Barrett Jones Joins LOC
November 1 -- Barrett Jones, formerly a training specialist at the IMF, joins the LOC DPOE program.
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250 Years of Blogging
October 27, 2010 -- Robert Darnton, historian and director of the Harvard University libraries, spoke at the Library of Congress on October 15, 2010.
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Sustaining a Digital Preservation Network to Resolve a Shared Challenge
October 27, 2010 -- Four digital preservation network organizations hosted a workshop on national initiatives during the 2010 iPres Conference in Vienna, Austria, on September 23, 2010.
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IIPC Working Groups Meet
October 27, 2010 -- Members of the International Internet Preservation Consortium participated in working group meetings in Vienna during September 23-24, 2010.
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Digital Storage, Digital Preservation
October 25, 2010 -- Digital storage users and providers from a variety of cultural and research institutions met to develop mutual understanding and explore possible technological solutions.
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Podcast: Adam Farquhar of the British Library on Planets
October 25, 2010 -- The latest NDIIPP podcast features Adam Farquhar, Head of Digital Library Technology at the British Library speaking about Planets.
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Best Practices Exchange has NDIIPP Focus
October 8, 2010 -- Best Practices Exchange 2010 held its fifth annual meeting September 28-October 1 in Phoenix, Az.
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Libraries, Archives and Museums: A Collaborative Convergence
October 5, 2010 -- The Smithsonian Institution hosted Yours, Mine, Ours: Leadership Through Collaboration, a forum on collaboration in libraries, archivies and museums, held September 20-21 in Washington, DC.
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Strengthening Multi-institution Collaboration
October 5, 2010 -- A session at the Smithsonian Institution hosted forum on collaboration in libraries, archivies and museums featured a discussion about the successes and challenges of working together.
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NDIIPP Projects on Digital Preservation Award Shortlist
September 28, 2010 -- The Institute of Conservation and the Digital Preservation Coalition recently announced the shortlist for the prestigious Digital Preservation Award 2010.
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ContextMiner Wins APSA Award
September 24, 2010 -- The American Political Science Association has awarded ContextMiner, part of the NDIIPP VidArch project, Best Political Science Software.
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Web Browser Supports Time Travel
September 24, 2010 -- MementoFox, a free extension that users can add-on to their Mozilla browser, enables users to older versions of websites.
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Extractor Tool Helps Preserves Microsoft Outlook Emails and Attachments
September 24, 2010 -- The Persistent Digital Archives and Library System research project has recently released an open source software tool that extracts email, attachments and other objects from Microsoft Outlook.
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From the Dot Com Bust to the Father of Persian Blogging
September 17, 2010 -- NDIIPP staff developed a narrated slideshow illustrating how digital information supports public policy topics.
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The Library Participates in Save Our African American Treasures
September 14, 2010 -- The Library of Congress participated in the National Museum of African American History and Culture's Save Our African American Treasures event, held August 14-15 in Topeka, Kan.
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The Proper Way to Capture the Web
September 10, 2010 -- Abbie Grotke is the newly appointed team leader of the NDIIPP Web Archiving Team.
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Mediated by Software
September 10, 2010 -- David Brunton of the Library of Congress Repository Development Center discusses development of software tools to manage digital content.
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A Digital Preservation Summer
September 8, 2010 -- Two interns worked with the NDIIPP Communications Team on a variety of projects during their summer internships.
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Physical and Digital Preservation of the Waldseemuller Map
September 8, 2010 -- The Library of Congress has created a video comparing preservation of the 1507 Waldseemuller Map with preservation of its digital copies.
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Computerworld on Archival Storage
September 2, 2010 -- A recent Computerworld article examined some of the issues surrounding archival storage and the large quantities of digital data generated.
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Gillmor Working with NDIIPP
August 25, 2010 -- Director of the Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship at Arizona State University Dan Gillmor engaging with NDIIPP on preserving born-digital news articles and information.
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CIESIN Releases Geospatial Clearinghouse Survey
August 18, 2010 -- NDIIPP partner conducting survey to gain insight into potential uses and users of a geospatial data preservation clearinghouse and to inform its development.
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GeoMAPP Engages Industry at ESRI International Conference
August 18, 2010 -- The Library of Congress and its partners had a strong presence at the ESRI International User Conference , held from July 12-16, 2010 in San Diego, CA.
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NDIIPP Meeting Draws Crowd, Stirs Interest
August 9, 2010 -- The
National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program partners meeting was held July 20-22 in Arlington, Va.
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Library’s Approach to Open Source Attracts Crowd at GW Presentation
August 9, 2010 -- Leslie Johnston spoke about the Library of Congress developing open-source software for supporting digital stewardship activities at George Washington University on July 15, 2010.
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Law and Orderly Preservation
August 9, 2010 -- The American Association of Law Libraries annual conference featured a session on preserving born-digital ephemera, held in Denver, CO, July 12.
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New LC video on personal archiving
July 26, 2010 -- The Library of Congress has released a new video that addresses the challenge of personal digital archiving.
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Archive-It Tuned Into Customers
July 26, 2010 -- Kristine Hanna, director of web archiving services at the Internet Archive, talks about the latest release of the Archive-It application.
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Putting Metadata on the Map
July 26, 2010 -- Jenn Riley, metadata librarian in the Indiana University Digital Library Program, created an inforgraphic of metadata standards.
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NDIIPP as Constant Companion
July 26, 2010 -- Barrie Howard is the newest staff member of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program.
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Snapshots on File Formats
July 26, 2010 -- An article in the Spring 2010 issue of Information Standards Quarterly focused on the Federal Agencies Digitiziation Guidelines Initiative and current digital reformatting practices for audio-visual records.
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New LC podcast on preserving digital video
July 16, 2010 -- Audiovisual archivist Linda Tadic offers practical solutions for preserving digital video.
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Collaboration Key to a Future for Our Digital Memory
June 23, 2010 -- The Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation issued a new report, A Future for Our Digital Memory.
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Library Perspectives on Scientific Data Stewardship
June 23, 2010 -- A recent National Research Council Board of Research Data and Information symposium shared some perspectives on scientific data stewardship.
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Data Conservancy: Help with Grand Research Challenges
June 23, 2010 -- Sayeed Choudhury, associate dean for Library Digital Programs at Johns Hopkins University, talked about Data Conservancy at the Library of Congress on June 7, 2010.
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Jimi Jones: A Necessary Passion for Digital Preservation
June 16, 2010 -- Jimi Jones joins the staff of the Library of Congress, Office of Strategic Initiatives as an IT Specialist (Audio/Visual).
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Library Staff Visits Middle-School Web Archivists
June 15, 2010 -- Staff from the Library of Congress traveled to Connecticut to visit and interview the teacher and students who contributed to the K-12 Web Archiving program.
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