Daily Archives: April 21, 2009

Beautiful book…

On this Earth Day eve, check out “The dawn of the color photograph: Albert Kahn’s archives of the planet” by David Okuefuna. From Booklist: “In 1907 the Lumiere brothers, who wowed Paris with its first commercially shown movies in the … Continue reading

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World Digital Library is live!

“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and 32 partner institutions today launched the World Digital Library, a website that features unique cultural materials from libraries and archives from around the world. The site―located at www.wdl.org―includes manuscripts, maps, … Continue reading

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