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COVID-19 in local history web archives: What we collect and why

Archive-It

By Karl-Rainer Blumenthal, Web Archivist for Archive-It. Archive-It’s crawling machines churned with activity as our partners sought to preserve records of the microscopic forces moving their operations to makeshift home offices around the world. Archived blog post from the Queens Public Library’s collection.

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Advocating for digital preservation through better corporate governance

Preservica

Last month I attended the ICA Section for Business Archives meeting which was held at the Levi Strauss HQ in San Francisco. Several archivists were keen to discuss the best place to start engaging with other business functions to advocate for a dedicated digital archiving and preservation solution. Corporate governance.

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e-Records 2017 – “Information Governance: Take Control and Succeed” Conference Recap

The Texas Record

The 2017 e-Records conference delivered on all fronts hosting a variety of vendors, local government and state agency representatives and, of course, plenty of staff from the two hosting state agencies: Department of Information Resources (DIR) and Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC).

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The libraries and K&IM skillset of the future

CILIP

The event was hosted at the the Hive, a unique joint venture from the University of Worcester and Worcestershire County Council housing a public library, university library and archives in one environmentally friendly building. The day was made possible with sponsorship from CB Resourcing and WF Education.

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e-Records 2021 Call for Presentations

The Texas Record

This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government. TSLAC and DIR are looking for learner-focused presentations designed to engage virtual audiences.

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e-Records 2020 Call for Presentations

The Texas Record

This event is organized by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) and co-sponsored with the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) to promote electronic records management in Texas government. TSLAC and DIR are looking for learner-focused presentations designed to engage virtual audiences.

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New choices, new directions: Piloting the 2018 Mexican Government Web Archive

Archive-It

On July 1, 2018 Mexican voters went to the polls to decide the fate of their entire federal government: one president, 500 members of congress, and 128 senators. It’s the first time in over 80 years that Mexico will not be majority-governed by one of the two parties that has dominated national and local politics since the 1930s.