OCLC’s Lorcan Dempsey makes a great point as usual in his post “Making tracks”:
In recent presentations, I have been suggesting that libraries will need to adopt more archival skills as they manage digital collections and think about provenance, evidential integrity, and context, and that they will also need to adopt more museum perspectives as they [...]
ArchivesNext recently discussed Library Journal’s annual list of “Movers and Shakers,” pondering what a comparable list in the archival profession would look like. For those who don’t know, the list recognizes “library advocates, community builders, 2.0 gurus, innovators, marketers, mentors, and problem solvers transforming libraries.” After some rumination, ArchivesNext is now calling for nominations to [...]
I just discovered DataPortability.org through Peter Van Garderen’s blog post about it. I was entirely surprised that I’d heard nary a peep about it. Some basic examination (running a WHOIS query on the domain) shows that it’s still a fairly new project. I have to say, though, that I’m entirely impressed. Those involved have given [...]
Many of Web 2.0’s detractors argue about it’s real value, but given the wildfires in Southern California, I was happy to see it really put to good use. KPBS, a San Diego radio station, has been using Flickr and, even more shocking (at least for some), Twitter as ways to disseminate information and news quickly. [...]
ArchivesNext recently discussed the possibility of having some “Archives 2.0″-themed events this summer, and I think it’s a great idea. Now, we may not be able to throw something together in time for SAA, but it seems like the idea of at least meeting up informally is percolating. There’s a wealth of opportunities available for [...]
I’m a bit surprised that this hasn’t come across anyone’s radar, because it seems awfully damn significant to me. According to this post on the A&A listserv by Michael Ravnitzky, the National Archives and Records Administration released an exhaustive database of box holdings of all the Federal Records Centers. He doesn’t really say how [...]
It’s been some time since I’ve had a substantive post, and I don’t really intend to write one now. I figured I should mention, however, that I’ve been featured lately in print and in the blogosphere. Jessamyn West of librarian.net interviewed me for an article (”Saving Digital History”) in Library Journal netConnect. In addition, I [...]
A few months ago (while I was at NACO training) I got a reader’s card at the Library of Congress. For a while I pretty actively went and requested books on Saturday afternoons. In particular, I was interested in archival manuals from outside the United States. One of the most interesting books I found was [...]
First, via my associates at booktruck.org, I came across a review of the comic book Demonslayer v. 2.2, by a certain Marat Mychaels, et al. at Comics Should Be Good. While the fact that the reviewers pan the comic book seems only marginally of interest to those of us wading in archivy, I should draw [...]
Today, Nancy Beaumont, Executive Director of the Society of American Archivists, made an announcement on the Archives & Archivists listserv that SAA would no longer retain the first thirteen years of posts from the listserv. During this time the listserv was hosted by Miami University of Ohio, and last September, the list was moved to [...]