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The best of times, the worst of times for public libraries

CILIP

The best of times, the worst of times for public libraries Isobel Hunter, CEO of Libraries Connected, discusses how the sector is demonstrating its best innovation while facing its worst financial crisis. ISOBEL Hunter became the first Chief Executive of Libraries Connected in 2018.

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Archives Month: Web Archive (WARC) File Format

The Texas Record

It’s October, which means that it is once again time to celebrate American Archives Month ! First on the docket: web archiving. Web archiving requires the use of a preservation format that maintains all hyperlinked content and metadata in its original context. Store the harvested data in a web archive format, like WARC.

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Unwrapping the Archives

The Texas Record

When most people think of archives, the first thing that comes to mind is Indiana Jones swinging on vines and storing artifacts in giant rooms. 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.

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Unpatched Python Library Affects More Than 300,000 Open Source Projects

eSecurity Planet

Trellix security researchers have revealed a major vulnerability in the Python tarfile library that could be exploited in software supply chain attacks. See the Top Code Debugging and Code Security Tools. Read next: Best Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM) Tools. Path Traversal Vulnerability Exposes Repositories.

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Top Open Source Security Tools

eSecurity Planet

This has given rise to a large number of open source security tools. However, the tools themselves vary considerably in scope, sophistication, and function. The editors of eSecurity Planet find the following 20 open source security tools to be particularly useful. The Best Open Source Security Tools. WhiteSource.

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Working to Advance Library Support for Web Archive Research 

Archive-It

by the Community Programs team This Spring, the Internet Archive hosted two in-person workshops aimed at helping to advance library support for web archive research: Digital Scholarship & the Web and Art Resources on the Web. Participants were then introduced to Archives Research Compute Hub (ARCH).

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Working to Advance Library Support for Web Archive Research 

Archive-It

by the Community Programs team This Spring, the Internet Archive hosted two in-person workshops aimed at helping to advance library support for web archive research: Digital Scholarship & the Web and Art Resources on the Web. Participants were then introduced to Archives Research Compute Hub (ARCH).