Top of page

Archive: November 2013 (3 Posts)

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

Ten Tips for Preserving Your Holiday Digital Memories

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

During Thanksgiving and the rest of the holiday season, you might take photos and video of friends and loved ones. You might make audio recordings of voices, conversations and music. Whatever you photograph or record, we hope you will take time to backup and preserve your digital stuff. As soon as you can, transfer the …

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

Preserving Vintage Electronic Literature

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

Dene (pronounced “Deenie”) Grigar’s mother was an artist who painted mainly with oils on canvas. But occasionally she painted on a different medium, such as wood or pottery. Once she experimented with painting on bamboo, a medium she was unfamiliar with. “Bamboo is porous,” said Grigar. “It can absorb the paint. So my mother compensated …

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

Library of Congress Contributes Chapter to New Personal Digital Archiving Book

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

Information Today recently published Personal Archiving: Preserving Our Digital Heritage, a collection of essays written by some of the leading practitioners, thinkers and researchers in the emerging field of personal digital archiving. We are honored that Information Today — and especially the book’s editor, Donald Hawkins — asked us to share our resources and experiences …