Posts by author: Cynthia Varkey

Does this still fit?

On February 5, 2009 By

Ever go to a shoe store, try on a pair of shoes and think, “Wow, these are great”? Ever wear those same shoes around town for a bit and realize that they are actually too tight?

After wearing them for a year or so, we’ve decided that the Digital Collections home page and [...]

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YouTube video highlights documentary photos from early Soviet Russia

On December 16, 2008 By

Duke University Libraries has posted a video highlighting photographs from one of our newer digital collections, Americans in the Land of Lenin: Documentary Photographs of Early Soviet Russia, 1919-1930

Watch the video on YouTube
(length: 2:44)

Special thanks to Joaquin Bueno and Eric Zitser for their work on [...]

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Prequel to Sidney Gamble

On December 4, 2008 By

We recently posted a slideshow providing sample images highlighting what the Sidney Gamble Photograph collection looked like before we turned it into a digital collection.

The slideshow is included on a page (About the Photographs and the Project) that provides background information describing how the collection came to Duke.

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Taking the blog for another spin

On October 14, 2008 By

Since we are on a roll with team member introductions, I’ll take the blog for a spin and introduce myself.

I’m Thomas Crichlow, a Digital Projects Consultant/Web Designer at Duke University Libraries. I’ve worked with various portions of the Libraries’ websites since October 2005 and with the new Digital Collections system since [...]

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