It’s a bird, it’s a satellite, it’s …
.. . . another high-flying digitization effort: Alouette Canada. The project, which officially launched in June 2006, recently gained a project director, the affable Mr. Brian Bell, former chair of …
Read MoreWeb archiving for the election, anyone?
I recently got a notice from our friends at the Internet Archive that their Election 2006 web archive is open for business. You can nominate a web site (or sites) …
Read MoreNon-English Access Recommendations – Whacha think?
ALA’s Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) Task Force on non-English Access issued its report and recommendations on October 10 for public comment. I enjoyed working with many …
Read MoreA day in the life…
Two interesting projects, both (mostly) taking place outside of “our” community. The Yahoo! Time Capsule: Between October 10 and November 8, people can submit photos, writings, etc. to document the …
Read MoreArchivist items
Kind of random, but I think these two go nicely together: John Battelle reveals a desire to archive advertising. Meanwhile, this cartoon refers to a new malady, “Archivaholism.” Could the …
Read MoreRumors of our demise…
The rumors of our demise have not, in this case, been exaggerated, or at least not greatly. Starting in September, we began to communicate our plans to shut down RedLightGreen, …
Read MoreArchives are good
This month is American Archives month. Archivists are trying to create better public awareness of the value of archives and to reach new audiences. I applaud this effort as I …
Read MoreOverheard last weekend…
“Google books: books only a computer could love.” The idea being that, well, there are probably more than a few books in our collections that haven’t been checked out by …
Read MoreAs if digital preservation isn’t already expensive enough…
Is it me, or is this idea to preserve digital data in lunar lava tubes a bit absurb? That data would have to be pretty darned valuable…
Read MorePredictions
The Library Link of the Day blog led me to this article (dated September 2006), where Larry Sanger predicts: In the next year, by the end of 2007, every major …
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