The Fine Arts Library Media & Digital Lab

Just wanted to make sure you all know about this: the Fine Arts Library now has a Media & Digital Lab located on the lower level of the Sackler Building. The Lab has MAC and PC workstations with software for creating, editing, presenting, and viewing digital media, and these are all available to Harvard students and faculty. Software available includes: ARTstor Offline Image Viewer, PowerPoint, Photoshop, Keynote, iMovie, iDVD, Photo Booth, and Garage Band.

Lab hours are: Monday-Thursday: 9 AM-10 PM; Friday: 9 AM-6 PM, Saturdays: 10 AM - 5 PM, Sundays: 1 PM-6 PM.

Drop-in help is available: Monday-Thursday: 3-9 PM; Friday: 3-6 PM.

Get in touch with FAL Media Lab Staff for assistance:
Spruill Harder, Visual Resources Librarian, sgharder@fas.harvard.edu, and
Al Morales, Public Services Supervisor, admoral@fas.harvard.edu; and
telephone: 617-495-4982.

At your service,
Cheryl

Digitized Scrolls from the Japanese Manuscript Collection, 1158-1591

The Harvard Law School Library has just put up on the web a digital collection entitled, Digitized Scrolls from the Japanese Manuscript Collection, 1158-1591 . The Japanese Manuscript Digital Collection consists of twenty-two medieval legal manuscripts and annotated facsimiles in scroll form called komonjo (komonjo are remnants of day-to-day legal transactions which frequently focus on land and property issues, though they can also represent edicts and judicial rulings). This collection spans nearly 450 years, and provides a rare window into legal transactions in the Heian (794–1185), Kamakura (1185–1333), Moromachi (1333–1568), and Momoyama (1568–1600) periods. It is part of a large donation presented to the Harvard Law Library in 1936, and is one of the finest collections of its type outside Japan. You may view the individual scrolls via the link, above.

At your service,
Cheryl