News from the UC San Diego Libraries
LYRASIS to Serve as Home Base for ArchivesSpace
May 15, 2012 – ArchivesSpace project partners UC San Diego, New York University, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, have announced that LYRASIS, the largest regional membership organization for libraries and information professionals in the US, will serve as the organizational home for the ArchivesSpace open source archives management system.
World-Renowned Melanesian Archive Turns 30
May 9, 2012 – On May 1, the UC San Diego Libraries will present an exhibit of materials in Geisel Library from its world-renowned Melanesian Archive, a unique archive of materials on the people, cultures, history and languages of Papua New Guinea and other island countries of the southwestern Pacific.
"Harry Potter's World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine"
May 6, 2012 – Although perceived as sheer fantasy by many, the magic depicted in the popular Harry Potter novels by author J.K. Rowling can be traced to Renaissance traditions that played a pivotal role in the development of modern science and medicine. The UC San Diego Libraries have been selected by the U.S. National Library of Medicine to host “Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine,” a traveling exhibit that sheds light on the Renaissance traditions featured in the Harry Potter canon.
Personal Digital Archiving Day Event to Provide Tips on Preserving Your "Stuff"
April 13, 2012 – Once upon a time, it was fairly easy to manage your old photos, correspondence, and even home movies, which, for the most part, were locked into one format, and could only be shared in the physical sense. The technological advances of the digital era have changed all of that, making a variety of media easily shared across multiple platforms but also posing challenges in terms of reliable long-term storage.
Holocaust Living History Workshop to Host Three "Witnessing History" Events During Spring 2012
April 6, 2012 – This spring, the UC San Diego Holocaust Living History Workshop (HLHW), sponsored by the UC San Diego Libraries and the Judaic Studies Program, continues its popular “Witnessing History” program, a series of talks focusing on the experience of history in the making. At the events, all of which are free and open to the public, attendees will have the opportunity to hear local Holocaust survivors share their stories and to learn about the Visual History Archive, the world’s largest database of Holocaust testimony. All events will take place in the Geisel Library’s Seuss Room from 5 to 7 p.m.