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Packaging eSerials for Transfer and Preservation

Posted by: Leslie Johnston

In my work at the Library, one of my larger projects has to do with the acquisition and preservation of eserials. By this I don’t mean access to licensed and hosted eserials, but the acquisition and preservation of eserial article files that come to the Library. In many ways, this is just like other acquisition …

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Two New Exciting Research Data Infrastructure Projects: Or From Soup to Nuts and Back (Maybe)

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

We hear a constant stream of news about how crunching massive data collections will change everything from soup to nuts. Here on The Signal, it’s fair to say that scientific research data is close to the heart of our hopes, dreams and fears when it comes to big data: we’ve written over two-dozen posts touching on …

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A National Agenda Bibliography for Digital Asset Sustainability and Preservation Cost Modeling

Posted by: Butch Lazorchak

The 2014 National Digital Stewardship Agenda, released in July 2013, is still a must-read (have you read it yet?). It integrates the perspective of dozens of experts to provide funders and decision-makers with insight into emerging technological trends, gaps in digital stewardship capacity and key areas for development. The Agenda suggests a number of important …

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NDSA National Agenda Digital Content Area: Web and Social Media

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

This is a 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 seen the news on this blog and elsewhere that the National Digital Stewardship Alliance launched the first ever National Agenda for Digital Stewardship last July. One …

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Three Reasons You’ll Want to Attend the NDSA Philadelphia Regional Meeting, January 23-24

Posted by: Erin Engle

The Library Company of Philadelphia will be hosting Philadelphia’s first National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Regional Meeting and Unconference on January 23 and 24.  This is part of an initiative across the country for NDSA member organizations to host day-long events, or “NDSA Regional Meetings,” that provide networking and collaboration opportunities for members and highlight the work of …

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Viewshare for Verdi Scores

Posted by: Abbey Potter

Following is a guest blog post from Lisa Shiota, a student at Drexel University School of Information and Library Science and a staff member in the Music Division at the Library of Congress. She explains how she utilized Viewshare in a digital library technologies class. I am currently finishing classes towards a post-graduate certificate in …

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January Issue of Digital Preservation Newsletter Now Available

Posted by: Susan Manus

The January 2014 issue of the Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter (pdf) is now available! Included in this issue: Two digital preservation pioneers:  Steve Puglia and Gary Marchionini New NDSA Report:  Staffing for Digital Preservation GIS Data at Montana State Library Upcoming events:  NDSA regional meeting, ALA Midwinter, International Digital Curation Conference Interviews with …

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Illinois Library Offers Digital Preservation Aid in Response to Tornado Devastation

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

It was raining hard on Sunday morning November 17, 2013, as librarian Genna (pronounced “Gina”) Buhr anxiously watched the Weather Channel coverage of the storm system battering central Illinois. Buhr, Public Services Manager at Illinois’ Fondulac District Library, was visiting her parents in Utica, Illinois, about an hour north of Buhr’s home. Her two young …