Any music lover knows that media formats come and go. Back in the mid-1990s, I was excited to start a collection of cassette tapes when I received a portable cassette player for my 13th birthday. CDs ...

Ricky publishes and manages the content on BizTech magazine's website. He's a writer, technology enthusiast, social media lover and all-around digital guy. While we are increasingly living in a more ...

The ability to digitize hard copies, the proliferation of born-digital content, and increased access to online distribution hold the promise of improved access to library materials. Despite these ...

Earlier this month, library digitization assistant Kelly Perry placed an 1845 German medical history book on a machine three times her size. Perry can choose to turn the pages herself, but on this ...

Thanks to a Library Services and Technology Act grant, the Jacob Edwards Library was able to have many high school yearbooks digitized from archives. The project was officially completed in early May, ...

As students and faculty spent spring break adjusting to the news they would be completing the spring 2020 semester via remote learning, staff at the Sheridan Libraries began digitizing books, articles ...

Boise bookworms broke a personal reading record in 2025. Boise Public Library reached more than 1 million digital checkouts in 2025, setting a new record, according to a Jan. 21 news release from ...

Couple at the cemetery, Last Memorial Day, 1956. Pirkle Jones, from (Special Collections & Archives, University Library, UC Santa Cruz). Children behind chain fence, 1948. Ruth-Marion Baruch, from ...

The secrets of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library on the sixth floor of Van Pelt Library have now been revealed on the internet. A two-year grant funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities ...

State Librarian Deborah Schander and State Library Digital Inclusion Consultant Christine Gauvreau: Who has access to technology and digital tools and who doesn’t? Credit: Jabez Choi Photo Downtown ...

There is a certain peace to be found in the whirring fans and components of an old microfilm reader — the frosted glass screen and sturdy feel of the controls take you back to when research meant ...