Blog Archives - 91麻豆精品 Thu, 05 Sep 2024 08:57:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 /wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-favicon-512-32x32.png Blog Archives - 91麻豆精品 32 32 Africa: present challenges and past perspectives /africa-present-challenges-and-past-perspectives/ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 08:56:47 +0000 /?p=3939 What can the archives show us about climate change, healthcare, and colonization? Increasing temperatures, extreme weather incidents, and fluctuating rainfall patterns in Africa are contributing to issues like biodiversity loss, food security, water shortages, and desertification. Our archives contain a wide range of documentation that explores Africa鈥檚 environmental history.

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]]> What can the archives show us about climate change, healthcare, and colonization? Increasing temperatures, extreme weather incidents, and fluctuating rainfall patterns in Africa are contributing to issues like biodiversity loss, food security, water shortages, and desertification. Our archives contain a wide range of documentation that explores Africa鈥檚 environmental history.

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]]> In Celebration of Women and Wanderlust: Exploring the Mediterranean /in-celebration-of-women-and-wanderlust-exploring-the-mediterranean/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 17:22:55 +0000 /?p=3797 Dr. Mar铆a Sebasti谩n Sebasti谩n is an architect and art historian. She is a professor at the Universitat de les Illes Balears, at the Department of Historical Sciences and Theory of the Arts. In 2022 she was awarded a Wiley Digital Archive Research Fellowship in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) to study the […]

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]]> Dr. Mar铆a Sebasti谩n Sebasti谩n is an architect and art historian. She is a professor at the Universitat de les Illes Balears, at the Department of Historical Sciences and Theory of the Arts. In 2022 she was awarded a Wiley Digital Archive Research Fellowship in collaboration with the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) to study the depictions of the Mediterranean area made by Margaret M. Hasluck and Emilia F. Noel. Learn more about her experience using the WDA platform to uncover the contributions of these women through their travels.

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]]> Surviving the Arctic Alone: The True Story of I帽upiat Heroine Ada Blackjack /surviving-the-arctic-alone-the-true-story-of-inupiat-heroine-ada-blackjack/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:22:49 +0000 /?p=3782 As the sole survivor of an ill-fated expedition in the 1920s, Ada Blackjack survived the harshness of Wrangel Island alone. Her determination to return home to her son drove her to learn new skills and fend for herself during a time when it was rare for women to work outside the home.

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]]> As the sole survivor of an ill-fated expedition in the 1920s, Ada Blackjack survived the harshness of Wrangel Island alone. Her determination to return home to her son drove her to learn new skills and fend for herself during a time when it was rare for women to work outside the home.

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]]> Dr. Alex Hall on the BAAS archive: “A fabulous new resource” /a-fabulous-new-resource-writes-dr-alex-hall/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 16:21:43 +0000 /?p=3206 “In my own research, even when I know what I’m after, the time and cost of searching and visiting widely dispersed records can be taxing,” writes Dr. Alex Hall. A science and environmental historian and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Birmingham, Dr. Hall says that “thanks to Wiley and Jisc’s collaboration, there is […]

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“In my own research, even when I know what I’m after, the time and cost of searching and visiting widely dispersed records can be taxing,” writes Dr. Alex Hall. A science and environmental historian and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Birmingham, Dr. Hall says that “thanks to Wiley and Jisc’s collaboration, there is a fabulous new resource – saving my time and bringing powerful new insights to the history of science.”

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]]> Finding the animals hidden in the Royal Geographical Society’s archives /animals-of-the-royal-geographical-society-fieldnotes-ii-working-in-the-digital-archives/ Mon, 17 May 2021 12:45:23 +0000 /?p=3182 Dr. Catherine Oliver, a geographer working at Cambridge University, is an RGS/WDA fellow doing research on animals in the Royal Geographical Society鈥檚 archives. She has been blogging about her discoveries and how they intersect with her work on vegan geographies (her upcoming book is titled Veganism, Animals, and Archives). Her posts on archival evidence of […]

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]]> , a geographer working at Cambridge University, is an RGS/WDA fellow doing research on animals in the Royal Geographical Society鈥檚 archives. She has been blogging about her discoveries and how they intersect with her work on vegan geographies (her upcoming book is titled ). Her posts on archival evidence of the use of animal labour in expeditions, friendships between geographers and animals, interspecies conflicts, and geographers mapping animal territories make good reads.

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]]> Search and Browse Seven Centuries of Manuscripts With Automated Text Recognition /search-and-browse-seven-centuries-of-manuscripts-with-automated-text-recognition/ Wed, 12 May 2021 17:58:59 +0000 /?p=3174 We are excited to announce that 91麻豆精品 continues to lead primary source discovery and analysis technology with Automated Text Recognition (ATR), an AI dedicated to manuscript search and exploration that offers full digital access to handwritten pages documenting seven centuries of the History of Science.

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]]> We are excited to announce that 91麻豆精品 continues to lead primary source discovery and analysis technology with Automated Text Recognition (ATR), an AI dedicated to manuscript search and exploration that offers full digital access to handwritten pages documenting seven centuries of the History of Science.

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]]> Finding Women in the RGS Archive /2795-2/ Wed, 09 Dec 2020 13:55:56 +0000 /?p=2795 Dr. Sarah L. Evans, from the Royal Geographical Society, writes about Finding Women in the Archives.

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]]> Dr. Sarah L. Evans, from the Royal Geographical Society, writes about Finding Women in the Archives.

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]]> Interview with Librarian Emily Lin: How We Rescued the Archives from Wildfire /interview-with-librarian-emily-lin-how-we-rescued-the-archives-from-wildfire/ Thu, 03 Dec 2020 15:14:39 +0000 /?p=2829 When a wildfire threatened Sequoia National Park, UC Merced Librarian Emily Lin worked with national parks curator Ward Eldredge to relocate the archive containing 130 years of the park鈥檚 history.

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]]> When a wildfire threatened Sequoia National Park, UC Merced Librarian Emily Lin worked with national parks curator Ward Eldredge to relocate the archive containing 130 years of the park鈥檚 history.

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]]> Public Policy, Communicating Science, And Enhanced Access: The Importance of Digitized Archives /public-policy-communicating-science-and-enhanced-access-the-importance-of-digitized-archives/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 15:23:39 +0000 /?p=2832 The tension between science and belief systems has surfaced many times before during public health crises. Archival material from these periods illuminate much of the push for science to legitimately influence policy and legislature.

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]]> The tension between science and belief systems has surfaced many times before during public health crises. Archival material from these periods illuminate much of the push for science to legitimately influence policy and legislature.

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]]> Integrating Digital Primary Sources Into Undergraduate Education /integrating-digital-primary-sources-into-undergraduate-education/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:30:06 +0000 /?p=2835 The unexpected acceleration to virtual learning creates a new urgency to ensure that primary source materials can be accessed remotely for teaching, learning and research.

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]]> The unexpected acceleration to virtual learning creates a new urgency to ensure that primary source materials can be accessed remotely for teaching, learning and research.

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