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Archive: April 2013 (23 Posts)

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Link Persistence, Website Persistence

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

The following is a guest post by Nicholas Taylor, Data Specialist for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. A previous post on this blog explored why it’s so hard to come up with a reliable measurement of the average lifespan of a webpage. In essence, the argument came down to this: links and the …

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The Content Matters Interview Series: Dr. Sylvia Chou of the National Cancer Institute

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Christie Moffatt, Manager, Digital Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine In this installment of the “Content Matters” series of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Content Working Group, I interview Dr. Sylvia Chou, PhD, MPH, Program Director of the National Cancer Institute’s Health Communication and …

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Personal Digital Preservation Sonnet

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Tess Webre, intern with NDIIPP at the Library of Congress Shall I compare thee to a closed format/ thou art more open and accessible. – Author after 3 coffees. In honor of William Shakespeare’s 449th birthday on April 23rd (observed) and as a tie-in with the recent digital …

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Born Digital Archival Materials at NYPL: An Interview with Donald Mennerich

Posted by: Trevor Owens

I’m excited to chat with Donald Mennerich, a Digital Archivist at the New York Public Library, as part of our Insights series. Insights is an occasional feature sharing interviews and conversations between National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group members and individuals involved with projects related to preservation, access and stewardship of digital information. Donald …

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Official, Authenticated, Preserved, and Accessible: The Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

This post is cross posted on the blog of the Law Library of Congress, In Custodia Legis. In Custodia Legis is an excellent source of information on current legal trends and materials from the Library’s collections pertaining to the law. Digital technology makes documents easy to alter or copy, leading to multiple non-identical versions that …

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Pass it On: Preservation Week 2013 at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Erin Engle

We are excited to host a number of events in celebration of ALA’s Preservation Week (April 21-27, 2013) here at the Library of Congress next week.  We’ve collaborated with the Preservation Directorate and the Veteran’s History Project on programs to provide in-person guidance and help to those interested in saving their personal collections — digital …

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Viewshare Meet JSON, JSON Meet Viewshare

Posted by: Abbey Potter

This is a guest post by Bill Amberg, a contract software developer and Camille Salas, an intern with the Library of Congress, who are both working on Viewshare. Trevor Owens also contributed to the post.  We are pleased to announce a fifth option for importing data into Viewshare – JSON. Users now have the ability …