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Archive: July 2011 (22 Posts)

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Digital Pioneer: Rebecca Guenther

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

When Rebecca Guenther retires from the Library of Congress in August 2011, 35 years of institutional knowledge about bibliographic information will go with her. The Library of Congress loses – among other things – the world’s leading authority on PREMIS metadata for digital preservation. Guenther has nurtured conversations among international library stakeholders, conversations that led …

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Meet My Trustworthy Friend UELMA

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

NCCUSL. If pronounced a certain way (think “nah-kooz-ull”) it sounds like the latest toy fad. But get used to the acronym because the organization behind it is responsible for one of the most important pieces of digital preservation legislation in the past ten years. NCCUSL stands for the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State …

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The Remains of the Day—Thoughts from the NDIIPP/NDSA 2011 Meeting

Posted by: Martha Anderson

After spending the span of three days with 200 people committed to saving digital information, I was impressed with  some of the recurring themes in the presentations and conversations. Two main bits  of advice remain with me.  Digital content must be used to be preserved.  Extending the usable life of digital content is the main goal of …

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The “End of Term” Was Only the Beginning

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

The following is a guest post by Laura Graham, a Digital Media Project Coordinator at the Library. In late 2008, the Library of Congress, the California Digital Library, the University of North Texas, the Internet Archive and the Government Printing Office began the first collaborative project to capture and archive United States government web sites …

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Tending the Machines

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

The computers that store and serve our digital collections are multiplying rapidly to keep up with our escalating data demands. All the while the servers guzzle power, radiate heat, crowd bandwidth and exert an unprecedented burden on the power grid. During these tough economic times, as institutions scrutinize their operations for budget-trimming opportunities, they must …

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2011 NDIIPP/NDSA Partners Meeting: It Worked!

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

Our 2011 partners meeting concluded yesterday.  The theme was “Make it Work: Improvisations on the Stewardship of Digital Information,” and all the various pieces seemed to come together nicely in this, our sixth year of partners meetings. Truth be told, there was anxiety floating around the office as we planned the meeting.  Figurative–and sometimes literal–white …

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Workshops: Dragons, Crypts, Challenges, Awards and Interns

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

Day two of the 2011 NDIIPP partners meeting featured several workshops focusing on digital stewardship.  Highlights from each of the workshops are below. Slaying the Dragons: What is at risk and how do we rescue it? Sponsored by the Content Working Group. The group discussed the goals of a proposed “adoption clearinghouse”  for at-risk data.  …

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Carolina on My Mind: Marketing Digital Preservation

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

The following is a guest post by Victoria Priester, a 2011 Junior Fellow working with NDIIPP. During my first week as a Library of Congress Junior Fellow I was given the North Carolina Public Outreach and Education Project. The project’s objective was to send resources and information about personal digital preservation to public libraries, community …