths and taxes, to Parliamentary proceedings, and even the ABC's ...
Security
Dec 6, 2018
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In the realm of fantasy
In 2017, the most viewed architectural project in the world was the Tianjin Binhai Library. The building is part of an urban project designed to revitalise the port district of an environmentally grim but economically boisterous ...
Social Sciences
Aug 7, 2018
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Massive, computer-analyzed geological database reveals chemistry of ancient ocean
A study that used a new digital library and machine reading system to suck the factual marrow from millions of geologic publications dating back decades has unraveled a longstanding mystery of ancient life: Why did easy-to-see ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 30, 2017
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HMS Beagle sketchbooks added to Cambridge Digital Library
Tiny sketchbooks that bring to life one of the most famous voyages in history have been digitised and made available online for the first time.
Evolution
Jan 6, 2015
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The vivid realism of 3D functions, right there on your browser
A classic online mathematical reference offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) now features a better way for users to view its most complicated illustrations—three-dimensional graphs of math ...
Software
Jul 2, 2014
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Digital library
A digital library is a library in which collections are stored in digital formats (as opposed to print, microform, or other media) and accessible by computers. The digital content may be stored locally, or accessed remotely via computer networks. A digital library is a type of information retrieval system.
The DELOS Digital Library Reference Model defines a digital library as:
An organization, which might be virtual, that comprehensively collects, manages and preserves for the long term rich digital content, and offers to its user communities specialized functionality on that content, of measurable quality and according to codified policies.
The first use of the term digital library in print may have been in a 1988 report to the Corporation for National Research Initiatives The term digital libraries was first popularized by the NSF/DARPA/NASA Digital Libraries Initiative in 1994. These draw heavily on As We May Think by Vannevar Bush in 1945, which set out a vision not in terms of technology, but user experience. The term virtual library was initially used interchangeably with digital library, but is now primarily used for libraries that are virtual in other senses (such as libraries which aggregate distributed content).
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