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Posted by: Erin Engle
The following is a guest post by Jefferson Bailey, Strategic Initiatives Manager at Metropolitan New York Library Council, National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group co-chair and a former Fellow in the Library of Congress’s Office of Strategic Initiatives. A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to teach a personal digital archiving workshop at the …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Erin Engle
The following is a guest post by Michelle Gallinger, Digital Programs Coordinator with NDIIPP and the National Digital Stewardship Alliance facilitator. DLib Magazine, the Magazine of Digtial Library Research, has recently published “NDSA Storage Report: Reflections on National Digital Stewardship Alliance Member Approaches to Preservation Storage Technologies.” The structure and design of digital storage systems …
Posted in: NDSA, Publications and Resources, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Erin Engle
We like to think (and hope) that our blog The Signal acts as an informative resource from which to learn and engage in conversations of digital preservation work. We hope that it exposes you to interesting projects and people stewarding digital collections, and that it creates opportunities to expose you to the wider community of …
Posted in: NDSA, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Erin Engle
We are excited to host a number of events in celebration of ALA’s Preservation Week (April 21-27, 2013) here at the Library of Congress next week. We’ve collaborated with the Preservation Directorate and the Veteran’s History Project on programs to provide in-person guidance and help to those interested in saving their personal collections — digital …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Erin Engle
The April 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter (PDF) is now available. In this issue: Nominate an individual, student, organization or project for the annual National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Awards A Digital Preservation Fairy Tale: Snow Byte and the Seven Formats Interviews with: Mark Leggott, University Librarian at the University of Prince Edward …
Posted in: Publications and Resources
Posted by: Erin Engle
Preservation Week 2013 is just over a month away, and we’ve been busy planning Library of Congress events. Every year, we like to mix things up and hold various types of events for our local Washington, DC communities. This year, we’re pleased to co-host the Rosenzweig Forum on Technology and the Humanities on the evening …
Posted in: Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Erin Engle
Guest post by Abbie Grotke, Library of Congress Web Archiving Team Lead, and Co-Chair of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Content Working Group. You may have read the news last week that the community news website EveryBlock shut its doors rather abruptly. Founded in 2007 with help from a Knight Foundation News Challenge grant, EveryBlock’s …
Posted in: Digital Content, NDSA, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Erin Engle
Are you concerned with saving your personal digital information, like your documents, emails, digital photos, home digital videos and social media accounts? If you haven’t given this a moment’s thought, rest assured. There is a community of interested individuals who are addressing the challenges and solutions of preserving personal digital archives. Personal Digital Archiving 2013 …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Erin Engle
At our personal digital archiving events, we get various questions about scanning family photos, slides, negatives and film. Questions like: What type of scanner should I use? What resolution should I use? How can I scan negatives? While we’ve focused on developing tips and resources for saving personal digital materials created with software and hardware, …
Posted in: Personal Archiving