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This report provides an overview of knowledge organization systems (KOSs) and includes pertinent examples of their application to digital materials, offering extensive practical information for institutions embarking on digital library initiatives.…

Archives, Access and Artificial Intelligence: Working with Born-Digital and Digitized Archival Collections examines the types of collections that have been digital since the time of their inception. These include web archives, photoarchives, dark…

In a lecture at e.g. 2007 librarian Brewster Kahle introduced his radical idea to create a free, open access digital library with the aim of “bring[ing] all of the works of knowledge to as many people as want to read it.” He uses the Amazon.com…

In this edited volume, Gesa Kirsch and Liz Rohan explore the "backstory" of what goes into an archive. They dig deep into the research, political aspects, and decisions on what to archive. Many of the essays address the considerations involved in…

This journal article dissects the experiences and professional lessons absorbed through the development and planning of the University of Maryland Archive, implemented by the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) at the University of…

Policy makers generate digital records every single day, a fraction of which is preserved in archival repositories. However, accessing these archives is often challenging due to various factors like data protection, sensitivity, and copyright. While…

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…

This paper represents viewpoints from scholars, librarians, archivists, technologists, lawyers and journalists at the University of Missouri on addressing the problems of preserving born-digital news. The crisis of losing decades of journalistic work…

In her book Archives: Principles and Practices, author Laura Millar dives deep into the world of archiving, explaining archiving from the very beginning by breaking down the essentials of what an archive is and how archives are essential to…

This paper details the development and implementation of the MOVIO project. The Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Tourism (MiBACT) outlined best practices for groups presenting historical and educational archival information to the general…