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Spotlight: Photographs Documenting the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)

Unwritten Record

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

The Texas Record

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

Archive-It

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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South African print market growth lagging behind African recovery

Info Source

The power crisis has some bearing here, but while units with automatic document scanners and other applications are being used by people who work from home, standalone scanner units are not rebounding. As a result, industry players are raising pertinent questions that highlight the primary challenges they confront.

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Eggplant Activism: Philadelphia Community Gardens and COVID-19

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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. McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. McLean Library, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.

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SAA Austin Recap #2! Acquisitions & Appraisal & Electronic Records Section Joint Section Meeting!

The Schedule

The Best Practices Subcommittee is documenting collection development policies, and the results will be available on the section’s microsite along with the popular Zotero bibliography of appraisal resources. The Acquisitions & Appraisal Section has a newly-named Outreach Subcommittee that is working on ways to increase outreach.

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

IT Governance

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.