New York Public Library Enhances Public Domain Collections for Sharing and Reuse

[uptown]

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/05/share-public-domain-collections

[Amorymeltzer]

There is some really fantastic stuff here. I'm especially excited about the maps, American[1] and otherwise, but the stereoscopic views[2] are amazing. They really give you a feel for what it must have been like to view these things. A fun technological trip.

1: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/5cd94760-c52a... 2: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/robert-n-denn...

[mdlincoln]

The NYPL has posted metatdata about these collections on GitHub as well

https://github.com/NYPL-publicdomain/data-and-utilities

[shmerl → mdlincoln]

More background on it: http://www.nypl.org/research/collections/digital-collections...

A visualization tool: http://publicdomain.nypl.org/pd-visualization/

[zhemao]

Wow, this is really great. There really is a wealth of knowledge and culture here. I'm especially interested in the collection of sheet music. It would be really great to make an album with new recordings of the old songs.

[dang]

More at http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/06/books/new-york-public-libr... via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10850011.