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The Future of the Past of the Web

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Abbey Potter, Program Officer, NDIIPP.  She is also Communications Officer for the IIPC. The Future of the Past of the Web was a well-named event hosted by the Digital Preservation Coalition, JISC, and the British Library on October 7th. It followed in a sequence of DPC events on …

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Ninety Four Organizations and Counting….

Posted by: Susan Manus

Anyone who is following our program, and our blog, is by now familiar with the National Digital Stewardship Alliance, our partnership initiative that was launched a little over a year ago.  The members of the NDSA all share a common purpose, contributing to a collaborative effort to preserve access to our national digital heritage. Since …

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Why Should We Save Our Email?

Posted by: Susan Manus

When was the last time you wrote a letter, on paper?  Other than my note-to-self stickies (my desk usually has a bunch), or greeting cards, I personally have not written much of substance, just on paper, in a long time. These days, of course, we are engulfed in the digital versions of note writing – …

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Digital Preservation News, August 22-26, 2011

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Lara Lookabaugh, an intern working with the Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Initiative. This week’s digital preservation items from around the web: Videos from the ICE Forum: http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/jisc-bgdp/2011/08/19/videos-from-the-ice-forum/ Some short vox pop videos created at the JISC International Curation Education (ICE) Forum are now available. Moonalice plays Palo …

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Update on the FADGI Still Image Group

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is a guest post by Steve Puglia, Digital Conversion Services Manager for the Office of Strategic Initiatives. The Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Initiative, formed in 2007, includes representatives from various Federal agencies dealing with the digitization of cultural heritage collections.  This group meets regularly to discuss technical topics of common interest, with the …

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NDSA Profile: Educopia Institute

Posted by: Susan Manus

The following is part of a series featuring the work of our National Digital Stewardship Alliance partners. “A place for everything, everything in its place, and seven secure copies”, so says the “digital” Ben Franklin, as he’s quoted at the top of the MetaArchive project page.  He would of course, be very happy with the …