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Archive: September 2012 (2 Posts)

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New Residency Program Moves Forward

Posted by: Susan Manus

Heads up, recent grad students!  The National Digital Stewardship Residency program is in the works, and Library of Congress staff members are currently working with other institutions in the Washington, D.C. area to set up this new program, which promises to be a great opportunity for students to gain real world experience with digital preservation …

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Kari Kraus Talks About Digital Archeology, Video Game Preservation, and Being a “DH’er”

Posted by: Susan Manus

Digital preservation’s many challenges (planning, choosing formats, metadata, storage, etc.), can be further complicated when dealing with multi-media cultural and arts materials. For example, music and dance performances that incorporate the digital may also include the element of chance, and can change with each performance.  Or, maybe a piece of born digital artwork was created with several software programs that are already obsolete.  …