A postcard may not look like an important historical document.

But this view of the Savannah Airport captures details that researchers love: terminal design, airline operations, & even how airports presented themselves to the traveling public.

As the Digital Transportation Archive passes 40,000 items, it's a reminder that history isn't preserved only in official reports. Sometimes it's preserved on a postcard mailed home
https://tinyurl.com/54a252eb

#TransportationHistory #Digitalcollections

in writing up a blog post about the Moskowitz archive to explain its context and contents, I tested the Romanian National Library link https://digitool.bibnat.ro again to see if it works again (has not loaded for me in a year or more). And yes it actually works and I can see all the insane old scores again!

The title of this one is a bit beyond me lol, Quilter's Sirba? Duvet Maker's Sirba?

#Romania #FolkMusic #MusicHistory #DigitalCollections

Internet Archive Blog: DLARC Adds New Radio Resources to Celebrate World Amateur Radio Day. “Internet Archive’s Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications, a library devoted to ham radio, shortwave, and related topics, announces a number of new collections to mark World Amateur Radio Day.”

‘The Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection began in 2021 with the goal of having a single online repository for the personal records of Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon, the first Black woman ordained in the Presbyterian Church and a founding voice in womanist theology.’

Katie Geneva Cannon Digital Collection | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

#DigitalCollections #PCUSA #Presbyterian #Theology #WomanistTheology
https://pcusa.org/historical-society/collections/digital-collections/katie-geneva-cannon-digital-collection?utm_content=365679966&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-29421&openWithFirefox=true

Computer History Museum: Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Vast Collection. “The Computer History Museum (CHM), a leader in decoding technology—its computing past, digital present, and future impact on humanity—announced the launch of OpenCHM, a new digital portal providing global access to its unparalleled collection.”

#Tainacan: exploration into #civilservice management models for #innovation in #freesoftware.

"This initiative, articulated by the Brazilian ministry’s Digital Culture sector, led to a technology prototype that could enhance #interoperability among [#digitalcollections of] #archives, #libraries, and #museums."

#openGLAM #FreeSoftware

https://josemurilo.com/2023/09/21/brasiliana-museums-in-brazil-now-have-a-common-place-on-the-web/

Just before Christmas, @ilkayholt and I published the fully updated v2.0 of the Risk Management Toolkit for Open GLAM: https://oa2ch.gitbook.io/risk-management

This blog post on the @creativecommons Medium publication "We Like to Share" explains the key changes and updates: https://medium.com/creative-commons-we-like-to-share/risk-management-toolkit-for-open-glam-v2-0-is-here-d33cb2e32d18

#OpenGLAM #OpenCulture #CulturalHeritage #DigitalCollections #DigitalPreservation #RiskManagement

Library of Congress: What’s New Online at the Library of Congress: January 2026. “Interested in learning more about what’s new in the Library of Congress digital collections? The Signal shares regular updates to our digital collections and we love showing off our colleagues’ hard work from across the Library. Read on for a sample of recent additions and a few favorite highlights.” Robert […]