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Addressing History – historical maps, enriched

AddressingHistory, a new website recently launched, is asking history enthusiasts to explore their ancestors and local historical connections by finding and placing historical Scottish Post Office Directory listings on the map. Based at EDINA, University of Edinburgh, the AddressingHistory website combines the listings from the Directories, historical forerunners of Yellow Pages, with maps from the […]

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‘Welsh Voices’ on BBC web site

The JISC-funded Welsh Voices project has provided content for a new gallery of images on the BBC web site commemorating the 92nd anniversary of Armistice Day. Welsh Voices is part of the JISC Developing community content programme which aims to establish partnerships between the Higher Education sector and community groups, organisations and the general public […]

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Gateways to content MediaHub / CultureGrid / Europeana

JISC is looking for digital content projects interested in having links to their resources from two gateways, MediaHub and CultureGrid (and by extension a third, Europeana) MediaHub (currently in development for 2011) will provide access to image, video and audio resources in Higher and Further Education. It evolves from the Vision and Sound Portal at […]

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Funding Call for an Islamic Studies Gateway

The JISC invites tenders for the creation of a gateway for searching catalogues and images of Islamic Studies manuscripts. The aim of the work is to create a tool for educational users to access collections of Islamic Studies manuscripts in the UK. Total funding of up to £30,000 (including VAT, travel and subsistence) is available […]

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The UK’s National Digital Library – A Digital Public Space

A Harvard professor, Robert Darnton, has recently made a plea to the American public for the creation of a National Digital Library, which is “a comprehensive library of digitized books that will be easily accessible to the general public.” In the UK, the idea of such a library has been floating around for a while, […]