Tuesday, March 05, 2002

Internet Moving Images Archive A future time sink, no doubt about it.  "This collection contains movies that the Prelinger Archives has digitized (about 956 now online) and donated to the Internet Archive. The films focus mainly on everyday life, culture, industry, and institutions in North America in the 20th century. This is the first time that most of the films have been available to the public. They are "open source movies" -- available for viewing at no cost and with few restrictions. About 956 films are now online." I was just browsing through the A's and found a 1964 New York World's Fair Report, A is for Atom (1953), and a fine selection of 1950's teen instructional films including Act Your Age (1949) and the classic Age of Turmoil (1953).  Sensible solutions for today's troubled youth.  The files are rather large and can be streamed in Real Player format or downloaded in a variety of formats including .mpg and .avi. 11:47:47 PM    comment [] Google Bombs, Dead Media and Shadow Governments, oh my! 11:18:07 PM    comment [] Digital Domesday Book lasts 15 years not 1000 "It was meant to be a showcase for Britain's electronic prowess - a computer-based, multimedia version of the Domesday Book. But 16 years after it was created, the 2.5 million pound BBC Domesday Project has achieved an unexpected and unwelcome status: it is now unreadable. The special computers developed to play the 12in video discs of text, photographs, maps and archive footage of British life are - quite simply - obsolete. As a result, no one can access the reams of project information - equivalent to several sets of encyclopaedias - that were assembled about the state of the nation in 1986. By contrast, the original Domesday Book - an inventory of eleventh-century England compiled in 1086 by Norman monks - is in fine condition in the Public Record Office, Kew, and can be accessed by anyone who can read and has the right credentials." Robin McKie and Vanessa Thorpe The Observer  via  <nettime> 11:11:11 PM    comment [] Scholars Who Dig-itize Gutenberg "In an ambitious project, the Library of Congress is digitizing its perfect rendition of the Gutenberg Bible. These high-resolution images could reveal more about Gutenberg's invention of moveable type."  [Wired News] "Excellent article about how the LOC will even include microscopic details in order to allow users to zoom in on individual letters. I wonder if Jack Valenti will be surprised to hear that the Bible is in the public domain and is not only well-protected, but flourishing. Or is this supposed to be bad for the public domain and it doesn't benefit consumers? Maybe god should extend his copyright on it instead."  [The Shifted Librarian] 11:08:35 PM    comment []

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