Category Archives: History

History Trends

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

This is a collection of the links related to the brief presentation on History Trends that I am doing at the Massachusetts Library Association Conference tomorrow. Facial Recognition Picasa and other image management systems have facial recognition that can help … Continue reading →

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C-Span Video Archives

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The C-SPAN Video Library launched last week, opening up access to an amazing reference resource for students, journalists and anyone interested in history and government. This includes over 160,000 hours of political and public affairs events covered by the C‑SPAN … Continue reading →

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Depression Memories on Video

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The New York Times has announced an oral history project called The New Hard Times. Readers are invited to interview friends or family members who lived through the Great Depression, and have them share their memories and offer their advice … Continue reading →

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Living Room Candidate

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

Living Room Candidate — If you’ve had enough of the 2008 election, how about looking to the past? The Living Room Candidate website is a beautifully-designed online exhibit from the Museum of the Moving Image, showcasing presidential campaign commercials from … Continue reading →

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Boston Public Library on Flickr

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

The Boston Public Library is sharing several collections of artistic and historic images to Flickr, including local brewery posters, rare books, manuscripts, postcards, photographs and much more. Two collections are of particular interest for local interest to NOBLE libraries. The … Continue reading →

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Building Community Through Photography

Posted on May 9, 2008 by Elizabeth Thomsen

I did a presentation on this topic at the Massachusetts Library Association conference in Falmouth this morning, and posted the PowerPoint on Slideshare: Building Community Through Photography View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: flickr libraries)

Posted in Animoto, Firefox, Flickr, History, Libraries, Local History, Photographs, Presentations, Reference, SlideShare, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment