There are several varied types of electronic records, including legal documents, images, receipts, and personal correspondence that require unique methods of preservation. Hoke explains that due to rapid obsolescence of both software and hardware,…
This journal article delineates the procedures undertaken and the standards implemented in the establishment of a time-withstanding digital audiovisual archive known as the IFI Irish Film Archive. After collecting the results of various research…
This paper examines the key functionality for users of a web archive. The author argues the following components must be addressed: basic searching, browsing, advanced personalization, customized services, and data mining. A selection of ten English…
The functionalities that are important to the users of web archives range from basic searching and browsing to advanced personalized and customized services, data mining, and website reconstruction. The author examined ten of the most established…
The class, titled “Introduction to Literary Study,” helps students build the foundational skills commonly used for the study of literature, including close reading, textual analysis, attention to genre and form, and attention to material and…
The climate crisis has altered many facets of life and has not neglected digital archiving. In her book, From Handwriting to Footprinting Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis, Anne Baillot calls attention to the digital practices of…
This article, written by four librarians from the University of Utah, introduces us to the idea of “collections as data” as a way to further improve and expand upon digital archiving methods used all over the world today. While librarians and…
This book goes into depth on the workings of the Extensible Markup Language or XML. Including the structuring, both Logical and Physical, and the validation process and common constructs.
Marčetić poses that many people today archive their own personal data as a byproduct of their day-to-day lives rather than as a deliberate act of preservation. She contextualizes this by discussing the activities and habits of students, and examining…
The three authors of this article discuss three different repositories which house confidential, legally protected content and describe measures each institution takes to balance the archival values of preserving and providing access to its holdings…