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Category: Interviews

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Chronicling the Creation, Distribution, and Consumption of Media: Inside the Mass Communications Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Amber Paranick and Kelly Bennett discuss their work on the Mass Communications Archive, a collection that documents how media is created, distributed, and consumed in the digital age. Drawing on their expertise as reference librarians, they explain how they navigated challenges in scope and selected content that complements the Library’s more traditionally …

Preserving a History of Digital Mapmaking: Inside the Geospatial Software and File Formats Documentation Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Tim St. Onge and Meagan Snow explain how web archiving is preserving documentation essential to understanding the evolution of modern cartography. They outline the motivations behind the Geospatial Software and File Formats Documentation Web Archive, describe their curatorial approach, and highlight the collection’s value for both current and future researchers. This is …

Documenting Industry in a Changing World: Inside the Industry Associations Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Natalie Burclaff describes the Industry Associations Web Archive and the variety of content it preserves. She also offers insights into the challenges of curating the collection and explains why it serves as a crucial resource for understanding how industry has evolved and responded to global events. This is part of a series …

Archiving an Island Nation: The Maldives Government Web Archive

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

In this interview, Charlotte Giles discusses the Maldives Government Web Archive — how it was created, what it preserves, and why it is a significant addition to the Library’s Asian Division. She shares examples of how the archive captures the unique perspective of an island nation and explains why collecting materials from the Maldives is …

“Can We Capture This?”: An Interview on Website Archivability

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

Earlier this year, the Library of Congress and our web harvest vendor MirrorWeb presented research on website archivability at the 2024 Web Archiving Conference at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. The presentation was part of a panel called “Can we capture this?’: Assessing Website Archivability Beyond Trial and Error,” which was moderated by Martin Klein (Pacific …

Amanda Lehman, wearing headphones, looks sideways at an owl sculpture outside the Library's John Adams Building

“Agile feels safe to me”: An Interview with Amanda Lehman

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

I’m excited to share this interview with Amanda Lehman, a Digital Collections Specialist in the Web Archiving Section at the Library. This interview, and others like it on The Signal, are created to generate insight into the background, experience, and interests of the people that support the Library of Congress. Tracee: Hi Amanda, could you tell us a bit about …

Leave the Library a Little Better Than You Found It: An Interview with Grace Bicho

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

I’m excited to share this interview with Grace Bicho, a Senior Digital Collections Specialist in the Web Archiving Section at the Library. This interview, and others like it on The Signal, are created to generate insight into the background, experience, and interests of the people that support the Library of Congress. Tracee: Hi Grace, could you …

Translating “Home,” “Index,” and “Welcome to Our Website” in 50 Different Languages: An Interview with Rick Fitzgerald

Posted by: Tracee Haupt Fugate

Today’s guest post is from Abbie Grotke, Assistant Head of the Digital Content Management section at the Library of Congress. Rick Fitzgerald contributed to the Library’s web archiving program for over fifteen years as a cataloger and metadata expert. He recently moved on to a new position in Collections Management Division, as a Cataloging Specialist/Problem …