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http://researchbuzz.me/2015/05/18/museums-open-data-coastal-flooding-more-monday-morning-buzz-may-18th-2015/

The Guggenheim is donating 100 of its artworks’ images to Wikipedia. “On May 19, the Guggenheim will host its second Wikipedia “edit-a-thon” and is donating 100 images of artworks from its collection to Wikipedia. During the event, participants at the museum and online will add information about these artworks and the artists who created them, including Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, and Vincent Van Gogh, to Wikipedia, the world’s largest free source of knowledge.”

From Shanghai Daily: a look at how museums in China are putting their archives online. “The Shaanxi History Museum in the northwestern city of Xi’an has been a pioneer in using a digital platform for exhibiting antiques. So far, 208 public and private museums and memorials in Shaanxi Province have opened online exhibition halls.”

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, The New York Times looks at a pioneering museum, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. “By 2020, the museum intends to digitize all one million objects in its collection — from masterpieces by Rembrandt and Vermeer to Delft pottery, silk brocade gowns and matchlock muskets. Today, 25 percent of the museum’s collection, including nearly all of its paintings, is freely available for download in high-resolution on rijksmuseum.nl, with new images being added every day.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/11581810/Pristine-9th-century-gospel-oldest-of-its-kind-in-private-hands-to-be-sold-for-up-to-10m.html

http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/getty-union-list-of-artist-names-ulan-linked-open-data/

"The Union List of Artist Names (ULAN)® is a resource containing more than 650,000 names and biographical information for current and historical artists, architects, patrons, workshops, firms, museums, and other people and groups associated with the creation and history of art, architecture, and other works of cultural heritage. "

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/05/how-private-dna-data-led-idaho-cops-wild-goose-chase-and-linked-innocent-man-20

"This case highlights the extreme threats posed to privacy and civil liberties by familial DNA searches and by private, unregulated DNA databases. People should be able to learn about their ancestors and relatives and about possible risks for genetic diseases without fear that their data will be shared with the cops without their consent. However, Usry’s case shows that we can’t count on private companies’ internal policies to keep our private data safe, and we should think twice before sharing our genetic information with a third party."

Thanks to M. Schmalenstroer.

Update:
http://legalgenealogist.com/blog/2015/05/03/facts-matter/

Annotated bibliography by Eira Tansey:

http://eiratansey.com/2015/04/24/pda15bib/

http://blogs.ch.cam.ac.uk/pmr/2015/04/16/thecontentmine-is-ready-for-business-and-will-make-scientific-and-medical-facts-available-to-everyone-on-a-massive-scale/

http://contentmine.org/

The Harvard Law School Library’s Historical & Special Collections is pleased to announce the release of several early manuscript digital collections of likely interest to students and scholars of late medieval and early modern Anglo-American law and history.

ENGLISH MANOR ROLLS: We recently began a multi-year project to conserve and digitize our collection of English manor rolls. The collection consists of 170 court rolls, account rolls, and other documents from various manors, ranging in date from 1282 to 1770. For a complete description of the collection, see the finding aid, which will change and grow as digital images of the rolls become available. Links to the images, along with improved descriptions of the rolls, will be added as the project progresses. We welcome your suggestions for improved descriptions; email specialc@law.harvard.edu with your feedback. For more information, visit http://etseq.law.harvard.edu/2015/03/early-english-manor-rolls-go-online/

REGISTERS OF WRITS: With funding from the Ames Foundation and the Harvard Law School Library, we have digitized our entire manuscript collection of 19 registers of English legal writs, dating from about 1275 to 1476. A link to the online collection is available here: https://listview.lib.harvard.edu/lists/hollis-014294537. Cataloging information for each writ may be found by searching Harvard’s library catalog, HOLLIS, and browsing by “other call number”: HLS MS XXX.

MAGNA CARTA and ENGLISH STATUTORY COMPILATIONS: To celebrate Magna Carta’s 800th birthday, the Ames Foundation and the Harvard Law School Library have digitized our entire manuscript collection of English statutory compilations, dating from about 1300 to 1500. A link to the collection is available here: https://listview.lib.harvard.edu/lists/hollis-014294028. Search HOLLIS as described above for cataloging information.

ENHANCING THE ONLINE DESCRIPTIONS: The Ames Foundation has begun a project to fully describe the contents of these registers and statutes. Visit
http://amesfoundation.law.harvard.edu/digital/StatsAndRegWrits/ to read more about the project, to see an example of a fully-described manuscript (HLS MS 184), and to find out how you can help. (EXLIBRIS-L)