Misc. blurps for the week of Jan. 11

And a picture of stamps from Hong Kong, for kicks.

One document at a time: Small scale digitization projects (haven’t read it yet but seems quite relevant to my work).

Great selection of digital collections from University of Hawaii Library (hey, I work there! But not on these): Digital Archive Collections. Everything from Hawaiian language newspapers to old fire insurance maps of Honolulu to the 442nd RCT Japanese Veterans archive.

Technology Essentials 2010: WebJunction Online Conference. Free online conference Feb. 9-10, about technology and libraries.

A Gentle Introduction to GIS: free PDF and worksheets on using open source GIS software Quantum GIS. More info at The Map Room.

In November 2010, AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) and IASA (Int’l Association of Sound and Video Archives) will combine their annual conferences into one SUPER CONFERENCE in Philadelphia. Sign me up!