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November 2009
Le fonds Brailoiu
by Emaux
Le catalogue informatique du fonds Brailoiu présente 3028 enregistrements réunis par Constantin Brailoiu au MEG de 1944 à 1958.
Ce fonds universel présente notamment des copies de collections historiques et prestigieuses :• une sélection d'enregistrements effectués en Roumanie de 1928 à 1943 par Brailoiu et ses collaborateurs (537 plages) ;
• l'intégrale de la collection Ogoué-Congo, réalisée en 1946 par Gilbert Rouget et Alain Didier pour le Musée de l'Homme de Paris (101 plages) ;
• les enregistrements effectués par Marguerite Lobsiger-Dellenbach lors de la première expédition suisse au Népal en 1952 (97 plages) ;
• la série « Música de los cultos africanos en Cuba » de Lydia Cabrera, publiée en 1957 dans la collection du Musée de l'Homme (38 plages) ;
• la collection « Folk Music of the United States » (1934-1944) publiée par Alan Lomax pour la Library of Congress (249 plages).
October 2009
About the Chronicling America API - Chronicling America - The Library of Congress
by karlcow
Link using our stable URL pattern for titles, issues, editions, and pages.
Linked Data views of information about titles, batches, issues, and pages in RDF/XML.
September 2009
Obama's Health Care Address to Congress - Video Feature - NYTimes.com
by sbrothier
Interactive video and transcript of President Obama’s speech before a joint session of Congress on the need to overhaul health care.
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith
by access2
Two events made 1776 a remarkable year. The first is the well-known Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress.
The other, which ultimately has had a far greater influence on the world in which we live, was the quiet publication of The Wealth of Nations by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith.
Calling Smith an economist belies the fact that prior to The Wealth of Nations "economics" did not exist. His book is the foundation of the academic discipline.
XIN | Icograda World Design Congress Beijing 2009, Xin
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5 Online tools for following US government officials :: 10,000 Words
by paulantoinem
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August 2009
Google Answers: Verify quote from Hermann Goering - Nuremburg Trials
by ericpaul
(via)
Here is the complete quote, with a comment by Gilbert that occurred midway through it: "Nazi leader Hermann Goering, interviewed by Gustave Gilbert during the Easter recess of the Nuremberg trials, 1946 April 18, quoted in Gilbert's book 'Nuremberg Diary.' Goering: Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece. Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Gilbert: There is one difference. In a democracy the people have some say in the matter through their elected representatives, and in the United States only Congress can declare wars. Goering: Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
July 2009
June 2009
StoryCorps
by alexandre
Since 2003, over 50,000 people have shared life stories with family and friends through StoryCorps. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the Library of Congress. Millions listen to our broadcasts on public radio and the web. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind.
May 2009
Coyle's InFormation: LCSH as linked data: what is an LC Subject Heading?
by karlcow
The Library of Congress Subject Headings have been placed online in SKOS. You can search within the set or download the entire thing in RDF/XML or a n-triples.
Hauschka - Morgenrot on Vimeo
by karlcow
Jeff Desom made this music video for Hauschka by animating photos from the 20th century that he found in the Library of Congress. An innovative technique (with beautiful, haunting results). More about making the video here.film by Jeff Desom
music by Hauschka
Song issued from the album "Ferndorf" released by FatCat Records
April 2009
CQL: the Contextual Query Language: Specifications (SRU: Search/Retrieval via URL, Standards, Library of Congress)
by parmentierf
(via)
CQL, the Contextual Query Language, is a formal language for representing queries to information retrieval systems such as web indexes, bibliographic catalogs and museum collection information. The design objective is that queries be human readable and writable, and that the language be intuitive while maintaining the expressiveness of more complex languages.
February 2009
Programmable web : Congress SpaceBook and Hillary Clinton’s FOAF Entry (angl.)
by CharlesNepote
Congress Facebook est un mashup de 11 sources de données pour un accès plus factuel et plus transparent aux membres du Congrès américain. L'application agrège de multiples informations pour chaque personnes : ses votes, ses opinions exprimées, etc. Mieux, l'application produit des données au standard FOAF qui sont ensuite réexploitables par d'autres applications.
Library of Congress asking to put down a SKOS file of their catalog
by karlcow
For almost a year the Library of Congress Subject Headings were made available as SKOS from this site as an experiment. The goal was to leave the experiment active until there was a similar site running at the Library of Congress. However on December 18 I was asked to take the site down by the Library of Congress.
January 2009
Flickr: The Library of Congress' Photostream
by ericpaul
& 3 others
The Library of Congress' photostream
November 2008
September 2008
SRU: Search/Retrieval via URL -- SRU, CQL and ZeeRex (Standards, Library of Congress)
by parmentierf
& 2 others
(via)
SRU is a standard XML-focused search protocol for Internet search queries, utilizing CQL (Contextual Query Language), a standard syntax for representing queries.
July 2008
Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” video of Library of Congress presentation
by karlcow
The video of the presentation I gave at the Library of Congress last month is finally ready. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation.
May 2008
SMS Text News » Archives » Nokia’s Motivation Behind Ovi Uncovered
by karlcow
Several years ago, when Nokia bought GPS navigation company Gate5, most people were confused. When they announced Nokia Maps, it was slightly more obvious, but I think they’ve only shown off the tip of the iceberg for the Nokia Geo-Location services. Here’s why: 1. Nokia said last year that GPS would soon be a standard feature on their handsets. Today at the Mobile World Congress, they announced 4 handsets, of all range, and they all had GPS, as well as photo geotagging built-in.
SWD f2f Library of Congress, 2008-05-06 from Ralph R. Swick on 2008-05-07 (www-archive@w3.org from May 2008)
by karlcow
Souriez, vous êtes filmésSWD f2f Library of Congress, 2008-05-06
