article thumbnail

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.

Archiving 106
article thumbnail

Connecting town and gown through the library

CILIP

Connecting town and gown through the library How to help a community explore its slave-trading history: Lesley English, Head of Library Engagement at Lancaster University Library, explains how the library plays a key role in building bridges between town and gown. We connect, we innovate, we include.”

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Mobile Libraries: Culture on the Go

Unwritten Record

Today’s post is written by Joseph Smith, who volunteers at the National Archives at College Park. National Bookmobile Day is April 22, part of National Library Week (April 19-25). . But sometimes a patron is unable to access a library due to limitations of location or distance. Libraries, Mobile — Third Army La.

article thumbnail

Archive-It Partner News, December 2019

Archive-It

by the Archive-It team. Winter , Milner Library, Illinois State University. Next open call and year-in-review with Archive-It. All Archive-It partners are welcome and encouraged to participate in the State of the WARC Survey. Local to global web archiving. Untitled , Milner Library, Illinois State University.

article thumbnail

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.

article thumbnail

Archive-It Partner News, January 2021

Archive-It

by the Archive-It team. New opportunity for public libraries. We’re inviting 150+ more public libraries to join the Community Webs cohort of web archiving partners. These quarterly open calls include the latest updates and discussion about web archiving and digital preservation technologies and service developments.

article thumbnail

Incorporate archived materials from the Wayback Machine into your collections with the Waybackfill Service

Archive-It

by the Archive-It team. Archive-It empowers institutions to collect websites and digital materials from the current web and build collections that grow and evolve over time. This allows Montana State Library to provide more extensive historical and contextual information to their patrons.