by Maggie Schreiner and Erica López In establishing a born-digital records program at Brooklyn Historical Society, one of our main challenges was scaling the recommendations and best practices, whi…

How we completely rebuilt the storage layer for Wellcome Collection’s digital archives.

Learn how to acquire Twitter data and process them to make them usable for further analysis.

(2018). Security, Archivists, and Digital Collections. Journal of Archival Organization: Vol. 15, No. 1-2, pp. 1-19.

Executive Summary This research report explores archiving practices and policies across newspapers, magazines, wire services, and digital-only news producers, with the aim of identifying the current state of archiving and potential strategies for preserving content in an age of digital distribution. Between March 2018 and January 2019, we conducted interviews with 48 individuals from […]

Twitter just announced that it is planning to free up usernames for inactive accounts. While that means that the coveted Twitter handle you’ve been eyeing might finally be yours, if you happen to grab it before anyone else, Twitter’s move comes with an unfortunate side effect: If someone you love is no longer around…

Preserving open source software for future generations

By Jim Costin, Bridging the Digital Gap Trainee   Emails. Most of us have at least one email account with some people having as many as ei...

Rare example of a journalist asking the right questions about wizzy new storage tech.

Great overview of DP for 668 intro, actually!

Just in time for World Digital Preservation Day 2019, staff at State Library of Queensland have come up with another parody song, aimed at raising the profile of digital preservation. This time the target was Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. This parody song highlights the need to transfer your digital content from containers (USBs, floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, etc) to better, long-term storage, to ensure ongoing access to your digital content.

Original lyrics and music by Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic, and Dave Grohl. Parody lyrics by Rachel Merrick and Serena Coates. Video produced by Visual Media, State Library of Queensland. Camera: Josie Huang. Audio: Leif Ekstrom. Edit: Josie Huang. "Drums" - Daniel Cavanagh, "Bass" and backup vocals - Serena Coates, "Janitor" - Leif Ekstrom, "Cheerleader" - Talia Love-Linay, "Guitar" and lead vocals - Rachel Merrick.