Archive: August 2011 (2 Posts)

Refined by: (Author) Martha Anderson; (Year) 2011; (Month) August

Dozens of squares, each with its own individual color or shade, lined up in rows and columns

A is for Archives: the ABCs of preserving digital information

August 11, 2011

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: Digital Content, Education and Training, Publications and Resources

Slaying the Dragons: What is At Risk and How do We Rescue It?

August 4, 2011

Posted 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 …

Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration

Refined by: (Author) Martha Anderson; (Year) 2011; (Month) August