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• Library of Congress seeks digital library to build bridges between cultures

  - 2005-11-22

  WASHINGTON AFP — The US Library of Congress launched an ambitious campaign to create an online database of rare books, manuscripts, posters, stamps and other artifacts, available to users around the world via the Internet. James Billington, head of the Library of Congress, which houses one of the world's...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, Databases, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SOFTWARE, Storage, The Library of Congress

• James Monroe and John Adams: an unlikely "friendship".(Biography)

  - 2005-09-22

  RECENT HISTORICAL SCHOLARSHIP on the political culture of the early United States has turned from analyzing ideologies and issues to examining the personalities and motivations of the first party leaders. Within a framework often termed the "republican paradigm," an incongruous mixture of conservative, deferential, communal, ...

  Tags: Boston, France, friendship, Government, president, Republic, Republican, Richard, SOFTWARE, Taxes, The Library of Congress, U.S., U.S. Congress, Virginia, Wood

• NSF, Library of Congress Award E-records Grants

  - 2005-07-01

  The National Science Foundation NSF and the Library of Congress have made 11 awards totaling $2.5 million through their newly established Digital Archiving and Long-term Preservation program DlGARCH to help preserve the nation's intellectual, social, and cultural history, much of which is now in digital format.This research will contribute to...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, National Science Foundation, SOFTWARE, The Library of Congress

• Digital Preservation Program launches research grants

  - 2004-09-01

  The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program of the Library of Congress is partnering with the National Science Foundation to establish the first research grants program to specifically address the preservation of digital materials. NSF will administer the program, which will fund research to support the long-term management of...

  Tags: National Science Foundation, SOFTWARE, The Library of Congress

• Digital Preservation Program launches research grants initiative.(Your Digital Library)

  - 2004-09-01

  The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program NDIIPP of the Library of Congress announced that it is working with the National Science Foundation to establish the first research grants program to specifically address the preservation of digital materials. NSF will administer the program, which will...

  Tags: National Science Foundation, preservation, SOFTWARE, The Library of Congress

• Digital preservation program launches research grants initiative; Library of Congress partners with National Science Foundation to fund advanced research into preservation of digital materials.

  - 2004-06-17

  M2 PRESSWIRE-17 June 2004-US NSF: Digital preservation program launches research grants initiative; Library of Congress partners with National Science Foundation to fund advanced research into preservation of digital materialsC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06162004 ARLINGTON, Va. -- The National Digital Information Infrastructure...

  Tags: National Science Foundation, preservation, SOFTWARE, Strategy, The Library of Congress

• Obituaries: Cloyd Dake Gull

  - 2003-06-01

  Cloyd Dake Gull, ASIST president in 1960, passed away in the Washington area on May 1. Born in 1915, Gull had a long and industrious career in the information profession. H was involved with federal, government and special libraries, and he participated in the development of MEDLARS. He held numerous...

  Tags: CAREER, deputy, Government, Indiana University, president, SOFTWARE, The Library of Congress

• Library of Congress . (People & Places).(appoints James M. Gallagher)(Brief Article)

  - 2002-11-01

  The Library of Congress has announced that James M. Gallagher has been appointed director of information technology services. Most recently, Gallagher was the acting deputy assistant attorney general/deputy chief information officer for the U.S. Department of Justice. He has been with the Justice Department...

  Tags: SOFTWARE, Strategy, The Library of Congress, U.S. Department of Justice

• ultimate resource for book shoppers, The

  - 2002-04-01

  Don't give up trying to locate that hard-to-find book. A free new Web service, www.bookfinder.com, allows readers to comparison shop for new, used, and rare books from any of 40,000 bookstores around the world. Bookfinder.com is recommended to book lovers by the New York Times and the Library of Congress...

  Tags: bookstore, MARKETING, New York Times Co., SOFTWARE, The Library of Congress

• Interrelated Technologies.(National Technical Information Service to close)

  - 1999-10-01

  End of an era? NTIS' demise. The U.S. Dept. of Commerce plans to close the National Technical Information Service because USDC believes NTIS' core function of providing government information for a fee is no longer needed in the age of the Internet. Commerce Secretary...

  Tags: Databases, Government, HARDWARE, INTERNET, SOFTWARE, Storage, The Library of Congress, U.S. Congress