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DROID is a software tool developed by The National Archives to perform automated batch identification of file formats. Developed by its Digital Preservation Department as part of its broader digital preservation activities, DROID is designed to meet the fundamental requirement of any digital repository to be able to identify the precise format of all stored digital objects, and to link that identification to a central registry of technical information about that format and its dependencies.

"Serendip-o-matic connects your sources to digital materials located in libraries, museums, and archives around the world. By first examining your research interests, and then identifying related content in locations such as the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), Europeana, and Flickr Commons, our serendipity engine helps you discover photographs, documents, maps and other primary sources."

What will be the first digital edition of the works and letters of Mary Russell Mitford, along with reflections on TEI XML, and digital humanities more widely. Includes network analysis graphs of Mitford's connections with correspondents.

25000 new texts added to this archive.

"the Ransom Center has adopted an open access policy, removing the requirement for permission and use fees for a significant portion of its online collections believed to be in the public domain. In conjunction with the release of the policy, the Ransom Center launches Project REVEAL (Read and View English and American Literature), a year-long initiative to digitize and make available 25 of its manuscript collections of some of the best-known names from American and British literature of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."

"Cantus Ultimus looks beyond mere digitization to imagine fully-searchable plainchant manuscripts. Open to all, Cantus Ultimus search tools will make it easier to discover, study, and interpret chant-for scholars, musicians, and the curious alike."

Fully searchable, open access digital editions of selected Records of Early English Drama. With some interesting methodological reflections.

with short comments and "recommended for" suggestions.

"Today's schools are focusing on boosting kids' technological proficiency and warning them about the perils of the web. But something critical is missing from this education."

Similar to Tony Howard's project

National Archives paper on "Selecting File Formats for Long-term Preservation"

information overload in historical context - a database containing 4358 entries on 93 themes all revolving around how we organise and process ever-expanding reams of information.