Using up our words…
I attended the Association of Research Libraries membership meeting last week and stayed on for a forum titled Managing Digital Assets: Strategic Issues for Research Libraries that ARL co-sponsored with …
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Who took that picture?
A long commute of listening to NPR makes for a person who has a lot to contribute at dinner parties, and it also helps with the occasional blog entry. Here’s …
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About a month ago my colleague Günter wrote a post about the way in which our communities interact with industry. He wondered “How do we communicate that the use of …
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The Have and Have Nots
Did the headline for this NEDCC announcement make you break into a wry smile? NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER STUDY REVEALS NEED FOR PLANNING TO SUSTAIN DIGITAL COLLECTIONS I think everybody …
Read MoreIt’s a sorry frog that don’t praise its own pond
Libraries, archives and museums today all have the common responsibility of managing digital information. Whether its born or reborn digital stuff, seeing it through its life cycle involves capturing, naming, …
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Over the last couple of years, I’ve had various experiences of interacting with the people from the other side of the fence – they’re usually called vendors, manufacturers, or “the …
Read Moregrab-bag of LAM news
I haven’t really seen this make the rounds yet, so I thought I’d write it up here – the Library of Congress just announced that it has launched a website …
Read MoreFrom DAMS to preservation
On a recent trip to NYC I had the good fortune of spending some time with Barbara Bridgers and her staff in the photography studio of the MET. We spent …
Read MoreBorn Again Bits
I am not a digital preservation professional. I do not even play one on TV. The digital preservation guru at RLG is Robin Dale, who sits in the same pod …
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