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Perspectives on Big Data Stewardship

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

I had the opportunity today to talk at the Big Data and Big Challenges for Law and Legal Information symposium at the Georgetown University Law Center. The event marked the 125th anniversary of the University Law Library. My panel was on Big Data Applications in Scholarship and Policy, and I was pleased to present with …

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ALCTS, PLA and Library of Congress Collaborate on Personal Digital Archiving Campaign

Posted by: Mike Ashenfelder

The Library of Congress, the ALA’s Association for Library Collections and Technical Services and the Public Library Association have joined forces to spread information about personal digital archiving, using public libraries as information resources for local communities. Barbara A. Macikas, executive director of the PLA (a division of the American Library Association), said that the shared mission of …

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January 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter

Posted by: Erin Engle

The January 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available. http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201301.pdf In this issue: Why does digital preservation matter? Learn about some key dates in the history of digitizing texts. A call to action to preserve science discourse on the Web. Find out what resolution to scan at when using your personal scanner. …

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Top 10 Digital Preservation Developments of 2012

Posted by: Bill LeFurgy

With 2012 safely behind us, let us praise some of the best things that happened last year in digital preservation. This is something of a tradition for us, as we have previously run down a list for 2011 and 2010. I cast a wide net and mustered my objectivity in in picking activities with the …

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What Resolution Should I Use? Part 2

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Barry Wheeler, Digital Projects Coordinator, Office of Strategic Initiatives In part 1 of this blog series, we saw that manufacturers claimed “resolution” is based on the number of steps per inch a small motor moves the scanner assembly (the rows) and the number of tiny sensors per inch …