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Tag: archives
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Power Your Content Marketing With Archives and DAM
Whether you're a born-digital organization, or a 250-plus-year-old institution like Guinness, the time to start a DAM archives is now.
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Archivists Share Practical Metadata Advice
A panel of archivists recently shared their experiences with metadata management to a room full of eager young archivists (more on that later) during a pop-up session at The Society of American Archivists annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Mind Your Own Business: Accountability and Archives
Have you ever attended a Pecha Kucha? Pecha Kuchas are gatherings where presenters speak clearly and consisely on topics, aided by the limited presentation format — 20 slides with 20 seconds per slide. Six archivists delivered an extraordinary Pecha Kucha during The Society of American Archivists’ Annual Meeting in Cleveland.
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The Changing Face of Archival Reference #saa15
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) held its annual meeting in Cleveland, Ohio from Aug. 16 through Aug. 22. Dara A. Baker, head archivist for the Naval Historical Collection at the US Naval War College in Newport, R.I.
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Quick Start Guide to Archiving Documents in the Cloud
What is an Archive? An “archive” is a system that at minimum: Securely stores documents; and here I use “documents” as shorthand for user content, including email, docs, social media and web pages Retains the documents as long as needed Purges documents when they are no longer needed for
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Symantec Surevey Reveals More Retention Plans, More Risk
Symantec’s 2011 Information Retention and eDiscovery survey found nearly half of respondents do not have an information retention plan in place. Thirty percent are only in the process of discussing how to do so, and 14% have no plan.
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The Challenges and Rewards of Open-Source Digital Video Preservation #saa12
The good times continued at the SAA Annual Meeting last week as attendees weighed their open-source video preservation options. A case study from the City of Vancouver Archives outlining its successes and weighty considerations prompted the session audience to ask thought-provoking questions on the simplicity of film preservation and the
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Digital Forensics for Archivists #saa12
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) 2012 annual meeting, Beyond Borders, began Monday, August 6 in San Diego with strong pre-conference sessions. I attended Digital Forensics for Archivists (DFA), a course focusing on specific tools and services that archivists need to use for their work with digital archives. This
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Review: SAA's Managing Electronic Records in Archives & Special Collections #1272
The Society of American Archivists (SAA) offered its “Managing Electronic Records in Archives & Special Collections” workshop in Seattle May 10-11th in support of its Digital Archives Specialist [DAS] certificate.
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Issues Remain With Federal Electronic Records Management Mandate
It’s not every day that you get to meet with the Former Director of Modern Records at National Archives and Records Administration. But when you do, the topic of discussion is bound to drift toward the Federal Mandate for Electronic Records Management. Record Keeping v.
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DAM Lowdown: LiveOffice Acquisition, DAM Integration Apps, History of Classification
This week we tour DAM systems from Mesopotamia up through modern efforts to give us back control of our digital assets. Taking Back Control of Your Digital Assets In a Bloomberg Businessweek article, Who Do You Trust More with Your Data: Facebook or a Bank?, author Carol Matlack examines
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Advice for Complying With Federal Mandate for Electronic Records Management
Work for the government? If so, you have received a direct order from our commander-in-chief to get your records in order. Two weeks ago, President Obama gave federal agencies four months to come up with a plan to reform records management by moving to electronic records management systems.
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Information Management: Findings from the Digital Records Forensics Project #SAA11
At the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting, one of the discussions focused on electronic discovery and the context of electronic records in the workplace. The panel included: Chairperson, Luciana Duranti, the University of British Columbia / Archival Studies Panelist, Corinne Rogers, the University of British Columbia Panelist, Donald C. Force, the University of British Columbia Corinne Rogers presented “Trust Me!” I’m a Digital Record, a slide deck on the three-year Digital Records Forensics Project,
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Information Management: Born-Digital Archives in Collecting Repositories #SAA11
In the first session of day three of the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Annual Meeting, the discussion continued on the collection development in the area of born-digital papers, and the management of born-digital assets. The chair and panelists included: Chair, Mark A. Matienzo Yale University Panelist, Simon Wilson University of Hull, United Kingdom Panelist, Peter Chan Stanford University Panelist, Gretchen Geugen University of Virginia For insight into the project, check out the team’s blog
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