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While all that could be heard was the humming of some computer fans and disks spinning, DAEV version 2 made its quiet launch at the end of 2023. DAEV (Digital Assets of Enduring Value) is a web…

Social security numbers. Medical records. Academic transcripts. Email addresses. GPS coordinates. These may be left behind as traces of an individual’s or organization’s digital life. In the Special…

Digital Archivist Shelly Black has been elected to a two-year term on the BitCurator Consortium Executive Council, joining a cohort of two other new council members.“I'm honored to have been…

As promised in a previous post, we'll be writing about the process of overhauling our approach to dealing with born-digital archival materials as we go along this spring and summer (and maybe fall).…

Imagine using digital materials in the reading room, without ever having to leave your home. Onsite reading rooms have been the traditional destination for researchers to view manuscripts and…

We tried a Born-Digital Reboot once before. Check the date. The timing was bad. It's not that we've made no progress on improving our born-digital workflows and tools these last two, highly…

Just a bit over six years ago, we embarked on an initiative to advance our processes for managing born digital archival materials. As that work rolled out, it was documented in a series of News posts…

Born-digital records present a unique opportunity for archivists and researchers to search and explore documents computationally. While a researcher may spend hours, days, or even weeks searching…

Happy Banned Books Week! For those who are unfamiliar with this annual celebration, Banned Books Week is a week (typically at the end of September) when libraries and schools celebrate the right…

Blog post contributed by Taylor de Klerk and Jessica Serrao, Library Associates Digital archival work requires a lot of tough decisions. It may not always seem that way, but a lot has to happen…