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By: Martha Anderson
This is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead at the Library of Congress. Some of you may have heard the recent news that The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) program, including their website, was to be terminated on January 15 due to a loss of funding. This impending loss grabbed the …
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By: Martha Anderson
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is offering the opportunity for interested individuals and organizations to provide recommendations on approaches for ensuring long-term stewardship and encouraging broad public access to unclassified digital data that result from federally funded scientific research. Responses should be submitted by January 12, 2012. The National Digital …
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By: Martha Anderson
This post is part of a continuing series of alphabetically titled digital preservation topics. A few months ago, I met a special collections librarian at a conference. I asked if her library was receiving digital materials in their acquisitions. She said, “Yes, but we are not doing anything with them at this time.” I suggested …
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By: Martha Anderson
Guest post by Abbie Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead and NDSA Content Working Group Co-Chair. As announced earlier this month, the National Digital Stewardship Alliance is sponsoring a survey of organizations in the United States who are actively involved in or planning to archive content from the web. The goal of the survey is …
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By: Martha Anderson
Part of a continuing series of alphabetically chosen digital preservation topics. I believe a “picture is worth a thousand words” especially when masses of digits form a new shape that presents fresh insights. The Library and National Endowment for the Humanities have been working with partners for several years to build a digital archive of historic …
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By: Martha Anderson
This is part of a series that explores the topic of digital preservation in an alphabetical way. Each post will use a word or phrase as a device to explore a concept and point to a useful resource for understanding specific aspects of the practice of digital preservation. Almost every week, I encounter some comments …
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By: Martha Anderson
The following is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead. The second in my series of “ask the Recommending Officer” posts features a conversation with Cassy Ammen, who shares her experience in helping to build the September 11 Web Archive. Who are you, and what’s your job at the Library of Congress? …
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By: Martha Anderson
An abecedarian is one who is learning the fundamentals of something, as in the alphabet, or in this case, digital preservation. Today I am beginning a series that will explore the topic of digital preservation in an alphabetical way. Each post will use a word or phrase as a device to explore a concept and …
Posted in: The Signal
By: Martha Anderson
The following is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead at the Library of Congress, serving as Content Working Group co-chair for the National Digital Stewardship Alliance. Digital preservationists are generally peaceful types, so no actual dragons were harmed in the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Content Working Group’s “Slaying the Dragons: What …
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