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Posted by: Susan Manus
Note: In the interest of long term access, we will occasionally post material to The Signal that was previously published only on our website. The following is an updated version of an article from our “Meeting the Challenge” series. The World Digital Library sounds improbable at first – many nations providing open access to highlights …
Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
(Note: In the interest of long term access, we will occasionally post material to The Signal that was previously published only on our website. The following is an updated version of an article from our “Meeting the Challenge” series.) Saving the nation’s cultural heritage is an increasingly important matter for government agencies that hold large …
Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Abbey Potter, Program Officer, NDIIPP. She is also Communications Officer for the IIPC. Today’s economic situation draws parallels with the booms and busts of markets past. Policy makers, pundits and economists (we hope) try to learn from the past, to not repeat mistakes or to try and duplicate …
Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
Anyone who is following our program, and our blog, is by now familiar with the National Digital Stewardship Alliance, our partnership initiative that was launched a little over a year ago. The members of the NDSA all share a common purpose, contributing to a collaborative effort to preserve access to our national digital heritage. Since …
Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Trevor Owens, Digital Archivist with the Office of Strategic Initiatives. We are excited to continue our Insights series of interviews, featuring conversations between National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation working group members and individuals working on projects related to preservation, access and stewardship of digital information. In this installment, Jane …
Posted in: Insights Interview, NDSA, Partners and Collaboration, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Susan Manus
As part of her closing presentation at the recent combined NDIIPP/NDSA partners meeting , Martha Anderson, Director of Program Management for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, said she has noticed a change taking place for organizations and that “no one is dealing with the tried and true anymore. The skills to innovate …
Posted in: Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Abbey Potter, Program Officer, NDIIPP. She is also Communications Officer for the IIPC. It’s been three weeks since the NDIIPP/NDSA partners meeting and to keep the “Make it Work” spirit going we’d like to focus on the work of one of the speakers from that event, Helen Hockx-Yu. …
Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is part of a series featuring the work of our National Digital Stewardship Alliance partners. “A place for everything, everything in its place, and seven secure copies”, so says the “digital” Ben Franklin, as he’s quoted at the top of the MetaArchive project page. He would of course, be very happy with the …
Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Abbey Potter, Program Officer, NDIIPP, and Communications Officer, IIPC. You’ve no doubt heard this catch phrase made popular by Tim Gunn from the reality competition show Project Runway. It is the advice he gives harried contestants who are trying to create a fabulous dress in under two hours …
Posted in: Digital Content, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration