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Putting born-digital stuff, including disk images, into finding aids.
MIAP is a two-year, interdisciplinary course of study that trains future professionals to manage preservation-level collections of film, video, new media, and digital works. MIAP is situated within New York University’s Department of Cinema Studies, part of the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television in the Tisch School of the Arts.
En julio de 2009, el secretario del Instituto Smithsoniano, G. Wayne Clough, habló sobre el futuro...
Preservation Storage Criteria, Version 2 Last modified May 2017 Introduction Preservation Storage “provides the services and functions for the storage, maintenance and retrieval of [Archival Information Packages, or] AIPs. Archival Storage functions include receiving AIPs from Ingest and adding t...
Lessons from the Dark Side of the Force. We use Star Wars saga Rogue One as an example of how we are working to ensure the durability and security of content.
We are very excited to talk with Jarrett Drake, digital archivist at Princeton University’s Mudd Manuscript Library. He was awarded an Innovation Award from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) in 2016 for his work in challenging and re-examining the practices of archiving and documenting history, particularly relating to preserving the under-represented voices in history. Read More
Earlier this summer, the Depository Library Council (DLC) sought input on modernizing the Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). The MIT Libraries submitted the following response, emphasizing the crucial role that equitable access to government information plays in promoting a healthy democracy and an engaged citizenship. The Libraries encouraged the DLC to engage in a robust […]
This third post in our series on an evolving approach to social media focuses on telling preservation stories.
Archives perennially ask the question "how few copies can we get away with?" This is a question I've blogged about in 2016 and 2011 and ...
Loader software for automated imaging of optical media with Nimbie disc robot - GitHub - KBNLresearch/iromlab: Loader software for automated imaging of optical media with Nimbie disc robot
Tool for dealing with CDs and DVDs en masse; assumes possession of a disc robot.
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