In truth, every day is digital archives day here at the Library. But, in honor of the official Digital Archives Day, I thought it would be useful to mention some of the pertinent resources the Library has or helps support. There are two basic categories: 1) digital content collections, and 2) information about digital projects …
“Helen Tibbo is well put together,” said a colleague. He was talking, of course, about how she carries and presents herself: meticulous appearance, staid and dignified but down-to-earth. She radiates professionalism and accomplishment and brings it out in others by example. Helen Tibbo is a descendant of Mayflower settlers Miles Standish and John Alden but …
Part of a continuing series of alphabetically chosen digital preservation topics. I believe a “picture is worth a thousand words” especially when masses of digits form a new shape that presents fresh insights. The Library and National Endowment for the Humanities have been working with partners for several years to build a digital archive of historic …
The following is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Library of Congress Web Archiving Team Lead, and NDSA Content Working Group Co-Chair The National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Content Working Group is sponsoring a survey of organizations in the United States who are actively involved in or planning to archive content from the web. The …
The following is a guest blog post by Gloria Gonzalez, a UCLA Library and Information Science graduate student and former NDIIPP Junior Fellow. I hobnobbed with celebrities in Hollywood recently. And I mean real A-list talent: I got to spend quality time with the archival stars of the moving image world at the Association of …
The following is a guest post from Ellen O’Donnell, Senior Technical Writer, on assignment to the Office of Strategic Initiatives from the National Institutes of Health. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Nevada State Library and Archives. The local history center of the Hartford, Conn., Public Library. These organizations and 21 others involved …
A couple of weeks ago I attended a talk by Michael Edson, Director of Web and New Media Strategy for the Smithsonian Institution. The talk, entitled “Let Us Go Boldly Into the Present” (similar to his presentation at our Partners Meeting this past summer), touched on a lot that we think about, deal with or just …