Perspectives on personal digital archiving / National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress.

Perspectives on personal digital archiving / National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress.

Personal Archiving

The book contain different blogs and articles that all give different tips and guides on how to properly obtain items for a digital archive, such as the quality of photos and online message and how to make them fit for preservation. Some of the passages also go into detail on a few challenges that come up during digital archiving, why preservation is important, as well as some solutions on the matter. This book pertains more towards the improved conditions of personal archiving, which is why the articles and blogs that were chosen have a bigger focus on improving the quality and resolution of the photos you take, as well as talking about how you can archive the text messages within your phone. This kind of archiving could be more targeted for the use of preserving family photos, such as cherished holiday moments or special occasions, or photos of a loved one who has passed away. It also goes through different methods of digitizing the photos that you have through the use of scanning, and storage methods such as the use of the Cloud. Despite it being on the personal level, this approach to digital archiving can be effective in the sense that it allows us to preserve our own documents and images, the smaller things that archivists might have glossed over, helping preserve our heritage.

National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (U.S.)

2013

Gonzalez, Sean

Book/eBook

National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (U.S.). Perspectives on personal digital archiving / National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress.