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Surveying Community Webs Members’ Digital Preservation Needs

Archive-It

Out of the 51, respondents the following organization types were represented: public libraries (34), college and university libraries or archives (4), archival repositories (5), museums (5), research institutes (1), and state/local government offices (1).

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Caretakers of the Sky: The Wright Brothers and Recording the Aerial Age

Unwritten Record

Despite such a momentous achievement, as laid out by the Smithsonian Institute, the US government initially took little interest in the Wright’s invention. The footage that Clime shot during those trials is considered to be the first and oldest motion picture created by and for the federal government. According to Hermine M.

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The Wright Military Flyer Soars on Celluloid: Uncovering the Story of Our Oldest Government Film

Unwritten Record

But what about the first government films? The oldest known government-produced film in our holdings is First Army Aeroplane Flight, Fort Myer, Virginia , which captured daring test flights of the Wright Military Flyer. According to Agriculture Department lore, this early filmmaking was done with a degree of secrecy.

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

Of course, it was this approach we took in the early years of Wired magazine. ” Or, “If the government had the ability to track everything we do both offline and on, then what might our society look like?” Our agricultural practices and policies? Our insurance industries? Our life expectancies?

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If-Then and Antiquities of the Future

John Battelle's Searchblog

Of course, it was this approach we took in the early years of Wired magazine. ” Or, “If the government had the ability to track everything we do both offline and on, then what might our society look like?” Our agricultural practices and policies? Our insurance industries? Our life expectancies?

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Robert Reich: “Saving Capitalism” From Itself

John Battelle's Searchblog

Most of Reich’s argument turns on this simple premise: The debate between “free markets” and “government intrusion” is a false choice. From banking to broadband, pharma to agriculture, Reich details subtle market mechanisms that concentrate power and capital into the hands of the “new oligarchs.”