Here in the Library’s digital preservation program, we have become more and more active in the realm of personal digital archiving (and see our related blog posts on the subject here). So it’s of great interest to us when we hear about other such activities happening in libraries around the country. For example, the Kansas …
I first encountered Jason Scott in mid- to late-2010 through a colleague who informed that me that if I did not know who he was, that I had better learn. Since then I have become a big fan of his passion for digital archiving and his drive to save collections and content that few organizations …
One of the great things about my job is that I’m constantly absorbing new information about the preservation and access to digital content. Whether it be through relevant reports and white papers or scanning blogs and listservs or responding to email or attending meetings, I’m frequently learning about emerging policies and practices in the digital …
The following is a guest post by Keri A. Myers, a volunteer archivist with NDIIPP. Let’s face it: most of us fall short of perfection when it comes to managing our personal digital materials. We do things like download personal photos to our computers and promise ourselves that we will come back later and give …
The February 2012 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201202.pdf In this issue: *The Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2011 *Thoughts and reflections on the Science 2012 conference *Update about the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act *Read about what projects the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group and the Infrastructure …
Jeff Ubois is active in matters of moral and social benefit. He has been involved with the Bassetti Foundation (whose mission is “…to promote responsibility in innovation”), New York’s PBS affiliate Thirteen/WNET, the Internet Archive, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, various museums, video archives and more. Currently he is a program officer in …
Like a comedian from yesteryear, email gets no respect. What it does get is plenty of ire. I’m always hearing about how email is “out of control” and that we waste too much time dealing with it. Or that we don’t have enough time to deal with it. One writer proclaims 10 Reasons I Don’t …
The following is a guest post by Jefferson Bailey, Fellow at the Library of Congress’s Office of Strategic Initiatives. Here on The Signal we often talk about the importance of preserving your personal digital materials and we provide a variety of resources offering guidance on what actions to take. One aspect we have spoken of …
While I was exploring the new National Archives and Records Administration Transcription Pilot Project this week, I thought about how many innovative, and frankly cool, crowdsourcing platforms the libraries and archives communities launched in the past year. The New York Public Library What’s on the Menu project, the NARA Citizen Archivist Dashboard, The University of …
Last October I wrote about the importance – and the difficulty – of embedding descriptions into digital photos. As a test, I ended the article by asking readers to download a photo into which I embedded a quote from Benjamin Franklin. I also asked readers to let me know if they could see the quote …