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Blogs

ArcLight presentations from Integrations with ArchivesSpace webinar series

May 13, 2020
by Mark A. Matienzo
Blacklight
Digital library
Open source

Are you curious about ArcLight and how it can integrate with ArchivesSpace and other systems? Learn more from the video below! Mark Matienzo and Gregory Wiedeman (University at Albany) present on ArcLight and ArchivesSpace as part of the Integrations with ArchivesSpace webinar series on May 12, 2020. Mark's presentation provides background on ArcLight, its community-oriented development, its features, and the importance of integrations, and Greg's presentation focuses on how University at Albany integrated ArcLight with ArchivesSpace, Hyrax, and Quicksearch to build University at Albany's archives discovery system.

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Elements of AI in the Library

May 12, 2020
by Catherine Nicole Coleman
Artificial intelligence
Digital library
Emerging tech

Last week 38 people from units across Stanford Libraries completed the six-week Elements of AI course. Of those who responded to the course survey, all said they would recommend it to colleagues. They also unanimously agreed that meeting weekly in groups to discuss each chapter was the most rewarding part of taking the course.

Carleton Watkins. The Wreck of the Viscata. 1868.

Carleton Watkins Spotlight exhibition launched

May 8, 2020
by Peter P Blank
Exhibits
Rare books

Among the many great treasures destroyed in the April 18, 1906 earthquake and the fire that followed were the last remaining papers, glass plate negatives, and photographs still in the possession of the ageing Carleton Watkins (1829-1916). This tragic loss is deepened by the realization that days before the massive quake on April 15 Harry C.

ePADD 1st Quarter Update

May 7, 2020
by Sally DeBauche
Born digital
Digital preservation
Emerging tech
News
Open source

In January, the ePADD project team began work on the current phase of development to the software, with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The focus for this first quarter of the year is on the redevelopment of the ePADD’s attachment review feature. Attachments are a rich source of information in an email collection, providing context to the archive owner’s work, communications, and relationships.

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