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A Tale of a Disappearing Website

Posted by: Martha Anderson

This is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead at the Library of Congress. Some of you may have heard the recent news that The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) program, including their website, was to be terminated on January 15 due to a loss of funding. This impending loss grabbed the …

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Digital Stewards are Invited to Comment

Posted by: Martha Anderson

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is offering the opportunity for interested individuals and organizations to provide recommendations on approaches for ensuring long-term stewardship and encouraging broad public access to unclassified digital data that result from federally funded scientific research. Responses should be submitted by January 12, 2012. The National Digital …

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F is for Forensics

Posted by: Martha Anderson

This post is part of a continuing series of alphabetically titled digital preservation topics. A few months ago, I met a special collections librarian at a conference. I asked if her library was receiving digital materials in their acquisitions.  She said, “Yes, but we are not doing anything with them at this time.”  I suggested …

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D is for data

Posted by: Martha Anderson

Part of a continuing series of alphabetically chosen digital preservation topics. I believe a “picture is worth a thousand words” especially when masses of digits form a new shape that presents fresh insights. The Library and National Endowment for the Humanities have been working with partners for several years to build a digital archive of historic …

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C is for Collections

Posted by: Martha Anderson

This is part of a series that explores the topic of digital preservation in an alphabetical way. Each post will use a word or phrase as a device to explore a concept and point to a useful resource for understanding specific aspects of the practice of digital preservation. Almost every week, I encounter some comments …

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Slaying the Dragons: What is At Risk and How do We Rescue It?

Posted by: Martha Anderson

The following is a guest post by Abbie Grotke, Web Archiving Team Lead at the Library of Congress, serving as Content Working Group co-chair for the National Digital Stewardship Alliance. Digital preservationists are generally peaceful types, so no actual dragons were harmed in the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Content Working Group’s “Slaying the Dragons: What …