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This article discusses the importance of differentiating between the terms digital archiving and digital curation and explains how the obfuscation of these phrases can limit the necessary resources that must be given to digital archiving practices.…

For many, the idea of digital archives can often appear to be fundamentally opposed to media and art and can appear to be impossible to accomplish. This article examines some of the problems that digital archivists face when attempting to incorporate…

Data Archiving discusses how science depends on good data. Most data are central to the understanding of the natural world. The results of the study, when published, the data on which those results were based are sometimes stored unreliably. The…

In the article What Do you Mean by Archive? Genres of Usage for Digital Preservers by Trevor Owens, he discusses archives, what they are and how they are used in different fields. This piece delves into the different forms and contexts of archiving,…

The Library of Congress and Personal Digital Archiving by Mike Ashenfield was produced and released on May 5th, 2015. It is an open source instruction and informational guide on various personal digital archiving resources. There is a total of 300…

Within his article “Digital Curation/Digital Archiving: A View from the National Archives of Australia,” Adrian Cunningham tackles the true definition of the term digital archive. Bringing in a perspective from the National Archives of Australia…

“Case of the Puzzling Personal Digital Archive” by writers Wendy Hagenmaier, Oscar Gittemeier and Michelle Kirk is a presentation hosted by NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program. The program is working in collaboration with NYU…

This source emphasizes the paradigm shift in genealogical research. According to this book, the landscape of genealogical research has undergone a profound transformation with people having access to millions of records available from the comfort of…