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Library History with Heritage & University Archives, Part 2

Archives Blogs

In this second installment of Library History with Heritage & University archives, we’ll be looking at the trajectory of the Library School since its reorganization in 1947. We’ll also be exploring how Special Collections & Archives has grown since its establishment in 1956.

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World Digital Preservation Day guest blog: managing the “digital deluge” at the National Library of Australia

Preservica

Terence: Since our partnership began more than seven years ago, Preservica has played an ever-increasing role in helping the library improve digital preservation of collections to ensure their future accessibility. Beginning in 2008, the Library developed an in-house solution for processing content from physical carriers.

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No Mail, Low Morale: The 6888th Central Postal Battalion

Unwritten Record

Local Identifier: 111-SC-238651; National Archives Identifier: 531334. “No ” Local Identifier: 111-SC-200791; National Archives Identifier: 531249. ” Local Identifier: 111-SC-202080; National Archives Identifier: 175539147. ” Local Identifier: 111-SC-426441; National Archives Identifier: 175539237.

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Brexit means new risks for the sector

CILIP

That means greater risk aversion, more obstacles and more costs for library and information professionals. The most immediate problem for the library and information sector is orphan works. Naomi wrote a report in 2009 called In From the Cold which found there were in the region of 50 million orphan works in the UK sector.

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Another season of sport at FSU begins

Archives Blogs

Cover from the media guide for Swimming & Diving, 2009-2010. [ These two sports are the last of a long project for the Digital Library Center, the digitization of all the sports media guides for FSU teams that the Archives currently holds. See original object ]. Student-athletes, however, are already back at work.

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Making Access Happen: NARA’s Leadership in the Digital Decade

Archives Blogs

The history of the National Archives records our longstanding commitment to the mission of preserving and providing access to the permanent records of the federal government. In 2009, Making Access Happen meant that we provided descriptions of our records in our online Catalog and our digital presence was limited to our websites.

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The stack: An introduction to the WARC file

Archive-It

by Karl-Rainer Blumenthal, Web Archivist for Archive-It. Want to know more about a tool in our web archiving toolbox? Your suggestions or questions for future posts about Archive-It technology are very welcome here. It’s a digital preservation mantra: lots of copies keeps stuff safe (LOCKSS). But what do we know about that WARC?