Collaborative Sourcing
Aggregation – somebody has to pay. In an earlier post I referred to an article by Lorcan Dempsey in which he’s quite convincing about the power that flows from aggregating …
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ArchiveGrid.org – the boon of my existence
Archives, the historical records, documents, evidence created by people, families, organizations and governments are essential for understanding our achievements and failures, our social and ethnic heritage. These resources are used …
Read MoreArchival Metrics
Last week I went to North Carolina for a meeting of the Archival Metrics Sustainability Advisory Group (you will need to scroll down to see who else is on the …
Read MoreWatch this space: ArchiveGrid is coming to town
Archivists and researchers will be interested to know that the refashioned Archival Resources will make its debut in early 2006 as ArchiveGrid.org. RLG has long been supportive of the unique …
Read MoreArchivists’ Toolkit
Lat week, I attended an advisory board meeting for the Archivists’ Toolkit project. The AT aims to provide open source software that will help archives of all sizes manage and …
Read MoreWho 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 …
Read MoreHeroes and Villains
I very recently returned from attending the Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting in New Orleans feeling very happy about seeing colleagues, contributing to the profession, learning about some great …
Read MoreHighlights from SAA
I returned from the Society of American Archivists annual meeting on Saturday – the meeting had not yet concluded, but I had a date with destiny (my high school reunion, …
Read MoreEAD Report Card now yours for the taking
A few weeks ago, I told you that we were testing the open source version of the RLG EAD Report Card. I’m pleased to announce that the files are now …
Read MoreInternational archival gateways
In May, RLG convened a meeting on international archival gateways, hosted by one of our members, The National Archives in the UK, and funded by the Delmas Foundation. This was …
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