Archive-It Partner News, January 2023
January 19th, 2023
Upcoming: ARCH Data Analysis Workshops
The Archiving and Data Services team will be hosting two in-person workshops this spring to introduce librarians, archivists, and scholars to computational methods around analyzing web archives using Archives Research Compute Hub (ARCH).
- Digital Scholarship and the Web: An Introduction to Data Analysis and Instruction will be held on Wednesday, March 15, in Pittsburgh, PA alongside the ACRL 2023 Conference.
- Art Resources on the Web: An Introduction to Data Analysis and Instruction will be held on Tuesday, April 18 in Mexico City as part of the ARLIS/NA 2023 Annual Conference.
Learn more about the objectives and agendas for these events and review details for upcoming application deadlines using the links above.
Community News
Windows of Understanding
Jacquelyn Oshman, of New Brunswick Free Public Library, celebrates the sixth year of ‘Windows of Understanding: We See Through Hate,’ an innovative local initiative bringing awareness, through art, to social justice issues impacting the community. The initiative aims to inspire and connect people with social justice organizations in the community working to address these issues. Check out our blog to learn more about the project and browse New Brunswick Free Public Library’s evolving web archive.
The Importance of Preserving 3D Imagery
Archiving contemporary web resources about the techniques of creating and displaying 3D photography (also known as stereoscopic photography) brings new life to the history of the art form. Ken Kovar, with Chicago3d, shares his experience using Archive-It to preserve the history and dialogues of a passionate community of artists and technologists. You can read more about Chicago3d’s work and browse their collection on our blog.
What we’re reading
- Legal and Ethical Considerations for Providing Access to Born-Digital Collections: Copyright – The Legal Due Diligence Subteam of the Digital Library Federation Born-Digital Access Working Group shares its fourth installment in a series focused on legal and ethical issues involved in providing access to born-digital archival records.
- Coffee Chat Recap with Dr. Ian Milligan – “Unleashing” Web Archives for Research – Web Archiving Steering Committee Chair Susan Paterson summarizes key messages from the SAA Web Archiving Section’s December event.
- Survey of Data Interfaces and Archived Data – David Calano aggregates common issues collecting and accessing interactive data on the live and archived web.
- Building a Web-Archive Image Search Service at Arquivo.pt – André Mourão and Daniel Gomes share learnings and applications of their open-source image search platform.
Tech and Training
Archive-It Training Services
Do you have resolutions to improve your web archiving workflow in the new year? We’re here to help! Whether you’re looking for a demonstration of our services, a refresher for your team, or a deeper dive into more advanced topics, you can use our training request form to start the scheduling process. Just tell us a bit about your training objectives and your availability, and we’ll do the rest.
Supporting Computational Research on Large Digital Collections
Watch as Jefferson Bailey, Nick Ruest, Abigail Potter, and Meghan Ferriter presented at the CNI Fall meeting, demonstrating applications of machine learning and artificial intelligence in library and archival contexts.
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A warm welcome to our newest partners!
Candid.org
City of Chesapeake
Digital British Islam Project