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Open your archive – unlock the value: SAA Archives 2017

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This theme of openness was also echoed by David Ferriero, Archivist of the United States who emphasised the role archives play in ensuring transparent government. So, whether you are in government, academia or industry, making your archive accessible can deliver significant value to all your stakeholders.

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Archive-It Partner News, November-December 2023

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by the Archive-It Team From our team to yours, wishing you all the best this Holiday Season!! Dr. Emily Lynell Edwards’ and Dr. Rosario Rogel-Salazar‘s teams were some of the first users of the Archives Research Compute Hub ( ARCH ). They joined Web Archivist Karl Blumenthal on a panel at the DLF Forum in St. Louis in November.

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Take the NDSA 2017 Web Archiving Survey

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The National Digital Stewardship Alliance is sponsoring a survey of organizations in the United States who are actively involved in or planning to archive content from the web. Any United States organization involved in web archiving or in the process of planning a web archive is encouraged to take the survey.

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Archiving and describing mass tragedy: the Web Archive on the October 1, 2017 Shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada

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by Tammi Kim, Special Collections and Archives Technical Services Librarian at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Tragedy struck Las Vegas, Nevada on October 1, 2017, when a lone gunman opened fire onto a crowd of twenty-two thousand people attending the Route 91 Harvest Festival, injuring over five hundred people and killing fifty-eight.

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An Honest Look at Implementing a Digital Preservation Program and the Role of Archive-It

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Guest post by Amber Passen (she/they), Digital Archivist for the Columbus Indiana Architectural Archives (CIAA) at the Bartholomew County Public Library in Columbus, Indiana This post is part of a series written by members of the Community Webs program. For more information, visit communitywebs.archive-it.org.

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Archive-It Partner News, November 2017

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by the Archive-It team. The Community Webs cohort of public librarians kicking off their program at the Internet Archive on November 3. Watch this space and the Archive-It blog for updates from the cohort and Internet Archive staff on their progress, lessons-learned, and new open educational resources. Community News.

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Archive-It Partner News, September 2017

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by the Archive-It Team. Expanding Web Archiving in Canada. The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) and the Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL) have joined forces in a multi-consortial offering of Archive-It. Read the full story on the Internet Archive’s blog. Archiving #Charlottesville.