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Posted by: Leslie Johnston
I was asked to present a talk today for an internal group at the Library of Congress based on my recent experiences participating in the Top Tech Trends panel at the 2014 American Library Association Midwinter meeting. It was suggested that I present a “Leslie-fied” version of the always-inspiring landscape talks that my colleague Cliff …
Posted in: Digital Content, Inside the Library, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Bill LeFurgy
The following is a guest post by Christie Moffatt, Manager, Digital Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine Developing case studies around digital content subject areas has been a major focus of the NDSA Content Working Group, and the activity has enabled members to share the concerns and challenges specific to their communities. …
Posted in: Digital Content, NDSA, Web Archiving
Posted by: Trevor Owens
While many kinds of analog media age with a kind of dignity, taking on a patina of age and the term “vintage,” the same is generally not true of digital media. Of the range of digital media out there, the humble rewritable CD is likely one of the least loved and most rapidly aging and …
Posted in: Digital Content, Insights Interview, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Erin Engle
The following is a guest post by Nicole Scalessa, IT manager at The Library Company of Philadelphia, an NDSA member. Digital stewardship is a prime topic for small institutions trying to keep pace with the increasing demands for digital content. The Library Company of Philadelphia, a special collections library founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1731, …
Posted in: Digital Content, NDSA, Outreach and Events, Partners and Collaboration
Posted by: Susan Manus
The following is a guest post by Maureen McCormick Harlow, a National Digital Stewardship Resident at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. She is working on a project to build a thematic web collection. Greetings from the National Library of Medicine! It’s hard to believe it, but I’m heading into the fourth quarter …
Posted in: Digital Content, Education and Training
Posted by: Susan Manus
Every two years there is a fresh opportunity for excitement in following the Olympic games – not only for the thrill of the sports themselves, and rooting for hometown heroes, but for the fascination and variety of all the international culture in one place. And now, there is an effort going on behind the scenes …
Posted in: Digital Content, Partners and Collaboration, Web Archiving
Posted by: Kate Murray
The beginning is a very fine place to start indeed for the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative Born Digital Video subgroup of the Audio-Visual Working Group. As mentioned in a previous blog post, the FADGI Born Digital Video subgroup is taking a close look at the range of decisions to be made throughout the lifecycle …
Posted in: Digital Content, FADGI, Publications and Resources, Tools and Infrastructure
Posted by: Trevor Owens
How do I know if a digital file/object has been corrupted, changed or altered? Further how can I prove that I know what I have? How can I be confident that the content I am providing is in good condition, complete, or reasonably complete? How do I verify that a file/object has not changed over …
Posted in: Digital Content, NDSA
Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder
My two young teenage daughters spend hours playing Minecraft, building elaborate virtual landscapes and structures. They are far from alone; the game has millions of fans around the world. Teachers are seizing on Minecraft’s popularity with kids as a tool to teach both abstract and concrete subjects. What’s unique about this situation is not so much …
Posted in: Digital Content