http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr Digital Collections at the University of Maryland Libraries supports the teaching and research mission of the university by facilitating access to digital collections, information, and knowledge. This is accomplished through enhancing access to selected library resources through the development, maintenance, and preservation of digital collections; by serving as a knowledge resource within the university for digital library issues and development; by participating in national and international initiatives which further the development of new forms of scholarly communication, tools, standards, and applications; and by providing training and support in digital library standards and formats. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:48:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The University of Maryland Libraries recently digitized over 200 pre-1923 books and pamphlets documenting historic preservation activities in the United States, through the Mass Digitization Collaborative program, a collaboration between Lyrasis and the Internet Archive. Topics vary widely, from historical publications, such as Public school buildings of the city of ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2012/01/19/select-historic-preservation-publications-now-available-through-the-internet-archive/ The University of Maryland Libraries have continued to contribute materials for digitization to the Internet Archive as part of the Lyrasis Mass Digitization Collaborative. These media guides follow the Maryland Terrapin Men's Basketball team from their first days in Cole through the national championship season of 2002 and up to 2009, ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2011/07/27/university-of-maryland-mens-basketball-media-guides-now-available-via-the-internet-archive/ Digital Collections at the University of Maryland Libraries has recently digitized the records of the Phi Mu Fraternity, an engineering honor society later known as the Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Pi. The Phi Mu records consist of research papers on various engineering topics prepared as part of initiation ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2011/07/14/phi-mu-fraternity-papers-digitized/ Today, April 12th, marks the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. In commemoration of the sesquicentennial of this landmark in our nation’s history, the University Libraries’ Special Collections will be mounting two exhibitions during the 2011-2012 academic year, Women on the Border: Maryland Perspectives of the ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2011/04/12/university-libraries-to-commemorate-the-sesquicentennial-of-the-civil-war-with-two-exhibitions-in-hornbake-library/ The University of Maryland Libraries, together with the Internet Archive, has digitized over 300 Maryland State Planning documents as part of their participation in the Lyrasis Mass Digitization Collaborative. These state documents, which span the 1930s through the 1980s, contain valuable historical data about projects and resources in Maryland. The Maryland ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2011/02/17/university-of-maryland-digitizes-over-300-maryland-state-planning-documents/ If you missed The Well-Dressed Book: Cloth Book Binding in the United States 1830-1920, which was on exhibit in the Maryland Room, Hornbake Library, from February - December 2008, now is your chance to see the exhibit online! Images and captions from the Well-Dressed Book exhibit are now available via the ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2010/10/26/well-dressed-book-on-flickr/ The University of Maryland Libraries has recently digitized a full run of the Maryland House and Senate Documents series from 1840 through 1920.  The Maryland House and Senate Documents series is a frequently overlooked, but essential research source for understanding many of the issues that concerned Marylanders in the 19th ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2010/09/27/university-of-maryland-libraries-digitize-historic-maryland-house-and-senate-documents/ The University of Maryland Libraries are delighted to announce that a digital version of the papers of Dadaist artist, performer, and poet Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven is available to be consulted on-line through the Libraries’ ArchivesUM gateway. Researchers can access the digital edition through the collection’s EAD finding aid: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1501. ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2010/08/24/baroness-elsa-von-freytag-loringhoven-papers-digitized/ The Albert W. Hilberg Collection consists of 48 photographs of Hiroshima before and after the dropping of the atomic bomb, as well as 41 print publications by the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC). Albert W. Hilberg, M.D., was a physician member of the ABCC. These photographs may also ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2010/08/10/historic-hiroshima-images-digitized/ Man reading, from Histoire d'un hôtel de ville et d'une cathédrale Several rare books from the University of Maryland's holdings, documenting architectural history and theory, have been digitized and are now available in their entirety at the Internet Archive. Italian, English, French and German architectural standard texts of the 16th-, ... http://www.lib.umd.edu/dcr/2010/07/16/rare-books-on-the-history-of-architecture-digitized/