• Report: Hawaii State Archive Plans to Digitize Pearl Harbor Memorial Records

    From the  Honolulu Star-Advertiser (via Military.com):
    The Hawaii State Archive is cataloging documents and records from the Pacific War Memorial Commission, chronicling how the state raised money to commemorate the Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack by Japan.
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    “We’ve always had these records, but we never really dove into them, ” said state Archivist Adam Jansen.
    State archivists hope to make records and documents available digitally in two years for the 85th anniver
  • Journal Article: “Library Professionals: Instrumental in Black Digital Humanities”

    The article linked to below was recently published by DHQ (Digital Humanities Quarterly).
    Title
    Library Professionals: Instrumental in Black Digital Humanities
    Author
    Jina DuVernayClark Atlanta UniversityGwinnett County Public Library
    Source
    DHQ (Digital Humanities Quarterly)Volume 18 Number 4 (2024)
    Abstract
    Librarians and archivists, particularly those whose work focuses on resources pertaining to the Black diaspora, play a vital role in the field of Black digital humanities. Yet, all too ofte

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