This Wednesday of OA Week, we’d like to highlight a longstanding online resource, the PCL Maps collection. The first maps were scanned and put online in 1994 and now there are about 70,000 maps online out of a total collection of over 250,000 maps. Most of the online maps in… read more
Public domain
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest June 1-15, 2020
Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 10 New Collections Highlighted in Updated Latin American Digital Initiatives Repository From University of Texas Libraries, More Than 60 Thousand Scanned Images Available infodocket.com/2020/06/09/new… Texas ScholarWorks @utdigitalrepo Jun 10 Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early, returning to traditional controlled digital lending blog.archive.org/2020/06/10/tem… via… read more
Texas ScholarWorks Twitter digest
Starting this month, we will create a digest every 2 weeks of the tweets we have sent out via Texas ScholarWorks and share it here. We try to find any interesting news pertaining to Open Access, archives, and libraries, in general. Remember, you can also follow us on Twitter here:… read more
Public Domain for 2020
From the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8: “The Congress shall have Power…to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” [emphasis mine] January 1, 2020 marks the date that items published… read more
Public Domain in the U.S.
More Public Domain Fun
Last month I talked about all the new content entering the public domain for the first time in twenty years. This month, I want to share some additional resources to consult when trying to find newly public domain materials. Internet Archive – movies collection Center for the Study of the Public… read more
Public Domain Day 2019
From the U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 8: “The Congress shall have Power…to promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.” [emphasis mine] January 1, 2019 will mark the first time in… read more
"Yes, We're Celebrating Open Education!" Exhibit
In recognition of Open Education week (March 5-9), the Libraries have created a display to highlight the value of open educational resources at a time when the cost of a college education is at a premium. “Yes, We’re Celebrating Open Education!” will be hosted at the Scholars Commons in the… read more
The Flora of Forfarshire: A publication of historical and botanical value available in modern collections and public platforms.
During the spring semester 2017, UT Libraries and the Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center worked together to digitize the Flora of Forfarshire and make it available to the public through the Texas ScholarWorks repository. The Flora of Forfarshire is an emblematic botanical work by the Scottish botanist, William Gardiner… read more
OpenScore
There is an interesting project going on that aims to digitize public domain sheet music to make it more accessible to music fans everywhere. It’s called OpenScore and they are going to be enabling crowdsourced transcriptions to create the digital sheet music. All crowdsourced scores will be checked and reviewed… read more
