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An Introspective Look at Nam June Paik, Time-based Media Art and Conservation Practices in Museums

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Madeline Sheldon, Junior Fellow with NDIIPP During the last week of June, I had the pleasure of attending the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s symposium titled, Conserving and Exhibiting the Works of Nam June Paik, which featured museum professionals who discussed their previous experiences with the conservation and preservation …

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July Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter Now Available

Posted by: Susan Manus

The July 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available! Included in this issue: Announcing the NDSA Innovation Award Winners Moving on Up:  New Web Archives Presentation Home 10 Resources for Community Digital Archives Why Can’t You Just Build It and Leave It Alone? What People are Asking About Personal Digital Archiving, Part …

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What People Are Asking About Personal Digital Archiving: Part 2

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

During Preservation Week 2013, I gave a personal digital archiving webinar in which over 600 people participated. Ninety one people submitted questions online and two-thirds of the questions centered on two topics: digital photos and storage. In part 1 of this blog post, I gave sample questions and answers about digital photos. Today I will give sample …

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I Made Metadata Fun: A True Story

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Madeline Sheldon, Junior Fellow with NDIIPP. Most of you who follow this blog have an interest in digital preservation and will already be familiar with the following information. This particular post is more for the individuals who are just beginning to understand the implications of their digital footprint …

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10 Resources for Community Digital Archives

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

We write frequently on this blog about the value of personal digital archiving–empowering people to pass on digital memories to their families and others. We’ve always seen public libraries as key allies in promoting personal archiving, and have highlighted libraries that undertake outreach and training in this area. There is a related role for public libraries and …

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Respect Des Bits: Archival Theory Encounters Digital Objects & Media

Posted by: Trevor Owens

In The Is of the Digital Object and the is of the Artifact I explored the extent to which digital objects confound and complicate some of our conceptions of what exactly digital things are.  I’m becoming increasingly convinced that the nature of digital objects offers an important opportunity for the cultural heritage community to consider …

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Moving on Up: Web Archives Collection Has a New Presentation Home

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

This is a Guest Post by Abbie Grotke, the Library of Congress Web Archiving Team Lead and Co-Chair of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Content Working Group. We’re excited to finally announce something a team of Library staff has been involved with for over a year now – a big project to integrate the Library’s web archives …