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Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Victoria Priester, a 2011 Junior Fellow working with NDIIPP. During my first week as a Library of Congress Junior Fellow I was given the North Carolina Public Outreach and Education Project. The project’s objective was to send resources and information about personal digital preservation to public libraries, community …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
After launching on May 31, “The Signal” had a strong first month. We published 27 posts and are pleased to have had over 60 comments during June. The blog appears to reach a broad audience, which is exactly what we hoped for. Staff wrote about digital preservation outreach events, significant reports and publications, data forensics …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post from Ellen O’Donnell, Senior Technical Writer, on assignment to the Office of Strategic Initiatives from the National Institutes of Health. Staffs of digital preservation programs from around the world gathered at an historic conference in Tallinn, Estonia, in May 2011, to share information and build strategic collaborations to help …
Posted in: Education and Training, Outreach and Events
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Erin Engle, Digital Archivist, NDIIPP. Imagine starting something from scratch. A home project, a work project, or maybe you’re even baking a cake, from scratch. Now imagine what the dedicated staff of the new National Museum of African American History and Culture are doing – they are building …
Posted in: Education and Training, Outreach and Events, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Erin Engle, Digital Archivist, NDIIPP. What do you get when you fill a room full of people interested in social sciences and technology? Oh – and DATA! Lots of data! Discussions about data, examples of data, uses of data. You get the annual IASSIST Conference! The organization has …
Posted in: Digital Content, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
We are excited and happy that the Library of Congress digital preservation program is now part of the blogosphere. Our official name is the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, or NDIIPP (pronounced “n-dip”). You might find the acronym cryptic. But the name packs in a lot of meaning and a big mission. Plus, …
Posted in: Inside the Library, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration