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Archive: October 2012 (2 Posts)

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Revisiting NISO’s “A Framework for Building Good Digital Collections”

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

Today’s guest post is by Carlos Martinez III, a Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities intern in the Library of Congress’s Office of Strategic Initiatives. The National Information Standards Organization provides standards to help libraries, developers and publishers work together. Their report, A Framework Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections, is still as helpful to organizations today …

Posted in: Digital Content, Publications and Resources

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Activist Archivists and Digital Preservation

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

Over the past year, Howard Besser and Activist Archivists have been doing innovative work that extends beyond the technological aspects of digital preservation to include elements of sociology, cultural sensitivity, local politics, community advocacy and more. Their work centers around a new kind of collection that didn’t exist until recent years: digital content on a massive …

Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration