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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 …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
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. …
Posted in: Outreach and Events
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
Today is the first day of the 2011 NDIIPP partners meeting. We are starting out with a bang: a keynote from Tim O’Reilly. Our other opening speakers are Siva Vaidhyanathan, Yancy Strickler, Micheal Edson and Aaron Presnall. When I think back to the first NDIIPP partners meeting six years ago, two opposing thoughts rattle my …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
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 …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Kristin Snawder, a 2011 Junior Fellow working with NDIIPP. “If it’s scanned, then it’s preserved, right? I mean, it’s in the computer now so that’s all I need to do!” I’ve heard this response when I ask if something is digitally preserved and it raises concerns. Lumping scanning …
Posted in: Education and Training
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
Archives, libraries and other collecting organizations are in the midst of a staff revolution. The digital age is driving a demand for employees who are comfortable and creative with technology. As someone who hires and supervises staff in a digitally-oriented environment I know this first hand. I often hear from students and others with questions …
Posted in: Education and Training
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
After launching on May 31, “The Signal” had a strong first month. We published 27 posts and are pleased to have had over 60 comments during June. The blog appears to reach a broad audience, which is exactly what we hoped for. Staff wrote about digital preservation outreach events, significant reports and publications, data forensics …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Kristin Snawder, a 2011 Junior Fellow working with NDIIPP. When I came to the Library I never imagined that my first project would be to face off with the hard issues underlining digital preservation policy development. Policy development was new to me, and the task seemed daunting. But …
Posted in: Education and Training, Inside the Library, Publications and Resources