Link Love: 3/2/2012

The Flickr Commons group always has interesting conversations about the photographic gems from various institutions on the Commons. We just added a recent discovery to this thread on “personal connections” made with photos on the Commons—we were contacted by the future child of the little boy above.
If you haven’t heard yet, you likely will soon: the New York Times has a new photo blog, Lively Morgue, featuring photographs from their archives.
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum has launched a new blog in anticipation of the Space Shuttle Discovery’s acquisition and arrival.
A beautiful interface: Old Maps Online—as the name suggests, an easy-to-use resource allowing the user to browse many beautiful and detailed historic maps by typing a place-name or by clicking in a map window [via Digital Humanities Now].
We were reminded that our friends at the Society of American Archivists have a plethora of useful resources, including this guide on using archives for effective research.
The difficulties of preserving footage of protests, and a project that aims to teach protestors to protect and preserve the videos that they shoot [via @DavidRowntree]:

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I am a photographer in Raleigh so I naturally enjoyed the flickr photography comments, but the old maps page is awesome.

Thanks,

Bruce

Bruce Johnson November 27, 2012 at 1:57 pm

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