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Posted by: Butch Lazorchak
The following is a guest post by Nicholas Woodward, an Information Technology Specialist and the newest member of the Library’s Web Archiving team. The path that lead me to the Library of Congress was long and circuitous, and it includes everything from a tiny web startup to teaching economics in Nicaragua to rediscovering a passion …
Posted in: Inside the Library
Posted by: Trevor Owens
Every year, The Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Md brings together a community of alternative comic creators and independent publishers. With a significant history of collecting comics, it made sense for the Library of Congress’ Serial and Government Publications Division and the Prints & Photographs Division to partner with SPX to build a collection documenting …
Posted in: Content Matters Interview, Digital Content, Inside the Library
Posted by: Trevor Owens
The following is a guest post from Julia Fernandez, this year’s NDIIPP Junior Fellow. Julia has a background in American studies and working with folklife institutions and worked on a range of projects leading up to CurateCamp Digital Culture in July. This is part of a series of interviews Julia conducted to better understand the …
Posted in: Digital Content, Insights Interview
Posted by: Susan Manus
For many organizations that are just starting to tackle digital preservation, it can be a daunting challenge – and particularly difficult to figure out the first steps to take. Education and training may be the best starting point, creating and expanding the expertise available to handle this kind of challenge. The Digital Preservation Outreach and …
Posted in: Digital Content, Education and Training
Posted by: Kate Murray
In a previous blog post, the NDSA Standards and Practices Working Group announced the opening of a survey to rank issues in preserving video collections. The survey closed on August 2, 2014 and while there’s work ahead to analyze the results and develop action plans, we can share some preliminary findings. We purposely cast a …
Posted in: Digital Content, NDSA, Partners and Collaboration, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Trevor Owens
Preserving and managing research data is a significant concern for scientists and staff at research libraries. With that noted, many likely don’t realize the length of time in which valuable scientific data has accrued on a range of media in research settings. That is, data management often needs to be both backward- and forward-looking, considering …
Posted in: Digital Content, Insights Interview