News: digital humanities

World Digital Preservation Day

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Coordinated by the Digital Preservation Coalition, World Digital Preservation DayÌýaims to improve awareness of the challenges of digital preservation, and gives us an opportunity to highlight the changing nature of University Library collections and how we’re looking after those collections for the future.

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New look database page

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We've launched our new look databases page for semester 2!ÌýNow you can just search for a database either by name or by selecting one of the categories.

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What will research collections be like in 2121? Digital Preservation and the University Library

The University Library looks after many wonderful and unique collections of manuscripts and archives. These collections may contain correspondence, diaries and notebooks, all of which provide a valuable insight into notable researchers’ experience and approach.Ìý We know that in 2021 much of this work now happens digitally.

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Fallen WW1 ANZACs remembered

Image shows a snapshot of photos of University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± students who died as soldiers in World War 1

Since 2014, the and the have been researching their players who served in the Great War (1914 - 1918). Today, in partnership with the AUFC/AUCC WWI Memorial Committee, we launch the profiles of twenty Fallen WWI Anzacs.

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Welcome to ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± Connect

University of ÐÂÀË²ÊÆ± Cloisters on North Terrace

This new showcasesÌýdigitised content from ourÌýspecial collections and is a powerful resourceÌýfor researchers and the community.Ìý

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World Digital Preservation Day

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Digital preservation recognises that the digital research output and associated intellectual property needs to outlast the medium on which it is created.

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