3Mon DecArchiving the arts – why and how?Posted by Melinda Haunton inArchives sectorArchiving the artsWe’re embarking on an exciting new collection strategy this month, called Archiving the Arts. Our work on collection strategies generally is about identifying those areas of our society which need s...

Digital Pioneer: Martha Anderson. A blog post at "The Signal: Digital Preservation" on 2012-12-04.

The DPC Award for Teaching and Communication celebrates significant efforts to empower workforces or engage policy makers with the skills and information they need to make digital preservation a practical reality. It is presented to the project,

Meghan Frazer is the Digital Resources Curator for the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University.

Pulp to Pixels: Artists Books in the Digital Age. A blog post at "The Signal: Digital Preservation" on 2012-11-30.

The man Richard Nixon once dubbed as

An Abundant Crop: The End of Term Harvest. A blog post at "The Signal: Digital Preservation" on 2012-11-29.

MoMA | Video Games: 14 in the Collection, for Starters

When Data Loss is Personal. A blog post at "The Signal: Digital Preservation" on 2012-11-28.

Invariably, when you meet new people, you get the, “what do you do?” question. I also get the “what exactly is that?” follow-up question.

You may remember the Open Letter I sent to Tony Hey of Microsoft and published a few weeks back (http://unsustainableideas.wordpress.com/2012/10/22/open-letter-ms-obsolete-formats/).

Superstorm Sandy was a huge challenge for the entire NY/NJ data center industry, but the storm's greatest impact was felt by a handful of facilities in the "Zone A" flood zone in lower Manhattan. Here is Datagram's story.

Guest blog post by Fellows Pop Up Archive on the latest update of the mashup contest they’re hosting to bring archiving to life.

An Update: What Skills Does a Digital Archivist or Librarian Need?. A blog post at "The Signal: Digital Preservation" on 2012-11-26.

How important is it to do archive or write about our lives, and what is the best way to go about it when there are so many options and so little time?

The damage from Sandy's flooding took Chelsea galleries by surprise. The swelling water knocked artworks from walls and poured into basement storage areas, where art spaces and artists alike often ...

After a three-year restoration project at The National Museum of Computing, the Harwell Dekatron (aka WITCH) computer will rebooted on 20 November 2012 to become the world's oldest original working digital computer.

In this episode of Microsoft Campus Tours we give you an exclusive look at the treasure trove of wonders that is Microsoft Archives.

For archaeologists, keeping a comprehensive record of our work is imperative (despite what you might have inferred from watching Indiana Jones movies!).

DENVER -- Libraries used to be the main stewards of the cultural and scientific record. But in the era of digital storage “cloud computing,” the institutions best-positioned to manage vast quantities of data are often companies such as Google and Elsevier.

Think you could tell the story of the human race in only 100 pictures? That’s the challenge that MIT resident artist Trevor Paglen tackled when he conceived The Last Pictures five years ago.

I thought I would start a quick list here of a few of what I think are some nice reads on preserving software.

MCN 2012, It Was All a Blur. A blog post at "The Signal: Digital Preservation" on 2012-11-15.

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