MORE 'DIGITAL-PRESERVATION' POSTS
The Library of Congress Begins Publishing A Digital Preservation Blog
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Preservation, Publishing
|The name of the blog is, “The Signal” and can be accessed at: http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/ Bill LeFurgy points out in the blog’s first that the new publication is comes from NDIIPP (National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program) Mr. LeFurgy goes on to say: Over the last 10 years we [NDIIPP] have built a national network […]
A Joint Publication from the Digital Preservation Coalition and the Digital Curation Centre Included in This Issue What’s on, and What’s new Editorial: The Evolution of Research Data Policy – where are all the requirements leading? (Sarah Jones, HATII) One world: A Glance at Digital Preservation in Sweden (John Lindström & Prof Lennart Karlsson, Luleå […]
New Podcast in the "Conversations about Digital Preservation" Series from NDIIPP
Archives and Special Collections, Data Files, Digital Preservation, Libraries, Maps, News, Open Access, Podcasts, Preservation
|New from the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program / Library of Congress Mike Ashenfelder and Bill Lefurgy, from the Library of Congress talk with Dr. Edward Papenfuse, State Archivist of Maryland. The podcast was recorded last month and runs 62 minutes. Summary: Dr. Papenfuse discusses his career, his early success with records databases, creating […]
The May/June 2011 Issue of D-Lib Magazine is Now Available Online
Academic Libraries, Digital Preservation, Libraries, National Libraries, News, Open Access, Preservation, Reports, Resources
|Direct to Complete Table of Contents Along with the Featured Collection, Clips and Pointers and other material in News and Events section, here are the new articles and an editorial in in D-Lib (May/June 2011; Volume 17, Number 5/6) Now and Into the Future By Laurence Lannom, Corporation for National Research Initiatives Institutional Repositories and […]
“Preserving News in the Digital Environment” was recently released by the Center for Research Libraries and the LC Office of Strategic Initiatives From a Summary: For the past half-century, CRL and the Library of Congress together have played an important role in preserving newspapers for scholarly research. Their combined holdings of U.S. and foreign newspapers […]
Direct to Full Text (2 pages; PDF) Source: National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) Articles Include: Personal Archiving Day 2011: A Big Hit Report About Newspaper Archive Summit (More Here) New CRL Report: Digital Newspaper Production Preserving Your Personal Digital Memories
From Portico: As of today, participants in the Portico E-Journal Preservation Service will have access to 14 volumes of Journal of Pharmacy Teaching. The title was formerly published by Informa Healthcare and ceased publication in 2008. Journal of Pharmacy Teaching is no longer available through any online platform; therefore, this content has “triggered” and is […]
Archivist of U.S. Talks to Congress About "Recipe for Lost Docs" & Preserving Social Media From White House Staff
Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, News, Video Recordings
|UPDATE 2: Video of Hearing (Runs About 90 Minutes) (via YouTube) UPDATE: Prepared Testimony By Mr. Ferriero and Brook Colangelo From Tech Insider: A current law that gives federal agencies 30 years to turn over all the records that must be permanently retained by the National Archives is a recipe for lost documents and a […]
Digital Archiving: "A Memory of Webs Past"
Companies (Publishers/Vendors), Maps, Preservation, Publishing, Resources
|From an IEEE Spectrum Article by Ariel Bleicher: Since the ancient Sumerians compiled the first collections of inscribed clay tablets, many peoples have attempted to preserve documents, ephemera, and even the flotsam of their political, economic, and social tides. But perhaps no nation today tackles this endeavor as thoroughly as France, one of the few […]
Digitization: "Online Archive Preserves Images from Christian Missions in Africa, Asia"
Archives and Special Collections, Digital Collections, Digital Preservation, Interactive Tools, Libraries, Resources
|From a the Text of a VOA Report: An ambitious Internet project is bringing to light forgotten images from Africa, Asia, and other parts of the world during the period when missionaries were active. The International Mission Photography Archive contains more than 60,000 historic photographs that show cultural interaction – through missionaries – with the […]