Welcome to midweek! Here are some stories that have come across our desks recently at the MHL…
DigitalKoans writes that the European Commission has issued a report on the digitization, online accessibility, and preservation of cultural materials.
In light of the ongoing discussion around Google Books and the lawsuit being brought against Hathi Trust, a recent report from the U.S. Office of Copyrights may be of interest to those in the digital humanities.
In this fascinating post from So You Think You Can Digitize, authors David Bloom and Andrea Thomer ponder over uses for digitized material in the sciences. Along the same lines, check out this post, part of a series, from Digital Humanities Now on text-mining. (Click through to the full post to find links to the other parts of the series.)
And if you’re looking for holiday presents right now, perhaps this cookbook from University College London might be of interest to you? It collects historical and contemporary recipes including Roman fare.