March 2012 marks the fourth anniversary of our Digital Preservation Newsletter. With this issue, we’ve updated our look and feel. But you’ll notice that our content remains focused on providing current information for the digital preservation community. Thanks to all of our over 18,000 subscribers for your support! http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201203.pdf In this issue: *Check out the …
One of the great things about my job is that I’m constantly absorbing new information about the preservation and access to digital content. Whether it be through relevant reports and white papers or scanning blogs and listservs or responding to email or attending meetings, I’m frequently learning about emerging policies and practices in the digital …
The February 2012 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201202.pdf In this issue: *The Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2011 *Thoughts and reflections on the Science 2012 conference *Update about the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act *Read about what projects the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Innovation Working Group and the Infrastructure …
While I was exploring the new National Archives and Records Administration Transcription Pilot Project this week, I thought about how many innovative, and frankly cool, crowdsourcing platforms the libraries and archives communities launched in the past year. The New York Public Library What’s on the Menu project, the NARA Citizen Archivist Dashboard, The University of …
