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Archive: July 2012 (16 Posts)

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Training the Digital Curators of Tomorrow

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

The following is a guest post by Emily Reynolds, a 2012 Junior Fellow. Earlier this month, the Board on Research Data and Information held the Symposium on Digital Curation in the Era of Big Data: Career Opportunities and Workforce Requirements. Bringing together digital curation educators and practitioners, the event featured discussions about the skills required …

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Record Crowd Participates in DigitalPreservation 2012

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

Apps that want to be good. Messiness and meaning. Mature–and immature–organizations. The Library of Congress provided a forum for innovative insights during its annual digital preservation meeting, held during July 24-25.  DigitalPreservation 2012 drew record attendance of 230 from across the country and around the world. The Library’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program …

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Digital Preservation 2012: The Power of Community

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

In a world of video and web conferencing, text messaging, email, immersive communications and (almost forgot!) telephones, we seem to have eliminated the practical need to ever meet with people face-to-face. So why even have a meeting like we’re holding this week, the Digital Preservation 2012 conference? (July 24-26 at the Sheraton Pentagon City in …

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Digital Disaster Planning: Get the Picture Before Losing the Picture

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

The following is a guest post by Chelcie Rowell, 2012 Junior Fellow. Frequency of occurring? Rare. Impact of occurring? Huge. I’m talking about digital disasters. Stewards of digital content, like stewards of analog content, must plan for catastrophe in advance in order to minimize loss and recover quickly. True, digital disasters may occur infrequently. But at …

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One Family’s Personal Digital Archives Project

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

In 1958, Vernon James was an adventurous young man from Colorado who landed a job teaching in Germany for the Department of Defense. During his 16-year stint there, he travelled extensively throughout Europe — including several visits behind the Iron Curtain into West Berlin — and he took lots and lots of photos. Decades came …

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Preserving Online Science: Reflections

Posted by: Trevor Owens

50 years from now, what web content from today will be invaluable for understanding science in our age? What kinds of uses do you imagine this science content could serve? Lastly, where are the natural curatorial homes for this online content and how can we work together to collect, preserve, and provide access to science …

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Digital Preservation Best Practices Exchange Meeting Set for December 4-6

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

This year’s Best Practices Exchange will take place on December 4-6 in Annapolis, MD.  The Maryland State Archives has graciously agreed to host the meeting. BPE meetings focus on the management of digital information in state government, and bring together practitioners to discuss real-world experiences, including tools, services and lessons learned.  The meetings have taken …

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States of Sustainability Recommendation – Continue to Look Outward

Posted by: Erin Engle

A few month’s ago, we announced the release of States of Sustainability: A Review of State Projects funded by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) (PDF), a report written by Christopher A. Lee of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that provides a review of the Preserving State Government Information …