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Spotlight: Photographs Documenting the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

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In fact, photographs documenting CCC activities and companies are scattered throughout the United States and are housed within the collections of state libraries and archives, university libraries and archives, and within the collections of local historical societies. Original Caption: “Enrollee working in kitchen.

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Unwrapping the Archives

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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. Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission. The number of documents and pages is several million!

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Surveying Community Webs Members’ Digital Preservation Needs

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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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Eggplant Activism: Philadelphia Community Gardens and COVID-19

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Local and State government hadn’t included specific regulations for gardens in their closure orders. McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. Community gardens are an important part of our Commonwealth’s food and agricultural system,” Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding said. July 23, 2020.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached

IT Governance

The post List of data breaches and cyber attacks in November 2020 – 586 million records breached appeared first on IT Governance UK Blog. million) Phil i ppines COVID-19 track and trace app leaks citizens’ data (unknown) Contractor mistakenly removed data from Hong Kong’s Queen Mary Hospital (442) Cloud Clusters Inc.

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Visual Cues and Clues: Picking the Right Record Group for Still Pictures

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Keep in mind that photos can also be located at Regional Facilities, Presidential Libraries, or even Textual Records. . At the National Archives, Record Groups serve as a way to organize records into specific groups based on which Government Agency created, maintained, or arranged those records. Guess the Record Group?

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Collecting for continuity and for change: The web archiving experience in Westborough

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By Anthony Vaver, Local History Librarian and Archivist, Westborough Public Library. Still, I struggled to come up with a reason why someone from our growing South Asian population should visit our public library’s local history room. Local history at our library is accordingly going through a bit of a renaissance.