WebCite RationalWiki Americas Collections Blog As a historian I get very excited about old letters, diaries, account books and inventories – but once in a while there are other ‘records’ that trump almost everything else. I had one of those moments this week when I returned to George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Over the past six years I have been many times to Washington’s estate in Virginia (just south of Washington DC) – first to research my book Founding Gardeners and then to give talks about the book. By now I go there to see the changes in the gardens (of which there are many, such as the fabulous restoration of the Upper Garden) and to meet my friend Dean Norton who is the Director of Horticulture there. Dean always makes a huge effort to entertain me – for example, by taking me out on the Potomac in a boat or letting me drive around the estate with a gator [A John Deere utility vehicle, not a reptile - ed.]. Last Wednesday’s visit, however, was one of the most memorable. It took four days to take the giant down – with a crane.
Webarchivierung Das World Wide Web hat sich seit seiner Entstehung zu einem unverzichtbaren Massenmedium entwickelt. Dort publizierte Inhalte gehören mittlerweile ebenso zum nationalen Kulturgut eines Landes wie Printmedien. Aus diesem Grund wurde der Sammlungsauftrag der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek um den Bereich der Online Medien erweitert (Mediengesetznovelle BGBl I 8/2009). Das Web@rchiv Österreich ermöglicht LeserInnen und WissenschaftlerInnen in Zukunft noch Zugang zu Webseiten, wenn sie längst aus dem Live Web verschwunden sind. Für den Zugriff in der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek stehen spezielle Terminals zur Verfügung, die den rechtlichen Bestimmungen angepasst sind (z.B. kein E-Mail Versand etc.). Im Rahmen der Webarchivierung werden Webseiten mit so genannten Webcrawlern automatisiert gesammelt. Weitere Informationen In Kooperation mit
Evo Devo Universe Untold Lives Continuing with the series on William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), we look here at his lifelong interest in botany and some of the items now available to researchers through the British Library catalogue. Botany was one of Talbot’s favourite fields of study although he pursued it only as an occasional interest. Nevertheless he was extremely knowledgeable and held in high regard. From the age of 14, Talbot maintained a lively correspondence with eminent botanists such as Lewis Weston Dillwyn (1778-1855) and Sir William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865), and later with Reverend James Dalton (1764-1843). In 1823 and 1826 Talbot chartered expeditions to Corfu and the Ionian Islands collecting plants which he then spent the following years studying and classifying. Talbot was also interested in botanical specimens collected by others and he often exchanged notes, seeds and herbaria with other botanists, both amateur and professional. Jonathan PledgeCataloguer, Historical Papers
netarchive.dk Since 2005 the collection and preservation of the Danish part of the internet is included in the Danish Legal Deposit Law. The task is undertaken by the two legal deposit libraries in Denmark, State and University Library and The Royal Library. Netarchive.dk cannot be accessed by the general public.The archive is only accessible to researchers who have requested and been granted special permission to use the collection for specific research purposes. This website, Netarkivet.dk, is designed to inform researchers, website owners, and other interested parties about the Danish web archive. For the time being most of the website is in Danish. If you want to know more about NetarchiveSuite, the open source software developed and used by the institutions behind Netarkivet, please check the NetarchiveSuite website. If you have questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at info@netarkivet.dk
Appropedia Hanzo Archives - Website Archiving and Social Media Archiving for E-Discovery, Compliance, and Information Management ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS (EOLSS): HOME PAGE Digital Archive for Chineses Studies (Institute of Chinese Studies, University of Heidelberg) Schnellsuche Archiv durchsuchen Dieser Service wird Ihnen vom Institut für Sinologie der Universität Heidelberg angeboten. Das Projekt wurde von 2001 bis 2004 von der Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Foundation unterstützt. Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft unterstützt. Bildquellen Schriftzeichen, Chinesische Mauer, Buchrücken