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  The Dead Sea Scrolls Are Now Digital

  773 readersSome of the most ancient collections of scrolls have been digitalized, Google being the helping hand in the process. The Leon Levy Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Library has been instigated with the purpose of bringing together the factions of ancient scrolls in digital format. The collection consists of more than 5,000 images of the Dead

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  Darwin’s personal library put online

  1825 readersNotes and comments scribbled by Charles Darwin on the pages and margins of his own personal library have been made available online for the first time. Darwin’s personal scientific library, the majority of which is held at Cambridge University Library, has been digitised in a collaborative effort involving Cambridge, the Darwin Manuscripts Project at the American Museum

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  Hi-res digital Dead Sea Scrolls from Israel Museum and Google

  1627 readers From The Telegraph: The oldest known biblical manuscripts will be available online in a high-resolution format thanks to a partnership between Google and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, to be launched today, features searchable, fast-loading images of five complete Israeli scrolls of the Second Temple Period, the

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  Hi-res digital Dead Sea Scrolls from Israel Museum and Google

  933 readers From The Telegraph: The oldest known biblical manuscripts will be available online in a high-resolution format thanks to a partnership between Google and the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The Dead Sea Scrolls Digital Project, to be launched today, features searchable, fast-loading images of five complete Israeli scrolls of the Second Temple Period, the

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  Digital resource use growing in schools across Australia and New Zealand

  2176 readersFrom the press release: Softlink, leading developer of Knowledge, Content & Library Management (KCLM) Systems, and OverDrivedistributor, observes the growth of eBooks and audio books in schools. Australian and New Zealand schools are embracing the use of digital resources as more libraries, iCentres and classrooms incorporate eBooks, audiobooks, music and video in their teaching using

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  Bloomsbury UK Gives Sharjah Shaikh Memoir Royal Treatment

  1533 readersBy Roger Tagholm There’s nothing quite like a Sharjah ruler’s book launch other than a… Sharjah ruler’s book launch.  Thursday night saw Bloomsbury UK’s dinner in London to celebrate publication of Taking the Reins, the second volume of memoirs from Sharjah ruler Shaikh Sultan Bin Mulhammad Al Qasimi.  The first volume was launched at the British Library;

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  ‘Unquiet Library’ lends Kindle devices to students

  679 readersFor the last four months, the library/media center at Creekview High School in Canton, Georgia has been lending out ten Kindle e-readers to its students. Librarian Buffy Hamilton has posted a summary of the results to the library’s blog, The Unquiet Library. With the exception of one student (who does not consider herself a reader),

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  Georgia (US) history ebook project

  2789 readersFrom a Digital Library Georgia Blog Post: The Digital Library of Georgia and the University of Georgia Press have collaborated to make important works on Georgia history available in a digital format. A list of titles is available from the University of Georgia Press website. Access to the digital editions is available through the Digital Library

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  In the 21st-Century University, Let’s Ban Books

  815 readersThis is the title of a Chronicle of Higher Education commentary by Marc Prensky, in which he suggests the first university to literally replace all books with electronic readers and ebooks will make history and usher in a new era of education. Why, in a world in which choice and personal preference are highly valued, would

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  Amazon to Add Social Gaming Features to the Kindle Fire

  612 readersThe next time you talk to yourself while playing a game on the Kindle Fire there might be someone to listen to you. Bloomberg is reporting that Amazon is planning to add some type of social network features to the Kindle Fire. The report is more than a little vague, but Bloomberg is claiming that inside