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Archive: August 2014 (14 Posts)

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August Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is Now Available

Posted by: Susan Manus

The August Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available: Included in this issue: Digital Preservation 2014: It’s a Thing Preserving Born Digital News LOLCats and Libraries with Amanda Brennan Digital Preservation Questions and Answers End-of-Life Care for Aging, Fragile CDs Education Program updates Interviews with Henry Jenkins and Trevor Blank More on Digital …

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Duke’s Legacy: Video Game Source Disc Preservation at the Library of Congress

Posted by: Trevor Owens

The following is a guest post from David Gibson, a moving image technician in the Library of Congress. He was previously interviewed about the Library of Congress video games collection.  The discovery of that which has been lost or previously unattainable is one of the driving forces behind the archival profession and one of the …

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National Geospatial Advisory Committee: The Shape of Geo to Come

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

Back in late June I attended the National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) meeting here in DC. NGAC is a Federal Advisory Committee sponsored by the Department of the Interior under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. The committee is composed of (mostly) non-federal representatives from all sectors of the geospatial community and features very high profile …

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Computational Linguistics & Social Media Data: An Interview with Bryan Routledge

Posted by: Trevor Owens

The following is a guest post from Julia Fernandez, this year’s NDIIPP Junior Fellow. Julia has a background in American studies and working with folklife institutions and worked on a range of projects leading up to CurateCamp Digital Culture last week. This is part of an ongoing series of interviews Julia is conducting to better …