MORE 'PRESERVATION' POSTS
Title Open Resilience: Building Infrastructure Together (ORBIT) Source Invest in Open Infrastructure Authors Sarah Lippincott Lauren Collister Katherine E Skinner Chrys Wu DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17193778 From the IoI Blog: US-based library consortia provide an essential collaborative framework that enables academic institutions to achieve preservation, access, innovation, and educational goals that would be impossible individually. The report […]
U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) Names University of North Texas With Best Federal Depository Website
| Awards, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Publishing, Reports
From the GPO: The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) honors University of North Texas (UNT) Libraries for having the best website in the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) for 2025. This is the third library to ever receive the award, which was created to recognize the creativity and the ways libraries are providing easy access […]
The New York Public Library (NYPL) Acquires the CameraPlanet Archive, Historic 1,200 Hours of September 11 Video Archives
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Libraries, News, Preservation, Public Libraries
From The NY Public Library: The New York Public Library today announced the acquisition of the CameraPlanet Archive, a world-renowned collection of more than 1,200 hours of video documenting September 11, 2001, its immediate aftermath, and the subsequent design and construction of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum. This historic archive will be preserved, processed, and […]
Report: The HBCU Digital Library Trust Preserves History
| Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Preservation
From the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative: Launched in 2023, the HBCU Digital Library Trust is on a mission to reach the next generation of students, researchers, and information seekers through one digital platform with materials showcasing the history of Black academia in the United States post-emancipation. Funded by the Harvard & the Legacy of […]
Funding: Getty Invests $2.6 Million to Support Black Visual Arts Archives Across the U.S.
| Academic Libraries, Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Interviews, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation, Profiles, Public Libraries, Video Recordings
Here’s the full text of today’s announcement from Getty: Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From Getty:The Getty Foundation announced today it has awarded $2.6 million for 12 grants to libraries, museums, and universities across the United States through its Black Visual Arts Archives program. Designed to increase access to archival collections across the country that […]
New Research Report From Ithaka S+R: “The Current State of Academic E-Book Business Models: Access Strategies and Budgeting Realities”
| Academic Libraries, Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Funding, Interviews, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
Report Authors: Tracy Bergstrom, Makala Skinner From Ithaka S+R: This study examines academic monograph publishing in the humanities and social sciences across the United States and Europe to understand how current business models are functioning for their consumer base, namely libraries and authors. Through interviews with librarians, content aggregators, publishers, and authors, we gathered information on […]
Coalition For Networked Information (CNI) Names Kate Zwaard as New Executive Director
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Data Files, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Jobs, Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation, Publishing
Here’s the Full Text of Today’s Announcement From CNI: The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is pleased to welcome Kate Zwaard as its next executive director,effective September 15, 2025. Kate joins CNI from the Library of Congress (LC), where she has served since 2011, presiding over the Library’s comprehensive digital transformation and establishing the organization […]
Access and Preservation in the Audiovisual Age (A CNI Interviews Podcast with Peter B. Kaufman)
| Academic Libraries, Interviews, Libraries, News, Podcasts, Preservation
A new episode of the CNI Interviews Podcast series is now available. From EDUCAUSE: Audiovisual medium is only about 130 years old, yet it has become the mainstay of our interaction with content today. How can academic libraries and higher education institutions become effective stewards of a medium that is prone to erosion, playback obsolescence, […]
Robert H. McDonald Appointed Senior Vice Provost and Director of the University of Texas Libraries
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From the University of Texas Libraries: The University of Texas at Austin announces the appointment of Robert H. McDonald as Senior Vice Provost and Director of the University of Texas Libraries, effective August 16, 2025. McDonald currently serves as Dean of University Libraries and Senior Vice Provost of Online and Extended Education at the University […]
From the Flickr Foundation: In 2024, the Flickr Foundation was funded by the Mellon Foundation to conduct co-design workshops about Data Lifeboat, and the concept of a Safe Harbor Network with peers from within cultural institutions, technologists, and academics. [Clip] Executive Summary This document contains findings from co-design workshops and in-depth interviews conducted with digital cultural […]
