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| DIGITAL INITIATIVES & TECHNOLOGY | MARCH 2013 |
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Arabic and Persian Medical Texts: Transmission of Knowledge Between Civilizations In the October newsletter, we reported that three collections were being digitized and made available to library patrons. This issue focuses on the first of these fascinating collections, namely the Arabic and Persian Medical texts held in the Medical-Historical collection of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. Medical knowledge created by Hippocrates, Galen, and other medical authorities traveled across time and space thanks to Arabic authors such as Ibn Sīna (Avicenna) and al-Rāzī (Rhazes). These scholars from the past adopted, translated, and augmented Greek and Roman medical knowledge, transmitting this corpus to Western societies during the Renaissance. New medical practices such as inoculation against smallpox were also developed in Arabic countries and adopted by the British in the early 18th century. Through digitization and dissemination, made possible by the Arcadia fund, a unique set of Arabic and Persian medical manuscripts and books, including early translations of Arabic works, will soon be available online. Read more... |
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New Directions in Digital Scholarship, A Great Success Faculty, students, and librarians filled the Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall in early March, to hear engaging and provocative talks by three experts in the field of digital humanities at the New Directions for Digital Scholarship, Spring Chapter. The forum examined how scholarship and its supporting institutions might face the upcoming opportunities and challenges of an open, digital, and networked environment. Read more... |
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Did you know... ...that Intellectual Property Rights or IPR need to be considered when planning for digitization? Cornell University has contributed a great deal of information helpful to libraries on this topic. Read more... |
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