250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives. Hundreds of libraries and archives exist online, from university-supported sites to accredited online schools to individual efforts.
Each one has something to offer to researchers, students, and teachers. This list contains over 250 libraries and archives that focus mainly on localized, regional, and U.S. history, but it also includes larger collections, eText and eBook repositories, and a short list of directories to help you continue your research efforts. death The sites listed here are mainly open access, which means that the digital formats are viewable and usable by the general public. So, such sites as the Connecticut Digital Library (iCONN) are not listed, as they operate on the premise that the user has a Connecticut library card in his or her possession.
Efforts were made to go to the root source for these collections. Localized Collections The sites listed below focus on a certain state’s towns, cities, counties, or regions within a given state. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Iowa. Seeking Universal Knowledge Through Archiving. SAN FRANCISCO —If there was ever a scenario that would put the demands of long-term storage to this test, it’s this one.
There’s an enterprising, determined individual whose goal seems almost overwhelming: collect all pieces of text, music and video that have been produced by the human race and collect it in a enormous archive for the world to peruse. This grand venture has been spearheaded by Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization based in this tech-savvy city that has spent the last 15 years digitizing millions of books and collecting data from thousands of websites, attempting to collect everything published on every Web page over the last 25 years – as well as the entirety of the written word in the thousands of years that mankind has been putting pen to paper.
“We want to provide universal access to all knowledge,” said founder Brewster Kahle, stating an overwhelming goal with such earnest alacrity that the idea begins to seem quite feasible. Reports on Digital Archives and Repositories. Brewster Kahle builds a free digital library. BREWSTER KAHLE; A Library Of the Web, On the Web. IT'S called the Wayback Machine, and as far as the Internet is concerned, that's what it allows a seeker of information to do -- go way back, to the dawn of the World Wide Web, to the tune of billions of Web pages of online information, and at no charge. Wayback, at www.archive.org, is the brainchild of Brewster Kahle, 42, a computer scientist responsible for a number of Internet search systems, including the Thinking Machines nationwide computerized library; the Wide Area Information Server, an information retrieval system for the Internet; and, with Bruce Gilliat, Alexa Internet, a search engine built into a browser that was sold to Amazon.com a few years ago. ''The opportunity of our generation is to make the library accessible to everyone and live in a very different world,'' said Mr.
Kahle (pronounced kale). In 1996, Mr. Kahle, with Mr. Last October, after collecting 10 billion Web pages, the Wayback Machine opened its doors to all. Mr. But Mr. ARC Glossary. The name by which an individual is most commonly known. About ARC. Harmful Language Alert NARA acknowledges that historical records may contain harmful language that reflect attitudes and biases at the time. NARA does not alter, edit, or modify original records or original captions, as they are part of the historical record. NARA is working to address harmful language that may appear in staff-generated legacy descriptions. Archival Research Catalog (ARC) of the National Archives.
Strategy for Digitizing Archival Materials. Strategy for Digitizing Archival Materials for Public Access, 2007-2016 May 2008 Introduction The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the Government agency that preserves and provides access to the U.S.
Government's collection of documents recording the important events in American history. ERA Status and Accomplishments. What is ERA? PREMIS: Preservation Metadata Maintenance Activity. The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata is the international standard for metadata to support the preservation of digital objects and ensure their long-term usability.
Developed by an international team of experts, PREMIS is implemented in digital preservation projects around the world, and support for PREMIS is incorporated into a number of commercial and open-source digital preservation tools and systems. The PREMIS Editorial Committee coordinates revisions and implementation of the standard, which consists of the Data Dictionary, an XML schema, and supporting documentation.
Data Dictionaries & Schemas Maintenance. What is the National Archives and Records Administration ? The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. Of all documents and materials created in the course of business conducted by the United States Federal government, only 1%-3% are so important for legal or historical reasons that they are kept by us forever. Those valuable records are preserved and are available to you, whether you want to see if they contain clues about your family’s history, need to prove a veteran’s military service, or are researching an historical topic that interests you.
Learn more Prologue: NARA's Quarterly Magazine Current Issue: Technical Information (Library of Congress Web Archives) More about current efforts in the areas of national and international partnerships and efforts in the area of web capture can be found at www.loc.gov/webarchiving. Harvesting. CCSDS Recommendations and Reports - Reference Models. Understanding 9/11: A Television News Archive. The events of September 11th, 2001 affected the entire world.
The 9/11 Television News Archive is a library of news coverage of the events of 9/11/2001 and their aftermath as presented by U.S. and international broadcasters. A resource for scholars, journalists, and the public, it presents one week of news broadcasts for study, research and analysis. Television is our pre-eminent medium of information, entertainment and persuasion, but until now it has not been a medium of record. This Archive attempts to address this gap by making TV news coverage of this critical week in September 2001 available to those studying these events and their treatment in the media. Explore 3,000 hours of international TV News from 20 channels over 7 days, and select analysis by scholars. Internet Archive Turns Up the Speed With BitTorrent. On Aug. 7, 2012, the Internet Archive gave peer-to-peer file sharing a major boost by making more than 1 million books, movies, and other media immediately available as “torrents” from BitTorrent instead of solely relying on HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) for downloading content.
Streaming content from Broadcast Engineering. The massive resource has digitized millions of books and tried to collect everything published on every Internet web page for the last 15 years—that's more than 150 billion pages.
The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918–1919: A Digital Encyclopedia.