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DLF HBCU Fellows Announced!

on September 20,2017 in Forum

It is with great excitement that we announce the twenty-four (!!) outstanding DLF HBCU Fellows, primarily from historically black colleges and universities or with HBCU backgrounds, who will attend our 2017 DLF Liberal Arts/HBCUs Preconference and Forum in October, thanks to a generous grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. This fellowship program and pre-conference event is …

DLF on Privacy, Preservation, & Free Access to Government Info via Title 44

on September 19,2017 in Director's Desk

Last week, Rachel Mattson shared a recent presentation by Jim Jacobs of FreeGovInfo to the DLF Government Data Transparency and …

The Pose Slide Collection of The Ohio State University Libraries

on September 11,2017 in Contribute

This post was contributed by Jennifer Vinopal, Associate Director for Information Technology at The Ohio State University (OSU) Libraries …

Title 44 and the Uncertain Future of Free Public Access to Government Info in the US

on September 11,2017 in Interest Groups

This post comes to us from Rachel Mattson, the lead organizer of the DLF interest group on Government Records Transparency and …

New IMLS grant supports 21+ DLF HBCU Fellowships!

on August 30,2017 in Forum

UPDATE, 30 August 2017: Thanks to a generous IMLS LB21 grant in support of our collaboration with the HBCU Library …

Updating the Historic Oregon Newspapers Website with Open-ONI

on August 29,2017 in Contribute

This post was contributed by Carolina Hernandez (left), Journalism and Communication Librarian, and Sarah Seymore (right), Digital Collections Metadata …