Friday, 6 May 2016

Linkubator Roundup

There’s been some great library goings on recently, and we have the best for you to catch up on!

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  • Bringing short stories to life in the library with Ark!
  • In the latest Book to Boogie, a look at a kid lit favorite!
  • The exhibition currently on display at the New School’s List Library.
  • The latest post in our Idea Exchange series looks at building a sustainable suite of programs.
  • An archivist tells us about raising money with archival images in parts one and two of the Public Demesne.

Around the web:

  • This app can tell you when a place you are in has inspired poetry. WOW.
  • The entire history of photography is now accessible online.
  • The untold story of the remarkable women behind space exploration.
  • The Internet Bird Collection has the most globally comprehensive audiovisual recordings of birds.
  • A cool resource on dating historic photos via components like cars, clothing, hair, street lights, billboards, etc.
  • Upload an image and this AI tool tries to create a caption!
  • Brooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery is beginning a digital archive, which is explored in this great article at CityLab.
  • LOTS of awesome creativity-incubating library ideas made it to the next round of Knight News Challenge.
  • Exploring Shakespeare’s texts from the perspective of a data scientist.
  • Merriam-Webster adds ‘FOMO,’ ‘Mx.’ & about 2,000 other words.


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