the fate of your online soul

really interesting thoughts."Your photos, status updates and tweets will fascinate future historians. Will these online remains last forever? In this special report, newscientist.com editor Sumit Paul-Choudhury – for whom these are not idle questions – reports on life, loss, memory and forgetting in the internet age."http://www.newscientist.com/special/digital-legacy
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the fate of your online soul

really interesting thoughts."Your photos, status updates and tweets will fascinate future historians. Will these online remains last forever? In this special report, newscientist.com editor Sumit Paul-Choudhury – for whom these are not idle questions – reports on life, loss, memory and forgetting in the internet age."http://www.newscientist.com/special/digital-legacy
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Respecting and preserving the digital life of the dead

Interesting article about archiving the digital life of those after they die." When he died, his family were at a loss as to what to do with his digital archives, so they passed them to his friend and former student Jeremy Leighton John, curator of e-manuscripts ("eMSS") at the British Library in London. Hamilton's is one of about a dozen digital legacies curated by John.

Respecting and preserving the digital life of the dead

Interesting article about archiving the digital life of those after they die." When he died, his family were at a loss as to what to do with his digital archives, so they passed them to his friend and former student Jeremy Leighton John, curator of e-manuscripts ("eMSS") at the British Library in London. Hamilton's is one of about a dozen digital legacies curated by John.

250,000 new public domain images via Yale

http://dailybulletin.yale.edu/article.aspx?id=8544"As works in these collections become digitized, the museums and libraries will make those images that are in the public domain freely accessible. In a departure from established convention, no license will be required for the transmission of the images and no limitations will be imposed on their use.

250,000 new public domain images via Yale

http://dailybulletin.yale.edu/article.aspx?id=8544"As works in these collections become digitized, the museums and libraries will make those images that are in the public domain freely accessible. In a departure from established convention, no license will be required for the transmission of the images and no limitations will be imposed on their use.

Survey on intellectual freedom

Today is the last day to share your thoughts on how ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom can best develop online learning opportunities. We would appreciate your input on how we can best meet the library community's need for educational offerings on intellectual freedom topics. Please take a moment to complete this very brief survey, which will close today, June 7, 2011. Please distribute to other lists as appropriate. Thank you!http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OIFonlinelearning
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Survey on intellectual freedom

Today is the last day to share your thoughts on how ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom can best develop online learning opportunities. We would appreciate your input on how we can best meet the library community's need for educational offerings on intellectual freedom topics. Please take a moment to complete this very brief survey, which will close today, June 7, 2011. Please distribute to other lists as appropriate. Thank you!http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/OIFonlinelearning
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Georgia Library Resources survey (for librarians)

from a list-------------------Your feedback is needed to help determine Georgia public libraries’ GALIEO resources for Fiscal Year 2013. Please fill out the survey (link below) to identify the resources your public library purchases locally, as well as the resources or topic areas your library would find most useful. Once top resources are identified, database trials will be set up and open for feedback and discussion.
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Georgia Library Resources survey (for librarians)

from a list-------------------Your feedback is needed to help determine Georgia public libraries’ GALIEO resources for Fiscal Year 2013. Please fill out the survey (link below) to identify the resources your public library purchases locally, as well as the resources or topic areas your library would find most useful. Once top resources are identified, database trials will be set up and open for feedback and discussion.
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