OverDrive Brings Audiobooks to the Web Browser (Ink, Bits & Pixels)
The Hague Declaration on Knowledge Discovery In The Digital Age Launches (Infodocket)
Library Extension Turns Amazon.com Into a Branch of Your Local Library (Ink, Bits & Pixels)
New Zealand: Student Exhibition “3D Digital Archive of the Future ” Challenges Traditional Library Experience (Infodocket)
Libraries could outlast the internet, head of British Library says (The Telegraph)
Chicago: DePaul U. Library Designated as “Digital Only” Member of Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) (Infodocket)
‘A Beautiful Mind,’ e-books and the Five Laws of Library Science: RIP, John Forbes Nash, Jr. (Teleread)
Library of Congress Introduces a New Online Preservation Resource “Saving Our Stuff” (Infodocket)
Google funds new lendable WiFi hotspot devices for Seattle Public Library (Geekwire)
Digital Collections:
Environmental Data: NOAA Announces New Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Searchable Database Web Tool (Infodocket)
It Just Got Easier to See a Cool Historical Maps Collection (Wired)
New Map Reference Resource: AirMap, a New Online Digital Atlas For Drones (Unmanned Aircraft Systems) (Infodocket)
Download The Song of Lionogo – A Graphic novel for free! (Smithsonian Africa)
Research Tools: “The American Civil War: A Collection of Free Online Primary Sources” (Infodocket)
1,000 Songs From Holocaust Survivors Archived (Radio KRCB)
Reference: Most Popular Baby Names (U.S.) of 2014 Released, Lookup Databases Updated (Infodocket)
Science Reference: Yale University Releases “Map of Life” App for Android and iOS (Infodocket)
“Shared Shelf, the Next-Generation Art and Image Cataloging System, Goes Online” (Infodocket)
IndentityTheft.gov: FTC Launches New Resource for Identity Theft Victims (Infodocket)
New Online Collection! Listen to More Than 100 Past Lectures From the Rare Book School at U. of Virginia (Infodocket)
New: 350 Spanish-Language Incunabula Digitized by National Library of Spain Now Available Online (Infodocket)
About once a week, I post links to digital-related library news articles and information about digital collections available online. I also post other links of interest about the digital life on the Google Plus eBook Evangelist Page.