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Unwrapping the Archives

The Texas Record

When most people think of archives, the first thing that comes to mind is Indiana Jones swinging on vines and storing artifacts in giant rooms. While that is an interesting popular image, the archives and archivists here at the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) are the protectors of documented history.

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50 Years Makes a Difference! How Film Research Has Changed Since the 1972 Conference on Audiovisual Archives

Unwritten Record

You may have heard that the National Archives is partnering with the University of Maryland Cinema and Media Studies Program to present Films of State , an online conference on government-produced moving images (if not, check out my last blog post for more background). In addition, “access” meant something completely different at the time.

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Archive-It Partner News, October 2021

Archive-It

by the Archive-It team. 60+ public libraries and cultural heritage organizations from across the US, Canada, and internationally have joined Community Webs to document local history and the lives of their patrons through web archiving. Meet them and learn much more about the program here on the Internet Archive blog.

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Spotlight: Saving Time with “A Step Saving Kitchen”

Unwritten Record

It comes from the Records of the Department of Agriculture, in the series “Public Information and Training Motion Picture and Television Productions, 1990 – 1995”, which consists of films produced or acquired to document agriculture, forestry, and home economics. Demonstration of revolving corner cabinets.

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A deeper insight into the CloudWizard APT’s activity revealed a long-running activity

Security Affairs

In October 2022, Kaspersky researchers uncovered a malware campaign aimed at infecting government, agriculture and transportation organizations located in the Donetsk, Lugansk, and Crimea regions with a previously undetected framework dubbed CommonMagic. The archive contained two files, a decoy document (i.e.

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Surveying Community Webs Members’ Digital Preservation Needs

Archive-It

Internet Archive Community Programs staff received member feedback on what members liked about the program, what they wanted to see more of, and how we could sustain the program long into the future. Out of those 51 members, 49 members (96%) expressed an organizational need or mandate to preserve digital content over the long-term.

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The Bureau of Indian Affairs – Photographs Finding Aid: A Closer Look

Unwritten Record

Today we will take a deeper dive into the new finding aid and explore the various search strategies that can be utilized to access these wonderful photographs. To access the BIA photographs, the Bureau of Indian Affairs – Photographs Finding Aid provides the user the options of searching by Tribal Nation, topic or state.