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Link Love: 4/27/2012

by Catherine Shteynberg on April 27, 2012

Rhododendrons-Golden Gate Park-San Francisco, California.

  • A Springtime slideshow—a selection of gorgeous photographs of flowers from across the Flickr Commons.
  • Movie studios are forcing Hollywood to abandon 35mm film, but what are the consequences of going digital? [via Jennifer Wright, SIA].
  • The Library of Congress is celebrating Preservation Week with public events and many resources to help you learn to care for you personal collections at home.
  • From our sister blog The Field Book Project blog—the remarkable travels and field books of naturalist Edmund Heller, and how the Field Book Project is bringing together his field notes, scattered across many institutions, into one place on the web.
  • Milton Friedman on the future of capitalism, Ronald Reagan campaign speeches, and debates on morality—Pepperdine University’s Historic Sound Recordings collections contain some fascinating sound clips.
  • The State Library and North Carolina State Archives has an Inform U. project—a group of tutorials online to help you with your digital preservation issues, as well as a series of video tutorials including the following on how to save your Facebook data [via InfoDocket]:

This video walks you through how and why you should save your Facebook profile, posts, photos and videos. This video, designed for a general audience, is part of the State Library of North Carolina's "Inform U" series.

 

Categories: What Gets Saved
Tags: Flickr Commons, Web/Tech, Digitization, Link Love, Field Book Project
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Maureen

Wonderful selection of images on the Flickr page.

Maureen April 27, 2012 at 1:28 pm
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Catherine Shteynberg

Glad you enjoyed them Maureen! The flowers put me in a cheery mood :)

Catherine Shteynberg April 30, 2012 at 10:32 am
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