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Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

Unwritten Record

National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . A library is a place that stores information, a place where people from all walks of life have the opportunity to obtain textual and audiovisual material for education, entertainment, and enlightenment. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.

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Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

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306-NT: Photographic File of the Paris Bureau of the New York Times, ca. 1900–ca. 1950

Unwritten Record

In December 1940, the Paris Bureau of the New York Times was seized by the Nazis and its Library of New Photos was transported to Berlin. The following photographs are just two examples of photo stories that were featured in the newspaper. After the liberation of Paris, the Bureau reopened in August 1944 and the records were returned.

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Uncovering Local Sharecropping through a General Store: The Van Brunt Business Records

Archives Blogs

Sharecropping was an agricultural labor system that replaced slavery following the end of the Civil War. The country store in Iamonia is one example of how credit networks drove sharecropping. At the beginning of the agricultural year, sharecroppers bought their seeds and supplies on credit. ” Click to view slideshow.

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Understanding the different types and kinds of Artificial Intelligence

IBM Big Data Hub

For example, Apple made Siri a feature of its iOS in 2011. Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and IBM Watson are examples of Narrow AI. However, while Limited Memory AI can use past data for a specific amount of time, it can’t retain that data in a library of past experiences to use over a long-term period.

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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

Info Source

For example, they are exploring how customer expectations are changing and how they can tailor their offers accordingly. Over the past year, Libraries and Archiving, Education, Mining, Media Companies, and Agriculture have also demonstrated noteworthy progress towards adopting digitalisation, resulting in increased scanning needs.

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Updated SCA Page in Florida History Research Guide

Archives Blogs

One of our major projects this summer in light of Covid-19 and the need for expanded online services has been to update our presence on FSU Library research guides to better connect patrons with our materials remotely. Research guides can be accessed through the tile, “Research Guides,” on the library’s main page.