The new “Portal to American Jewish History” site is not yet live, but this screenshot provides a preview of how it will look. (See the previous post on the Portal for more information.)
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Judaica Europeana
Digital Project Demonstration by Dov Winer (European Association for Jewish Culture)
Judaica Europeana works with cultural institutions to identify and provide access online to content which documents the Jewish presence and heritage in the cities of Europe.
Notes on the Judaica Europeana demonstration at the Center for Jewish History’s “From Access to Integration” conference:
To complete this project, a network of 24…
ArchivesSpace
Digital Project Demonstration by Katherine Kott
The ArchivesSpace community is building an open-source web application to manage descriptive information for archives, manuscripts, and digital objects, with generous support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Notes on the ArchivesSpace demonstration at the Center for Jewish History’s “From Access to Integration” conference:
Objective of ArchivesSpace: To build a “next generation” archives management tool
(A community effort,…
As the conference continues
This morning, in her introduction to the first working session, Carol A. Mandel (Dean, Division of Libraries, New York University) outlines three tasks for our conference participants:
First, they should think about what they know from their own scholarship, experience and projects that can be of use in thinking about the projects that are being presented here today. Making these projects “better” can mean…