The January 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201301.pdf
In this issue:
- Why does digital preservation matter?
- Learn about some key dates in the history of digitizing texts.
- A call to action to preserve science discourse on the Web.
- Find out what resolution to scan at when using your personal scanner.
- Recent interviews: Bailey Smith and Anne Wootton of Pop Up Archive; Dirk von Suchodoletz from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Freiburg; and Jan Ziolkowski, Director, and Yota Batsaki, Executive Director, of Dumbarton Oaks.
- Highlights of some recent Viewshare.org collections.
- Upcoming events: Personal Digital Archiving 2013, Feb 21-22; and ALA’s Preservation Week 2013, April 21-27.
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I work as a private archivist and your best practices I use as a GPS to set my course. This latest newsletter I plan to forward to my clients. It’s full of great information. Thank you so much.
CW_VanDeusen
I noted that you contributed to my family archives on ancestry.com. I also did a family tree on Geni.com.
My great great great grandfather Michael Conway fought on the side of the Yankees in the Civil War under the 69 Irish Brigade. He was honored for his service and promoted to Lieutenant after his death. He was from my mother’s side of the family. On my father’s side you contributed to my grandfather’s employment at the Dime Savings Bank in Brooklyn, Ny. He used to take a trolley to the bank from his home in Brooklyn. His wif (my grandmother Florence Kane Mackey was a cousin to the founders Charles Carroll, Daniel Carroll and Bishop John Carroll (founder of Georgetown University). How can I get more info on my direct link to these men? My great grandfather Thomas Kane who was a shipwright was a foreman during the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. His address was 205 Ovington Avenue, Bayridge. And Carroll gardens nearby was named after our known relative Charles Carroll, signet of the Declaration of Independence. Thank you for all the great work you do for American families. Maureen Mackey Dolan