Wikipedia for Credit
Wikipedia for Credit
Some professors believe Wikipedia has no place in the footnotes of a college paper. But could it have a place on the syllabus?
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit organization that does fund-raising and back-end support for the popular open-source encyclopedia, says yes. So do the nine professors at prominent colleges who have agreed to [...]
Une vidéo de gameplay pour Mega Man Universe
C’est encore à l’occasion de la Penny Arcade Expo que Capcom a dévoilé des phases de jeu de son mystérieux Mega Man Universe. Après un teaser génial mais bien énigmatique, c’est Keiji Inafune himself qui présente cette vidéo …
Read MoreCall for Project Briefings for CNI Fall Meeting
The Fall 2010 CNI Membership Meeting will be held on December 13-14 (Monday and Tuesday) at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, VA; registration materials will be sent to designated member representatives very shortly. Please note that the meeting and hotel registration deadline is Friday, November 12. For more information, see the meeting Web [...]
ECHO : libre accès et services de qualité
Se définissant comme l’infrastructure en libre accès du web futur de la culture et de la science, European Cultural Heritage Online (ECHO), développé sous l’égide du département d’histoire des sciences de l’Institut Max Planck depuis 2003, ambiti…
Read MoreSortie d’OPDS 1.0
Internet Archive vient de sortir la version 1.0 du format OPDS (Open Publication Distribution System), 1er composant de son projet BookServer. La spécification d’OPDS est disponible ici. L’initiative est soutenue par des organismes partisans des forma…
Read MoreLe NEH soutient de nouveaux projets de digital humanities
L’ODH (Office of Digital Humanities) a annoncé, au mois d’août, 28 projets financés dans le cadre de son programme de digital humanities Start-Up. Ces bourses font partie d’un financement plus large de 31,5 millions de dollars octroyé par la NEH po…
Read MoreWeb Resources: Photometadata.org from the Stock Artists Alliance
A web site devoted to metadata about imagery. However, several of the ideas and concepts will also apply to other areas.
Those who teach about metadata and its application might find some useful material here.
From the About Page:
In partnership with the Library of Congress, the Stock Artists Alliance created the Photo Metadata Project [...]
EPrints News: There's a repository app for that: EPrints Bazaar …
Digital Preservation Toolkit: Everything you need for Digital Preservation – Dave Tarrant @ Southampton (http://preservation.eprints.org); EdShare Collections: Bookmarks and Collections creation – Seb Francois & Patrick McSweeny @ …
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