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Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Samantha DeWitt, National Digital Stewardship Resident at Tufts University. Hello readers and a happy winter solstice from Medford, Massachusetts. It’s hard to believe I am already in my third month of the National Digital Stewardship Residency. There’s a chill in the air and the vivid fall colors that …
Posted in: Digital Content, Education and Training
Posted by: Butch Lazorchak
The following is a guest post by Kalev H. Leetaru of Georgetown University (Former), Robert Miller of Internet Archive and David A. Shamma from Yahoo Labs/Flickr. In 1994, linguist Geoff Nunberg stated, in an article in the journal “Representations,” “reading what people have had to say about the future of knowledge in an electronic world, …
Posted in: Digital Content, Publications and Resources, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Abbey Potter
The news is often called the “first draft of history” and preserved newspapers are some of the most used collections in libraries. The Internet and other digital technologies have altered the news landscape. There have been numerous stories about the demise of the newspaper and disruption at traditional media outlets. We’ve seen more than a …
Posted in: Digital Content, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
The Library of Congress, Office of Strategic Initiatives and the Institute of Museum and Library Services are pleased to announce the official open call for applications for the 2015 National Digital Stewardship Residency, to be held in the Washington, DC area. The application period is from December 17, 2014 through January 30, 2015. To apply, …
Posted in: Digital Content, Education and Training
Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Shira Peltzman, National Digital Stewardship Resident at Carnegie Hall in New York City. As the National Digital Stewardship Resident placed at Carnegie Hall, I have been tasked with creating and implementing policies, procedures and best practices for the preservation of our born-digital assets. Carnegie Hall produces a staggering …
Posted in: Digital Content, Education and Training
Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder
The Personal Digital Archiving Conference 2015 will take place in New York City for the first time. The conference will be hosted by our NDIIPP and NDSA partners at New York University’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program April 24-26, 2015. Presentation submissions for Personal Digital Archiving are due Monday, December 8th, 2014 by 11:59 …
Posted in: Digital Content, Personal Archiving
Posted by: Kate Murray
As part of a larger effort to explore file formats, the Born Digital Video subgroup of the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative Audio-Visual Working Group is pleased to announce the release of a new four-part report, “Creating and Archiving Born Digital Video.” This report has already undergone review by FADGI members and invited colleagues including …
Posted in: Digital Content, FADGI, Partners and Collaboration, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Kate Murray
The following is a guest post by Carl Fleischhauer, a Digital Initiatives Project Manager in the Office of Strategic Initiatives. FADGI format comparison projects. The Audio-Visual Working Group within the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative recently posted a comparison of a few selected digital file formats for consideration when reformatting videotapes. We sometimes call these …
Posted in: Digital Content, FADGI, Partners and Collaboration, Publications and Resources
Posted by: Trevor Owens
As artists have embraced a range of new media and forms in the last century as the work of collecting, conserving and exhibiting these works has become increasingly complex and challenging. In this space, Richard Rinehart and Jon Ippolito have been working to develop and understand approaches to ensure long-term access to digital works. In …
Posted in: Digital Content, Insights Interview