Coca Crystal (1947-2016) was a journalist, television personality, and political activist. She contributed to the East Village Other, writing about counterculture politics with a strong focus on women’s issues.
Mirador IIIF viewer available for all books
We have officially launched our Mirador pilot! This open-source, IIIF-ready viewing environment is a worthy alternative to our home-grown viewer.
Conspiracy to blackmail, in 1805 Britain: trial text published
We just published the Verbatim Report of the proceedings against Edwards and Passingham for conspiracy to blackmail George Townshend Forrester. This is the frank and unexpurgated text of a trial concerning alleged homosexual acts, which were illegal and taboo in Regency England
Sir William Jones Manuscripts collection: 18th Century comparative linguistics studies
We just published the manuscripts of Sir William Jones (1746-1794), a British lawyer in India and pioneer of comparative linguistic studies. Included are documents in Sanskrit and Persian relating to astrology, botany and law.
Syria collection published
Acquired from photographer Xenia Nikolskaya and researcher Heba Habib, the Syria Collection includes 1,255 photographs including black and white gelatin silver prints and color photographs.
Data Repository Update
Members of the Libraries’ Ultraviolet Data Repository project team recently presented on their work at the Open Repositories conference in Denver. Laura Henze, Senior UX Designer in DLTS, presented on accessibility principles, recommendations for making institutional repositories accessible, and specific tools…
New guidelines for responsible scholarly publishing
As the web expands and becomes more experiential, scholarly publications are no longer static, limited spaces where the user’s functions are limited to scrolling and clicking. In the present day, an appendix for a digital scholarly work will include links…
The Many-Handed Move of Research Workspace
Research Workspace is a centrally located storage device that NYU users can mount locally on their desktops, allowing for large amounts of data to be accessed and shared. Continuing our work to maintain reliable service, the storage device that powers this service was relocated to a new facility as part of a large infrastructure reshuffle.
The Big Ancient World Migration
DLTS successfully moved over 200 books from the original Ancient World Digital Library (AWDL) site to the new site. This process took several attempts over a period of years to make it happen.
Spanish Civil War Poster Collection
We have just published the finding aid for the Spanish Civil War Poster Collection, including digitizing many of these gorgeous and important artifacts.