MORE 'DIGITAL-PRESERVATION' POSTS
NARA: National Archives Updates Digital Preservation Framework
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation
From a National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Announcement: Last week the National Archives released a major update to its Digital Preservation Framework, an open resource and data set on GitHub that provides guidance and risk assessments for digital file formats. The release marks a significant update to the Framework, adding new and revised questions […]
Digital Collections: Purdue University Archives and Special Collections Announces Digitization of Neil Armstrong’s Paper Speeches
| Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, News
From Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies (Full Text): Purdue University Archives and Special Collections (ASC) is pleased to announce the digitization of paper transcripts used by Neil Armstong for his public addresses and select speeches. The nearly 500 transcripts—totaling 7,700 pages—were generously donated by his wife, Carol Armstrong, in 2011. The speeches are […]
The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself; Patron Privacy Protections in Public Libraries: IT Professionals’ Points of View; & More Headlines
| Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Public Libraries, Publishing, Reports
IEEE IEEE is the Latest Publisher to Join GetFTR IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) Registration Now Open For 2024 International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) Online Meeting ||| Meeting Agenda/Session Descriptions Internet Archive The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself (via WIRED) Language Models Language Agents Achieve Superhuman Synthesis of Scientific Knowledge (preprint via arXiv) Library Publishing […]
Digital Collections: NAACP Legal Defense Fund Records Newly Digitized and Now Available Online From the Library of Congress
| Archives and Special Collections, Conference Presentations, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News
From the Library of Congress: A major portion of the processed records of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund are now available online for the first time from the Library of Congress. Spanning the years 1915-1968, with most dating from 1940 to 1960, these records document the organization’s work as it combated racial discrimination in the […]
CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) Announce the CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT)
| Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Funding, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation, Publishing
From CODATA: CODATA and the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) are delighted to announce the publication of the machine-actionable CODATA Research Data Management Terminology (RDMT). The Terminology is open to the public and free to use via the ARDC’s Research Vocabularies Australia (RVA). The RDMT enables those working on research data management (RDM) to access […]
Wonderful News! Access to Archived Versions of Web Pages Direct From the Wayback Machine Now Available via Google Search Results Pages
| Digital Preservation, Management and Leadership, News, Patrons and Users, Preservation
Ed. Note: Wonderful news for the web research community. Congrats to Brewster Kahle, Mark Graham, and the Entire IA/Wayback Team! From The Internet Archive: In a significant step forward for digital preservation, Google Search is now making it easier than ever to access the past. Starting today, users everywhere can view archived versions of webpages […]
Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms District Court Ruling in Hachette v. Internet Archive
| Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, News, Patrons and Users, Reports
Note: We will be updating this post with media coverage, statements, etc. over the coming hours and days. Please check back. From the Opinion (Page 2): Defendant-Appellant Internet Archive appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Koeltl, J.) denying its motion for summary judgment and […]
Leadership: Jacob Nadal Named Center For Research Libraries (CRL) President
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Digital Preservation, Jobs, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Preservation, Public Libraries
From the Center For Research Libraries (CRL): The Center for Research Libraries is excited to announce that Jacob Nadal, currently the Director for Preservation at the Library of Congress, will succeed Greg Eow as CRL President, effective November 18, 2024. Nadal is a nationally recognized expert on preservation who has served in leadership roles at a variety of […]
Now Available: “Proceedings of IFLA ARL ‘Hot Topics’ Webinar: ‘Current & Future Literacies: Libraries Leading Literacy Development'”
| Academic Libraries, Associations and Organizations, Conference Presentations, Digital Preservation, Libraries, News, Preservation, Video Recordings
From the International Federation of Library Association and Institutions (IFLA): We are glad to announce that all videos and presentation slides from the IFLA Academic Research Libraries Section (ARL) “Hot topics” session “Current & Future Literacies: Libraries Leading Literacy Development” held online on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, are now available. YouTube: please access here SlideShare: Presentation 1: AI in […]
From UMN Libraries: The Sherlock Holmes Collections isn’t just the world’s largest collection of materials related to the world’s greatest detective. For Tim Johnson, it’s an entire community, a way to connect with friends and the next generation. “The stories are a study in friendship,” said Johnson, curator of the Sherlock Holmes Collections. Coinciding with […]
