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Title: A Data Set of Annotated Historical Maps
Description: This data set is designed for testing the performance of optical character recognition
Date Created: 2017
PID: grinnell:19349

Title: A Simple Experiment for Discussion of Quantum Interference and Which-Way Measurement
Description: Description of an experiment utilizing a Mach-Zehnder interferometer.
Date Created: 2002
PID: grinnell:47

Title: Books by Henry S. Conard
Description: A bibliography with books by Henry Conard, based on books held in the Grinnell College Archives as of 1980.
Date Created: 1980
PID: grinnell:197

Title: China Adventure, China Adventure - A Blog by Professor Daniel Kaiser
Description: While teaching in Nanjing, Daniel Kaiser, Professor Emeritus of History, kept a blog entitled "China Adventure"
Date Created: 2011
PID: grinnell:5000

Title: Deep Neural Networks for Text Detection and Recognition in Historical Maps
Description: Code and experimental data for the ICDAR 2019 paper by Weinman et al. introducing deep convolutional and recurrent neural networks for end-to-end, open-vocabulary text reading on historical maps.
Date Created: 2019
PID: grinnell:23320

Title: Engaging Graduate Medical and Health Sciences Students in Scholarly Communication: The Des Moines University Library’s Research & Scholarly Communication Peer Associate Program.
Description: This piece introduces the Des Moines University Library’s Research and Scholarly Communication Peer Associate Program, focusing on the curriculum of a five-day summer institute developed for graduate medical and health sciences students and rooted in a critical information literacy framework. The authors outline the institute’s philosophy and approach and provide readers with key content areas, materials, activities, and homework prompts. Initial program assessment is discussed, and the authors share their thoughts on how the program might continue to evolve to meet the changing needs of students. The article concludes with reflections from two peer associates who participated in the program during the 2022–2023 academic year.
Date Created: 2023
PID: grinnell:35390

Title: From Papyrus to Kindle: a Glimpse at the History of Printing in the Western World, A Glimpse at the History of Printing in the Western World
Description: Books all over the world continue to undergo an evolution, which began many centuries ago, to achieve the appearance that we are familiar with today. In both the Eastern world and the West, practically every aspect of the printed book has changed. From the physical appearance of the book, to the location of the title page, to the variety of production methods and uses of illustrations, and from papyrus scrolls, to bound volumes, to e-readers, books today may bear no resemblance to their previous incarnations.
Date Created: 2011
PID: grinnell:867

Title: Gospel Truth About the Negro Spiritual
Description: Negro spirituals are songs created by the Africans who were captured and brought to the United States to be sold into slavery. This Lecture-Recital was presented by Randye Jones, Soprano & Researcher; assisted by William Tinker, Piano, at Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Date Created: 2007
PID: grinnell:63