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Purrservation: On Cats, Audiences, and Whys

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

By teaching Joe, my cat, about archives and preservation, I teach myself the best ways to communicate for each project or outreach event I participate in. Joe serves as my test audience, and while he might not directly tell me if I need to expand upon or parse out a section, presenting to him helps me analyze it for myself.

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Microfilm—Macro-impact: A Junior Fellow’s Report from the Preservation Services Division

Posted by: Bobbi Hinton

The following is a guest post from Lillian Williams, 2024 Junior Fellow in the Preservation Services Division.   Before I came to the Library of Congress, I excitedly told many people about my upcoming internship and the Unfurling the Reel Deal: A Journey Through Microfilm History project. I got the same two questions each time: …