Search and Browse Seven Centuries of Manuscripts With Automated Text Recognition
May 12, 2021
We are excited to announce that Wiley Digital Archives 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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Coming on February 24: Free UKSG – Wiley webinar
February 2, 2021
Don’t miss this free webinar on February 24 2021, when UKSG and Wiley will bring together a librarian, a researcher, and a society member to share their perspectives and insights on the role of digital primary source materials in teaching and research. The webinar is open to UKSG members and non-members alike.
Advance registration is required. The event will be recorded and all registrants will receive a link to the recording after the session.
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RGS Wiley Digital Archive Research Fellowships 2020-21 Awarded
January 28, 2021
The Royal Geographical Society has awarded the Research Fellowships for 2020-21. Eleven researchers from around the world will have access to Wiley Digital Archives to advance their work on a wide range of subjects, from space flight to fauna, including the effects of colonialism and tourism in Singapore, the multimodal landscape of African urbanisms, an exploration of the early uses of isobaths and contour lines on maps, and other equally fascinating projects.
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Finding Women in the RGS Archive
December 9, 2020
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
December 3, 2020
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’s history.
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Public Policy, Communicating Science, And Enhanced Access: The Importance of Digitized Archives
November 23, 2020
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
November 20, 2020
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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Stories in the Archives, Drawn from Around the World
October 13, 2020
Watch the recording of panel session ‘Stories in the Archives, Drawn from Around the World’ from the RAI2020 Conference Anthropology and Geography: Dialogues Past, Present, and Future Conference.
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The “Othering” of Disease: Xenophobia During Past Pandemics
September 3, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised issues that transcend medicine and health, illuminating a long history of racial fears and anxieties that have historically been a common framework around global viruses.
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Beyond Text: Why the “Raw Stuff” Matters
August 20, 2020
When Arthur Bernard Deacon began his research of a South Pacific civilization in 1927, he couldn’t have predicted the value his field sketches would have on the legacy of the people of Vanuatu or on the field of anthropology itself.
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