Beyond the Bytes, October 2, 2015

October 2, 2015

recently added Collections …

Bellaire Historical Society
Through a collaboration between the Bellaire Historical Society and the Friends of the Bellaire Library, the Bellaire Area Newspaper collection has been made available on The Portal to Texas History. It is the purpose of the Bellaire Historical Society to preserve, maintain, restore and display designated historical landmarks, natural beauty, documents, artifacts, records of persons active in the history of the City of Bellaire and any other objects distinctive of this history; all to the end that it may be a fitting memorial to those citizens and individuals who… (more)

UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
Published weekly, the Texas Register records state agency rule making and review actions, governor’s appointments, attorney general opinions, requests for proposals, and other miscellaneous documents. This archive, established through a partnership with the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, Texas Register Section, provides free access to all issues of the Texas Register from Volume 1, No. 1 (January 6, 1976). to… (more)

Things to look forward to…

Rescuing Texas History grant acceptance are in!
The anticipated completion of these collections is by September 2016. Congratulations to them all!
Carrollton Public Library, Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Cleng Peerson Research Library at the Bosque Museum, Kerr County Historical Commission, University of Texas Dallas, Dr. Pound Historical Farmstead, Travis County Historical Commission, Eanes History Center, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library, Fire Museum of Texas, Frisco Public Library, Abilene Library Consurtioum, Dallas Genealogical Society, Moody Medical Library Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, Battleship Texas State Historical Site, Botanical Research Institute of Texas Library, T. Brad Willis, The George Everill Pierce Photograph Collection, Texas Military Forces Museum, Edison Museum, Brown County Museum of History, Margay Welch, Woman’s Wednesday Club of Fort Worth, Alvin Museum Society, Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library, Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau, Walker County Genealogical Society, Hispanic Heritage Center of Texas, McCulloch County Historical Commission, Galveston Historical Foundation, Dallas Municipal Archives, Dallas Firefighters Museum, Old Town Keller Foundation, Boyce Ditto Public Library, Haslet Public Library, Sam Rayburn House State Historic Site, City of Belton Lena Armstrong Public Library, Pioneer City County Museum, Murphy Historical Society INC, Archives of the Big Bend, First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Galveston

From the Web

The DPLA (Digital Public Library of America) was established in October 2010, their purpose is to bring different viewpoints, experiences, and collections together in a single platform and portal, all while providing open and coherent access to our society’s digitized cultural heritage. DPLA has an exciting opportunity to partner with PBS Learning Media to provide greater exposure to content presently available on the DPLA Portal. Our Portal Partners collections information may be used for sharing links to content or putting up web versions of items on the DPLA site like they do with exhibitions. This is all being set up just in time for the new school year and can hopefully be put to use very soon. The Portal to Texas History is honored to be apart of DPLA’s growth.

from the UNT Digital Library

ULTRA-LIGHTWEIGHT CEMENT

The objective of this project is to develop an improved ultra-lightweight cement using ultralight hollow glass spheres (ULHS). Work reported herein addresses Task 1: Assess Ultra-Lightweight Cementing Problems and Task 3: Test Ultra-Lightweight Cements. Results reported this quarter include a review and summary of Halliburton Energy Services (HES) and BJ Services historical performance data for lightweight cement applications… (more)