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Photo Sharing Sites as Digital Preservation Tools

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Barry Wheeler, Digital Projects Coordinator, Office of Strategic Initiatives. The numbers are staggering – an estimated 2.5 billion people in the world have digital cameras!  They take perhaps 3.75 billion pictures each year.  And we love to share those pictures – hundreds of millions of pictures are uploaded …

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Why Should We Save Our Email?

Posted by: Susan Manus

When was the last time you wrote a letter, on paper?  Other than my note-to-self stickies (my desk usually has a bunch), or greeting cards, I personally have not written much of substance, just on paper, in a long time. These days, of course, we are engulfed in the digital versions of note writing – …