University of New Mexico: Bringing hundreds of New Mexico Spanish archives online. “Center for Southwest Research (CSWR) archivist Samuel Sisneros and Center for Regional Studies fellow María Feliza Monta-Jameson are at the helm of the New Mexico Spanish Language Archival Recovery Project. They are working to preserve archival collections of audio and video interviews of native New Mexico […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/14/university-of-new-mexico-bringing-hundreds-of-new-mexico-spanish-archives-online/

William & Mary: Students digitize Black women’s history, one diary at a time. “[Mia] Hunt is one of a dozen W&M students contributing to the Black Women’s Diaries Project (BWDP), a multi‑year effort led by [Professor Jennifer] Putzi to transcribe, annotate and digitally encode the diaries of 19th‑ and early 20th‑century African American women. The project will debut online in October […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/13/william-mary-students-digitize-black-womens-history-one-diary-at-a-time/

GlobeNewswire: Tolstoy Heritage Foundation and Yandex Digitize Leo Tolstoy’s Legacy Ahead of 200th Anniversary (PRESS RELEASE). “The International Lev Tolstoy Heritage Foundation and Yandex announced a partnership to preserve and digitize the literary legacy of Lev Tolstoy in preparation for the 200th anniversary of the writer’s birthday in September of 2028. Yandex will serve as the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/13/globenewswire-tolstoy-heritage-foundation-and-yandex-digitize-leo-tolstoys-legacy-ahead-of-200th-anniversary-press-release/

University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Decades of student writing in ‘Laurus’ are going digital. “For more than 40 years, ‘Laurus,’ the University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s undergraduate literary magazine, has been a launchpad for emerging writers and artists, but past issues have largely disappeared into small libraries and personal collections. Soon, the magazine’s legacy as an incubator for […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/12/university-of-nebraska-lincoln-decades-of-student-writing-in-laurus-are-going-digital/

Public Power Review: Bringing Back New Deal Local Labor History with AI. “I’ve gone through the work of producing a digital archive of Chattanooga’s Labor World newspaper for the years 1929 to 1940. Labor World was published by the Chattanooga Trades and Labor Council, an affiliate of the American Federation of Labor, from 1915 to 1984. The archive is organized into PDF files by volume, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/11/public-power-review-bringing-back-new-deal-local-labor-history-with-ai/

Maine Morning Star: Maine judicial branch says it will move all courts to online records by February 2027. “Maine’s court system expects to complete its long transition from paper to digital records by next February, according to a press release Thursday from the judicial branch.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/11/maine-morning-star-maine-judicial-branch-says-it-will-move-all-courts-to-online-records-by-february-2027/

National Library of Finland: Project to digitise Swedish-language periodicals begins. “In early 2026 the National Library of Finland will launch an extensive, five-year project to digitise all Swedish-language periodicals published in Finland. The project will be carried out together with the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS) and the copyright management organisation Kopiosto, with […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/09/national-library-of-finland-project-to-digitise-swedish-language-periodicals-begins/

University of La Verne: ULV Student Leads Effort to Digitize Campus Times Archives. “Decades of student journalism are being brought back to life at the University of La Verne, where archival editions of Campus Times are now being digitized and made publicly accessible. The initiative began with student Adonis Borer, a senior majoring in psychology, who partnered with university archivist Keren […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/09/university-of-la-verne-ulv-student-leads-effort-to-digitize-campus-times-archives/

Fold3: Dust Off the Memories: Help Us Preserve a Legacy of Service. “Do you own a unit history or cruise book? We are looking to expand our digital collection, and we need your help. Our process is simple. 1. Send: You provide the book. 2. Digitize: We scan the pages with the utmost care. 3. Return: We ship your book back to you in its original condition. 4. Share: We make the digital record […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/25/dust-off-the-memories-help-us-preserve-a-legacy-of-service-fold3/

New-to-me, from Nasha Niva: Enthusiasts Digitized All Minsk Cemeteries . “At the moment, we have digitized 95 percent of Minsk’s burials, 25 percent of the Minsk region, and partially other cities of Belarus. In addition, we have entered almost all mass graves from the war period, as well as the locations of all cemeteries in Belarus. In total, there is information on 620,000 deceased, but this […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/24/nasha-niva-enthusiasts-digitized-all-minsk-cemeteries/