ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Internet Archive Blog: New Livestream Brings Microfiche Digitization to Life for Democracy’s Library. “Ever wonder how government documents, once locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, become searchable and accessible online? Now you can see it happen in real time. Today, the Internet Archive has launched a livestream from our microfiche scanning center […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/internet-archive-blog-new-livestream-brings-microfiche-digitization-to-life-for-democracys-library/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/internet-archive-blog-new-livestream-brings-microfiche-digitization-to-life-for-democracys-library/</a></p>
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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Guelph: World’s Largest DNA Library Collects 15 Millionth Specimen. “A tiny beetle from Costa Rica has just made scientific history, becoming the 15 millionth specimen in an archive that underpins an effort to build a genetic reference library cataloguing all life on Earth. That library lives at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) at the University of Guelph, which has […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/university-of-guelph-worlds-largest-dna-library-collects-15-millionth-specimen/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/university-of-guelph-worlds-largest-dna-library-collects-15-millionth-specimen/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Technology Times (Nigeria): Lagos Archives Going Digital: LASRAB, Wikimedia Nigeria in talks to unlock history. “The Lagos State Government is launching a sweeping digitisation of its public records, as the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) begins converting historical documents into digital formats to safeguard the heritage of Nigeria’s most populous state.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/lagos-archives-going-digital-lasrab-wikimedia-nigeria-in-talks-to-unlock-history-technology-times/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/lagos-archives-going-digital-lasrab-wikimedia-nigeria-in-talks-to-unlock-history-technology-times/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Hoover Institution: Tranche of 800+ Audio Tapes, Including Conversations with Nazis, Digitized and Available for Research at Hoover . “In commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany’s surrender in May 1945, the Hoover Institution Library & Archives has released more than 800 digitized audio recordings and transcripts of conversations relating to 20th century conflict – most […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/06/hoover-institution-tranche-of-800-audio-tapes-including-conversations-with-nazis-digitized-and-available-for-research-at-hoover/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/06/hoover-institution-tranche-of-800-audio-tapes-including-conversations-with-nazis-digitized-and-available-for-research-at-hoover/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>New York Botanical Garden: Updates from the Archives. “Thanks to a generous grant from Shelby White and the Leon Levy Foundation, the LuEsther T. Mertz Library is now able to process, digitize, and make accessible the institutional records of the New York Botanical Garden. We’re excited to announce collections that are newly processed and available for research use in physical or digital […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/new-york-botanical-garden-updates-from-the-archives/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/new-york-botanical-garden-updates-from-the-archives/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>The Courtauld: The Courtauld completes major project to digitise the Witt Library. “The Courtauld Institute of Art has completed a major eighteen-month project to open up its internationally renowned Witt Photographic Collection, making over two million images available for the public to explore for free on The Courtauld website. The Witt Photographic Collection is an immense collection of […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/the-courtauld-the-courtauld-completes-major-project-to-digitise-the-witt-library/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/04/the-courtauld-the-courtauld-completes-major-project-to-digitise-the-witt-library/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>UK Natural History Museum: Rare UK beetle is six millionth specimen to be digitised by Natural History Museum. “Since 2015, the Natural History Museum has been digitising its collection of 80 million specimens, sharing the records freely on its Data Portal…. Marking 10 years of digitisation, the Museum has digitised its 6 millionth specimen, a forest caterpillar hunter beetle rarely found […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/uk-natural-history-museum-rare-uk-beetle-is-six-millionth-specimen-to-be-digitised-by-natural-history-museum/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/30/uk-natural-history-museum-rare-uk-beetle-is-six-millionth-specimen-to-be-digitised-by-natural-history-museum/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mathrubhumi: Three Malayalis digitise over 4,800 books to preserve Kerala’s literary legacy. “A silent revolution in the preservation of Kerala’s literary history is unfolding, thanks to the efforts of three passionate persons. Together, they have digitised an impressive 4,863 books, which contain around 4,59,067 pages, and are still adding more each day. This extraordinary task is being […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/27/mathrubhumi-three-malayalis-digitise-over-4800-books-to-preserve-keralas-literary-legacy/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/27/mathrubhumi-three-malayalis-digitise-over-4800-books-to-preserve-keralas-literary-legacy/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Internet Archive Blogs: New Digital Collection Preserves Key Books on Drug Use and Policy. “For many years, the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) maintained a large library of books on drug use and policy at its New York City headquarters. As researchers shifted to working online, DPA’s Jules Netherland said she noticed fewer people coming into the office to use the collection…. DPA donated its […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/25/internet-archive-blogs-new-digital-collection-preserves-key-books-on-drug-use-and-policy/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/25/internet-archive-blogs-new-digital-collection-preserves-key-books-on-drug-use-and-policy/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Talk of the Sound: Westchester Unveils Rare Revolutionary War Accounts. “The Westchester County Historical Society has released a digitized collection of 1,100 pages of eyewitness accounts from the American Revolution, titled ‘Experiencing the Neutral Ground of the American Revolution: The McDonald Interviews.’ The compilation, now accessible on the Westchester County Archives Digital […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/24/talk-of-the-sound-westchester-unveils-rare-revolutionary-war-accounts/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/24/talk-of-the-sound-westchester-unveils-rare-revolutionary-war-accounts/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Railroad Commission of Texas: RRC Records Digitization Fast Approaching 100 Million Files. “The Railroad Commission of Texas continues to make great strides in digitizing oil and gas records as the agency improves both transparency and efficiency in its daily functions. With more than 89.4 million records now digitized – up by more than six million since last October – the RRC is fast […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/railroad-commission-of-texas-rrc-records-digitization-fast-approaching-100-million-files/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/railroad-commission-of-texas-rrc-records-digitization-fast-approaching-100-million-files/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Catholic Review: Daughters of Charity, DePaul University expand digital collection of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s papers, letters. “As the 50th anniversary of the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton approaches Sept. 14, many of her family’s documents are being made public digitally. The archives of the Daughters of Charity Province of St. Louise, in collaboration with the digital […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/catholic-review-daughters-of-charity-depaul-university-expand-digital-collection-of-st-elizabeth-ann-setons-papers-letters/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/19/catholic-review-daughters-of-charity-depaul-university-expand-digital-collection-of-st-elizabeth-ann-setons-papers-letters/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Griffin Museum of Science and Industry Facebook Page: 92 years of history now fit in your pocket! . “We’re excited to introduce the Griffin MSI Digital Collection. Get a unique glimpse into the hidden depths of our vast collection, from beloved crowd favorites to artifacts not on display to the public.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/griffin-museum-of-science-and-industry-facebook-page-92-years-of-history-now-fit-in-your-pocket/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/18/griffin-museum-of-science-and-industry-facebook-page-92-years-of-history-now-fit-in-your-pocket/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Technology Times (Nigeria): LASRAB launches digital archive to preserve Lagos heritage. “The Lagos State Government is launching a sweeping digitisation of its public records, as the Lagos State Records and Archives Bureau (LASRAB) begins converting historical documents into digital formats to safeguard the heritage of Nigeria’s most populous state.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/12/technology-times-lasrab-launches-digital-archive-to-preserve-lagos-heritage/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/12/technology-times-lasrab-launches-digital-archive-to-preserve-lagos-heritage/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>7 News Belize: A Digital Museum For Prolific Artist Michael Gordon. “If you follow Belizean art, then you should know Michael Gordon. He’s been drawing, painting, and sculpting for at least 3 decades in Belize City. He’s described as one of the country’s most prolific artists and now his work will be digitally archived to be accessible to anyone.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/7-news-belize-a-digital-museum-for-prolific-artist-michael-gordon/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/11/7-news-belize-a-digital-museum-for-prolific-artist-michael-gordon/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Korea Times: Academics create digitized archive of Korean War. “A group of South Korean and U.S. academics is working to revisit the Korean War six decades later in a tech-savvy way: by digitizing photos, maps, official documents and video footage of interviews with war veterans. The move comes as the two Koreas this week mark the 61st anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 war, in which a […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/04/korea-times-academics-create-digitized-archive-of-korean-war/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/04/korea-times-academics-create-digitized-archive-of-korean-war/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Toronto Libraries: Preserving history across continents: U of T Libraries and Botswana’s Khama III Memorial Museum launch groundbreaking digitization project. “Since 1985, curators and staff at the Khama III Memorial Museum have stewarded several important collections that include the papers of the Khama dynasty – the family of political leaders who, through skill and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/preserving-history-across-continents-u-of-t-libraries-and-botswanas-khama-iii-memorial-museum-launch-groundbreaking-digitization-project-university-of-toronto-libraries/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/02/preserving-history-across-continents-u-of-t-libraries-and-botswanas-khama-iii-memorial-museum-launch-groundbreaking-digitization-project-university-of-toronto-libraries/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>University of Cambridge: Modern Magic Unlocks Merlin’s Medieval Secrets. “A fragile 13th century manuscript fragment, hidden in plain sight as the binding of a 16th-century archival register, has been discovered in Cambridge and revealed to contain rare medieval stories of Merlin and King Arthur…. the digital results of the project are now available for everyone to explore online via the […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/university-of-cambridge-modern-magic-unlocks-merlins-medieval-secrets/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/29/university-of-cambridge-modern-magic-unlocks-merlins-medieval-secrets/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Providing digital access to the imagery of the ancient Near East. “Seals and their impressions constitute the biggest and, indeed, only continually stocked inventory of visual images from West Asia in ancient times…. The challenge to researchers is that thousands upon thousands of seals and sealed objects are today scattered around museums and […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen-providing-digital-access-to-the-imagery-of-the-ancient-near-east/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/28/ludwig-maximilians-universitat-munchen-providing-digital-access-to-the-imagery-of-the-ancient-near-east/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Peak District National Park Foundation (UK): Landscapes Unlocked – opening our historic image archive to the public. “We are delighted to announce the launch of Landscapes Unlocked, an ambitious new project made possible by funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Pilgrim Trust, The Wolfson Foundation, and The National Archives. In partnership with the Peak District National […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/25/landscapes-unlocked-opening-our-historic-image-archive-to-the-public-peak-district-national-park-foundation/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/25/landscapes-unlocked-opening-our-historic-image-archive-to-the-public-peak-district-national-park-foundation/</a></p>
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