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Amnesty International Archives: A Global Movement for Human Rights, the newly-published primary source database from AM, invites students and researchers to explore the history of the leading human rights NGO, and how their activities intersected with other key events in the development of the idea of universal human rights.

The Loyola Marymount University (LMU) adopted AM Quartex in 2019. Neel Agrawal, Digital Projects Librarian, William H. Hannon Library, explores how innovative partnerships and collaborations have contributed to the development of the library's digital collections.

AM’s open access project, First Folios Compared, unlocks exciting new research opportunities for scholars, students and Shakespeare enthusiasts. James Gatheral, PhD, explores this resource’s unique features and potential uses, as well as discussing the importance of AM’s archival partnerships in developing the project.

AM is delighted to announce a partnership with the CUNY Dominican Studies Institute (CUNY DSI) to digitise several archival collections, to be featured in the forthcoming collection, Latin American Communities in the United States.

Lindsay Gulliver, Publishing Manager at AM and Erin Pearson-Willbery, Senior Editor at AM discuss the importance of creating accessible, sustainable and inclusive content through digitisation of primary sources, and using exciting new technologies such as Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR).

Sam Ellis, PhD, explores Himalayan Mountain nomenclature, revealing the plurality in names that were, and still are, prevalent amongst local voices when referring to the namesake of the former Surveyor-General, George Everest.

The Archbishop Desmond Tutu Archive, a new digital archival collection, commissioned by The Archbishop Tutu IP Trust and created by AM Quartex, launched on 7 October 2023, on what would have been the Archbishop’s 92nd birthday.

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Déirdre Joyce, Head of Digital Stewardship and the Digital Library, Syracuse University, documents the establishment of the Libraries' Department of Digital Stewardship, and how a new digital library model, which includes AM Quartex at its heart, was developed to provide patrons with improved digital access to the university's special collections.

AM’s latest publication, British Newsreels, 1911-1930, is an exciting new video resource based on over 6,000 early twentieth century Topical Budget newsreels drawn from the British Film Institute and the Imperial War Museums.

AM has announced a new partnership with the digitisation solution provider Microform, which will see the digital collections platform AM Quartex made available as an enhancement to Microform’s digitisation service offering to libraries and archives.

The stories of LGBTQ+ people throughout history are notoriously difficult to uncover. It is, then, to the rare, personal queer archive that we must turn to find insights into lives and complex experiences that may subvert our expectations of straightforward stories. The personal archive of Michael B sheds light on one such story.

Drawn from the vast records of the British Colonial Office held at The National Archives, UK, this unique collection documents the governance of 25 territories in the Caribbean, spotlighting a wide range of themes and narratives.

AM has partnered with Preservica, a global leader in Active Digital Preservation archiving. The collaboration will result in an integration that offers libraries and archives a well-rounded digital ecosystem to protect and publish their digital assets.

Find out more about the newest addition to our Archives Direct portfolio, the first part of Conflict in Indochina: 1959-1964. Through reports, memoranda, photographs, maps, and economic data, researchers and students are afforded a behind-the-scenes look at a time of crisis and upheaval for the region following French decolonisation.

Rice University's archives, special collections and digitised copies of rare books are now easier to discover than ever before, in a new digital repository built using AM Quartex, chosen for its innovative automated transcription capabilities and the ability to translate non-English content.

Explore AM's groundbreaking Open Access archive dedicated to Shakespeare's First Folios. This innovative online platform allows researchers, students, and Shakespeare enthusiasts worldwide to explore and compare copies of the renowned First Folio. The project marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the First Folio, a seminal collection of William Shakespeare's plays printed in 1623.

AM's new digital resource, allows researchers to delve into the RSC's extensive production history to explore how the works of William Shakespeare, his contemporaries, and other playwrights have been performed since the late nineteenth century.

The Cape Ann Museum is celebrating 400 years of the City of Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a new digital archive, built using AM Quartex.

AI-powered automated transcription services are being leveraged to broaden access and discovery of the International Mission Board’s manuscript materials and upcoming oral history collections, as well as to create workflow efficiencies and accelerate the publication of new collections.

AM’s latest collection Broadcasting America invites students and researchers to explore the rise of mass media and communications in the twentieth century.

Library Journal has named The Gilded Age and Progressive Era and Mass Observation Project in its annual Best Reference Picks.

Africa and the New Imperialism, 1870-1914 is a ground-breaking collection providing the most extensive resource covering Africa in the age of New Imperialism; a major period of colonial expansion that sent shockwaves that are still felt today. These were 44 years that reshaped the African continent and transformed the modern world.

Scanning historical documents and making them available to scholars in digital format helps to increase their accessibility. AI-driven Handwritten Text Recognition is helping to further overcome key limitations faced by researchers in accessing handwritten letters and  manuscripts.

Researchers of US/Mexico border heritage can now consult newly digitised materials from signature archival collections held by El Paso Public Library, in its new digital archive built using AM Quartex.