May 2013
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Neatline.org | plot your course in space & time →
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GAH! This is so cool too. I’m freaking out right now.
From the site:
What do you get when you cross archives and artifacts with timelines, modern and historical maps, and an appreciation for the interpretive aims of humanities scholarship?
Neatline is a geotemporal exhibit-builder that allows you to create beautiful, complex maps and narrative sequences from collections of...
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The Met Will Return a Pair of Statues to Cambodia
archaeologicalnews:
Six weeks ago the Metropolitan Museum of Art sent two of its top executives to Cambodia to resolve a thorny dispute: whether two pieces of ancient Khmer art that the museum has long prominently exhibited were the product of looting.
In days they had their answer. Cambodian officials documented that the two 10th-century Khmer statues, donated to the Met in four pieces as...
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“London’s Lambeth Palace, home to the Archbishop of Canterbury, also has a...”
– BBC News - The curious tale of the stolen books (via archivalia)
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Now, With No Further Ado, We Present ... the... →
Three questions with the project’s executive director
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April 2013
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“People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.”
– James Baldwin
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Archaeological News: Syria clashes destroy ancient... →
archaeologicalnews:
The minaret of one of Syria’s most famous mosques has been destroyed during clashes in the northern city of Aleppo.
The state news agency Sana accused rebels of blowing up the 11th-Century minaret of the Umayyad Mosque.
However, activists say the minaret was hit by Syrian army tank fire.
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Digital Public Library of America →
thepinakes:
The DPLA is now real. Go forth and explore.
It’s not very often you get to build a new library. Together, that’s what we will begin to do today. Starting with over two million items, each with its own special story and significance, the Digital Public Library of America will now begin to assemble the riches of our country’s libraries, archives, and museums, and connect them with...
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The Copyright Rule We Need to Repeal If We Want to... →
The anti-circumvention section of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act threatens to make archivists felons if they try to preserve our society’s artifacts for future generations.
This article is a month old, but hey, the DMCA is fifteen years old and it’s still regulating the digital stewardship of cultural heritage despite being inadequate and heavily favoring publishers and...
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March 2013
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February 2013
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(hopefully) brief hiatus!
My schoolwork and three jobs have gotten quite overwhelming, so I am taking a break from Tumblr. See you soon, and don’t forget you can always submit content to Cartulary!
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“When libraries become book centers, they will think more about their reciprocal...”
– David Vinjamuri, “Why Public Libraries Matter: And How They Can Do More”
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