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Spotlight: Happy Birthday, West Virginia

Unwritten Record

The film, West Virginia and Its Natural Resources , was part of the film library of the Bureau of Mines. Now, the film is part of NARA’s holdings in Record Group 70: Records of the Bureau of Mines and Series: Public Information Films and Video Recordings, 1934-1975. Still Picture records relating to West Virginia .

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

Unwritten Record

Every year, the Moving Image and Sound Preservation Labs digitize thousands of records for which there is not already a film print, video, or file available. The combination of the two factors meant that when more people became interested in government film, mining for new material was not overly complicated.

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Part 2: OMG! Not another digital transformation article! Is it about the evolution from RIM to Content Services?

ARMA International

In the Neolithic Revolution, early humans discovered agriculture, which helped establish early civilizations. Over the millennia, agriculture has used countless technologies to increase production. In some cases, DT is also an opportunity for organizations to monetize their archived audio, video, and other types of content libraries.