NEW RESOURCES Punk zine Maximum Rocknroll, which has been around since forever (or 1977) is raising money to create a digital archive of punk. “Since 1977, Bay Area punk institution Maximum Rocknroll […]
Mathematics, Planetary Physics, Staircases, More: Tuesday Afternoon Buzz, May 10, 2016
NEW RESOURCES MIT and other institutions have gotten together and launched a mathematical objects database. “The ‘L-functions and Modular Forms Database,’ or LMFDB, is a detailed atlas of mathematical objects that maps […]
Mercury, Livestreaming, 3D Printing, More: Monday Afternoon Buzz, May 9, 2016
NEW RESOURCES The first global topographic map of Mercury is now available. “The first topographic map of Mercury was released today by the U.S. Geological Survey, Arizona State University, Carnegie Institute of […]
HathiTrust, Open Source, Climate Change, More: Friday Afternoon Buzz, May 6, 2016
NEW RESOURCES Data analysts, you’ve now got a huge dataset to swim around in: The entire HathiTrust collection. “The HathiTrust Research Center (HTRC), a cooperative service of Indiana University, University of Illinois, […]
Google Slides, Peer Grade, YouTube, More: Thursday Afternoon Buzz, May 5, 2016
NEW RESOURCES Google has launched Slides Q&A. “When Shree [Bose] recently visited our New York office to present to 200 middle school students, we invited her to try a new feature in […]
