Digitization and Libraries: newsy bits

Popular Science has put its entire archive online
http://www.popsci.com/archives

Apparently it works well on the iPhone, which probably means the iTouch. I haven't had time to investigate mobile technology as much as I would have liked but it is moving up the priority list.

Casanova's uncensored diaries have been purchased and then donated to the French National Library. The are plans to digitize them and make them available online.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/18/casanova-uncensored-diaries-sold

http://www.bnf.fr/fr/la_bnf/anx_actu_bib/a.bnf_manuscrits_casanova.html

If you like libraries (and who doesn't?), you'll like these photos of libraries around the world from the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/the-most-amazing-librarie_n_432126.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/22/the-most-amazing-librarie_n_469484.html

And if you are interested in reading, check out this new resource:

http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu/reading/

The Royal Society has also been doing a lot of interesting digitization. Recently posted was the William Stukeley's 1752 biography, Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life which contains a recounting of the story of Newton and the apple inspiration.

The digitization project: http://royalsociety.org/turning-the-pages/

The story on BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8461591.stm

Lastly, and people say things about Wikipedia...

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/48192