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Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
In conversations with professional colleagues, I find we rarely talk about “the why” of digital preservation. We take it as an article of faith that what we do is important, so much so that we worry that we should be doing more, saving more. Sadness arises when we hear about loss, such as when a …
Posted in: Outreach and Events
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
This post is adapted from remarks I gave to the judging panel for the 2012 Digital Preservation Award on behalf of The Signal. We were honored to be among the finalists for the award, which was subsequently won by The Digital Preservation Training Programme, University of London Computing Centre (to whom we offer hearty congratulations!). …
Posted in: Outreach and Events
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
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. As a recent blog post recounted, each year at the National Book Festival NDIIPP has a …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
We had a great time talking with hundreds of people at the National Book Festival about some simple steps to preserve digital memories. This is the third year in a row we have been at the festival, and we continue to hear stories about the challenges people face in managing their personal and family collections. …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
I had the pleasure of joining a number of colleagues at the inaugural meetup for Digital Cultural Heritage DC last night. The informal group bills itself as a monthly gathering for those “working to acquire, preserve, steward, provide access to, exhibit and interpret digital cultural heritage,” and “a great opportunity for networking with others from …
Posted in: Digital Content, Outreach and Events
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
We have noted earlier in this blog that digital preservation terminology is hard to pin down with precision. There are seemingly as many interpretations of “authenticity” and “repository” as there are digital preservation practitioners. Digital preservation as a concept actually has even more plasticity when viewed through the lens of popular culture. I did a …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Emily Reynolds, a 2012 Junior Fellow. One of the many highlights of the DigitalPreservation 2012 conference last month was the Preserving Digital Culture panel, which featured speakers discussing the preservation of born-digital art and other creative output. While much of the conference addressed the often automated management of …
Posted in: Digital Content, Outreach and Events
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Chelcie Rowell, 2012 Junior Fellow. At the opening keynote of DigitalPreservation 2012, Anil Dash exhorted the digital preservation community to build bridges to other groups, from the tech community to everyday people. Just a few days later, Emily Reynolds and I got to practice talking about digital preservation with …
Posted in: Outreach and Events
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
Apps that want to be good. Messiness and meaning. Mature–and immature–organizations. The Library of Congress provided a forum for innovative insights during its annual digital preservation meeting, held during July 24-25. DigitalPreservation 2012 drew record attendance of 230 from across the country and around the world. The Library’s National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program …
Posted in: Digital Content, NDSA, Outreach and Events