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Michela Ferron and Paolo Massa employ a quantitative study of Wikipedia as a digital archive in order to show how one can view memory as an active process. The authors begin with a discussion of Web 2.0 as public, private, and modifiable, but unable…

John P. Wilkin, executive director of HathiTrust and associate research librarian for the University of Michigan, provides an in-depth report on the current percentages of published works that are at various stages of public domain and in-copyright.…

“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…

Andrea Goethals, manager of digital preservation and repository services at the Harvard Library, delivered this presentation on 22 April 2011 to an audience of undergraduate students at Harvard University. Goethals aims at encouraging students to…

Halvorson writes about a new position in the job market called content strategist. Content strategists’ role description is hard to pin point and define because it depends on the circumstances and the organization they work for. They are more than…

This video describes the basic idea for copyrights, trademarks, and patents using current examples and explains when it is appropriate to get each one. It goes also describes multiply sites that also explain each concept further in depth and helps…

The distribution of multi-media primary sources, in this article, chiefly oral history interviews through searchable digital archives has dramatically improved the quality of historical research in recent years. With the integration of audio sources…

Libraries recognize the importance of digitizing archival material to improve access to and preservation of their special collections. This book provides a step-by-step guide for creating digital collections, including examples and practical tips.…

The David Rumsey Map Collection features nearly 50,000 historical maps spanning from 1492 to the present-day. More than simply a repository, the website is an interactive database giving users the ability to download the actual record and create…

This book is a comprehensive guide that addresses the modern-day challenge of creating, managing, and cherishing extensive photo collections. Spanning from vintage film prints to contemporary smartphone snapshots, photographs embody profound…