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Archive: 2013 (47 Posts)

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Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2012

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

With 2012 safely behind us, let us praise some of the best things that happened last year in digital preservation. This is something of a tradition for us, as we have previously run down a list for 2011 and 2010. I cast a wide net and mustered my objectivity in in picking activities with the …

Posted in: Digital Content, Education and Training, Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration, Personal Archiving, Publications and Resources, Tools and Infrastructure

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Persistent Paleontology: How Do Stones and Bones Relate to Digital Preservation?

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

Amber Case coined the term persistent paleontologyin reference to electronic systems that continuously layer on new information. “The e-mail inbox is a rapidly expanding site of excavation which one must continually query,” she writes. “The newness of everything buries one’s ability to reach it without digging.” I like this association because it lets us look …

Posted in: Digital Content, Tools and Infrastructure