Here in the Library’s digital preservation program, we have become more and more active in the realm of personal digital archiving (and see our related blog posts on the subject here). So it’s of great interest to us when we hear about other such activities happening in libraries around the country. For example, the Kansas …
Archive for February, 2012 (23 posts)
Posted in: Education and Training, Personal Archiving
I first encountered Jason Scott in mid- to late-2010 through a colleague who informed that me that if I did not know who he was, that I had better learn. Since then I have become a big fan of his passion for digital archiving and his drive to save collections and content that few organizations …
Posted in: Digital Content, Personal Archiving
I had the pleasure of giving a lightning talk (PDF) at last week’s Esri Federal GIS Conference in Washington, DC. The conference, which is free to Federal government employees, annually brings together over 2700 attendees of all experience levels to discuss the latest in geospatial technologies. I tried to have fun with it, using the …
Posted in: Digital Content, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Videos and Podcasts
One of the great things about my job is that I’m constantly absorbing new information about the preservation and access to digital content. Whether it be through relevant reports and white papers or scanning blogs and listservs or responding to email or attending meetings, I’m frequently learning about emerging policies and practices in the digital …
Posted in: Personal Archiving, Publications and Resources
The following is a guest post by Ellen O’Donnell, Technical Writer, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, who recently spent a year on detail in OSI. If you’re like me, you’re a fan of online resources for health and medical information. Typically, I use them for things like seeking science-based information on a complementary …
Posted in: Digital Content, Publications and Resources
Once upon a time, a big technology company wanted to get together a like-minded segment of its customers, those who worked at educational and memory institutions that were concerned about long-term preservation and best practices in digital archiving. Thus was born PASIG: the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group. Since 2007 there have been dozens …
Posted in: Digital Content, Tools and Infrastructure
At some point in undertaking digital stewardship, it’s helpful to consider the digital life cycle: the basic stages content moves through from creation to providing ongoing preservation, management and access over time. Life cycle models are useful for understanding the full scope of the responsibility involved and also in formulating specific workflows for particular kinds …
Posted in: Tools and Infrastructure
Looking back at the formation of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance, it’s fulfilling to see we’ve come a long way from where we started. It’s been about year and a half since NDSA officially launched at the July 2010 partners meeting. Since then, fifty-five founding members participated in developing membership benefits and crafting mission and …
Posted in: Partners and Collaboration
The following is a guest post by Keri A. Myers, a volunteer archivist with NDIIPP. Let’s face it: most of us fall short of perfection when it comes to managing our personal digital materials. We do things like download personal photos to our computers and promise ourselves that we will come back later and give …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Last Thursday I was invited to participate in a discussion organized by the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) on the future of the Federal government 1410 series. What, pray tell, is the 1410 series and why should we care about it? Turns out that the Office of Personnel Management maintains a master list of …
Posted in: Digital Content, Education and Training, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
