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The Challenges and Rewards of Open-Source Digital Video Preservation #saa12
The good times continued at the SAA Annual Meeting last week as attendees weighed their open-source video preservation options. A case study from the City of Vancouver Archives outlining its successes and weighty considerations prompted the session audience to ask thought-provoking questions on the simplicity of film preservation and the
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Solving Problems with Authority and Sharing: Developments and Prospects #saa12
The Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) project is an ambitious one that seeks to locate records of historical importance across repositories and make them available to patrons on a massive scale. Our panel updated us on its fascinating progress. Look at what we records and information management professionals can
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Towards Seamless Connections Between Born-Digital & Hard-Copy Records #saa12
The question of creating access to information is not a new one for archivists, but how some archivists are answering that question when handling large quantities of hard copy data in a digital environment is. The Society of American Archivists (SAA) 2012 annual meeting, “Beyond Borders," concluded Saturday,
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Partnerships New and Old: Preservation in the 21st Century #saa12
Working with many of the techniques of Digital Forensics, Digital Preservationists are moving to the forefront in many institutions, bridging the gap between archivists, technologists and records managers. Following the official Thursday, August 9, kick off of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) 2012 annual meeting in San Diego, I attended
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Web Archiving: Selection, Capture, Preservation, Marketing #saa12
While archiving web pages may not spring to mind as one of the duties of an archivist, organizations are increasingly recognizing the value of keeping records of websites and social media sites to provide snapshots of their public face and context for other assets.
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Digital Forensics for Archivists #saa12
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) 2012 annual meeting, Beyond Borders, began Monday, August 6 in San Diego with strong pre-conference sessions. I attended Digital Forensics for Archivists (DFA), a course focusing on specific tools and services that archivists need to use for their work with digital archives. This
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