Dan Cohen, the newly named Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of America, spoke at NYU’s Humanities Initiative on Thursday, April 4, 2013 about the DPLA. Dan who was closely involved with the development of the scholarly tool Zotero and the exhibition tool for library and museum collections, Omeka. He will be leaving George… Continue reading Dan Cohen Previews the New Digital Public Library of America at NYU
Tag: Museums
Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland) Selling its Collections
The Cleveland Plain Dealer on the WRHS selling parts of its collections to pay off loans and to cover operating expenses. This is a deeply distressing article. Western Reserve Historical Society sells its history to save institution | cleveland.com This is a story about how the Western Reserve Historical Society, a beloved Cleveland institution, dreamed… Continue reading Western Reserve Historical Society (Cleveland) Selling its Collections
Museums Special Section – The New Generation of Museum Curators – NYTimes.com
Museums Special Section – The New Generation of Museum Curators – NYTimes.com An interesting piece in the special Museums section in the NYT on young curators: “Museums are safe harbors in this difficult economic time,” said Glenn D. Lowry, director of the MoMA, who said that Mr. Roy was one of a growing number of… Continue reading Museums Special Section – The New Generation of Museum Curators – NYTimes.com
Penguin’s The Future of Publishing
The Future of Publishing | Penguin Blog (USA) – Penguin Group (USA) Penguin Group’s blog featured a video (originally used in a meeting) which has gone viral on YouTube, “The End of Publishing.” It’s clever and the blog post at Penguin gives the source(s). (Essentially it’s a video script palindrome.) (h/t Andrew Sullivan)