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Archive: April 2013 (23 Posts)

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Nominations Now Open for the 2013 NDSA Innovation Awards

Posted by: Trevor Owens

The National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group is proud to open the nominations for the 2013 NDSA Innovation Awards. As a diverse membership group with a shared commitment to digital preservation, the NDSA understands the importance of innovation and risk-taking in developing and supporting a broad range of successful digital preservation activities. These awards …

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The Metadata Games Crowdsourcing Toolset for Libraries & Archives: An Interview with Mary Flanagan

Posted by: Trevor Owens

I am excited to continue the NDSA innovation insights interview series to talk about the metadata games open source software project with Mary Flanagan. Mary is an artist, scholar and designer who holds the Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professorship in Digital Humanities at Dartmouth College and serves as the director of Tiltfactor Lab. While she is broadly …

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From Books to Bits: Library of Congress Electronic Literature Showcase Highlights Emerging Literary Forms

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

This is a guest post by Susan Garfinkel, research specialist, Digital Reference Section at the Library of Congress. Electronic literature—past, future and present—is the focus of a free three-day program at the Library of Congress, April 3 to 5. The Electronic Literature Showcase, sponsored by the Library’s Digital Reference Section, includes a variety of events designed …

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First Aid on the Front Lines: Immediate Training Needs

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

The following is a guest post by Jody DeRidder, the Head of Digital Services at the University of Alabama Libraries. Have you been digitizing and managing digital content?  Are you the go-to person in your organization for accessioning digital materials into your special collections, or collecting electronic records for your archives? More than likely, you’ve …