January 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter

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The January 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available.
January 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter

http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201301.pdf

In this issue:

  • Why does digital preservation matter?
  • Learn about some key dates in the history of digitizing texts.
  • A call to action to preserve science discourse on the Web.
  • Find out what resolution to scan at when using your personal scanner.
  • Recent interviews: Bailey Smith and Anne Wootton of Pop Up Archive; Dirk von Suchodoletz from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Freiburg; and Jan Ziolkowski, Director, and Yota Batsaki, Executive Director, of Dumbarton Oaks.
  • Highlights of some recent Viewshare.org collections.
  • Upcoming events: Personal Digital Archiving 2013, Feb 21-22; and ALA’s Preservation Week 2013, April 21-27.

One Comment

  1. C W VanDeusen
    January 19, 2013 at 9:30 pm

    I work as a private archivist and your best practices I use as a GPS to set my course. This latest newsletter I plan to forward to my clients. It’s full of great information. Thank you so much.

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