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By: Bill LeFurgy
Getting emotional about historical collections is unusual for most people. Ask the average person to free associate words for “archives” and your will hear “dusty, “old,” “dark” and so on. Ask about digital archives and you will likely just get a blank stare. This is an occupational hazard of digital archivists, that awkward first attempt to …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Butch Lazorchak
The South By Southwest 2013 conference is coming up quickly and we’re getting excited for the numerous library/archive and museum activities that will be happening (look for an update on this year’s activities soon). One thing we know is happening is the panel we’re moderating on Why Digital Maps Can Reboot Cultural History. Matthew A. …
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By: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Tess Webre, an intern with NDIIPP at the Library of Congress Even though I’m relatively new to the professional library world, I’ve long known that digital preservation on a personal level is a daunting task laced with threats of doom. It requires great amounts of time, energy and …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Bill LeFurgy
You should have an archive for your personal digital materials. We all should. Archives preserve memories of “me” as well as “us.” Our personal archives also offer exciting new ways to remember and reconstruct our lives. Attendees of the Personal Digital Archiving 2013 conference considered these ideas over two days of presentations and discussion last …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Trevor Owens
What do pet cloning websites, YouTube videos of fans playing AC/DC’s “Gone Shootin'”, and discussions of the end times on UseNet all have in common? Answer: Robert Glenn Howard has studied and written about all of them in his ongoing study of the vernacular web. Robert Glenn Howard is the Director of Digital Studies and …
Posted in: The Signal
Today’s post is from science reference librarian Stephanie (Sam) Marcus who has written My Favorite Day for Inside Adams. On a chilly winter day or night it’s nice to curl up with a good book. So why not a good science book? If you want to be entertained, you could chuckle at the adventures of Nobel …
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By: Leslie Johnston
I was exceptionally honored to be asked to give the opening keynote for code4lib 2013, one of the key meetings for library technologists. People may have thought that I would speak about, well, coding, or repository development, or online tools or even digital preservation. But I didn’t. I talked about community building. The code4lib community …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Tess Webre, an intern with NDIIPP at the Library of Congress I love dumb magazines. Love ‘em. The more photoshopped the front cover, the more vapid the articles, the more stereotypical the content, the more I love them. In college, while I was spelling woman with a y …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Abbey Potter
Each year the International Internet Preservation Consortium holds a day-long public conference in conjunction with their General Assembly. This year’s theme is Scholarly Access to Web Archives: Progress, Requirements, and Challenges, the open meeting will be held Thursday, April 25, 2013 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Presentations are sought that will contribute to the discussion of the scholarly use of …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Ali Fazal, Program Management Assistant for NDSR at the Library of Congress The Library of Congress and the Institute of Museum and Library Services are pleased to announce the official open call for applications for the first National Digital Stewardship Residency. From today until April 5, 2013, applicants …
Posted in: The Signal