The following is a guest post by Erin Engle, Digital Archivist, NDIIPP.
When my family and friends ask what I do at the Library of Congress, I invariably get questioning looks when I use the phrase “digital preservation.” The looks turn even more quizzical when I talk about my work managing a project focusing on the preservation of geospatial information. It’s a double whammy of confusion that often leads to “oh that sounds very interesting” when the person means “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”
