Category: News From Libraries, Archives & Museums

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All Of SoCal History Comes Alive At The 7th Annual LA As Subject Archives Bazaar!

Southern California history comes alive once again at the 7th-annual Los Angeles Archives Bazaar on the campus of USC on Saturday, October 27 from 9:00 a.m.

“Creating Our Own Story”: How Metro Transportation Library & Archive Has Shared Collections And Information Since 1937

April 10-16 marks National Library Week! Every April, The American Library Association sponsors a week-long celebration of libraries. This year’s theme is “Create Your Own Story,”

1,000,000 And Counting: Metro Library’s Historic Photo Collection On Flickr Hits A Major Milestone

Today, we achieved something extraordinary:  Our online photo collection has been viewed more than one million times on Flickr since implementation. Just over two years ago, we

Digitization And Transportation: Northwestern University’s Google Books Project

Beginning today, Northwestern University’s Transportation Library begins its Google Books Digitization Project. The University Libraries and Google are partnering to digitize hundreds of thousands of

Our National Archives At Risk: What The Government Accountability Office Has Found

We wanted to share important (and frankly, frightening) news with you regarding the findings released last week of an audit of the National Archives and

Metro Library’s Digital Documents Collection: What You Need To Know About "Anytime, Anywhere" Access

The Metro Transportation Library has begun collecting, cataloging and providing access to “digital” documents via our online catalog. These important resources have been produced and

Scan A Barcode, Find A Library: Bringing The World’s Library Collections To Your Phone

Ever wonder about those ubiquitous Universal Product barcodes on the back of just about every book? We’ve been scanning UPC barcodes at the grocery checkout

Information Innovation: Metro Transportation Library Leads The Way

Brigham Young University plugs their library service by capturing potential users’ attention through a parody of the popular Old Spice commercials, via YouTube An old

History Pin: Google In Partnership To Take On “Augmented Reality” & Map The World’s Photos And Stories

Image via Information Aesthetics We recently highlighted The Museum of London’s efforts to create an augmented reality iPhone app from a set of geotagged images

Hand-Held Museums: Is The Future Of History On Your Phone?

Contemporary street scene with 1953 image of soldier in Piccadilly Circus In addition to transit and transportation news and research, we are also periodically highlighting