By Laura Starr, Certified Archivist, HAI Engagement Strategist I am an archivist and historian. I am a spouse, friend, neighbor, and coworker. I am an American and a global citizen. And right now, I am one of the millions practicing …
Quick Takeaways from the SAA Annual Meeting – SAA 2019
Transformative! That was the theme of this year’s Society of American Archivists Annual Meeting, SAA 2019, and many sessions focused on how archivists, records managers, and information professionals can address transformations happening today in technology, society, and the archives profession. …
Web Archiving: Think the Web is Permanent? Think Again.
The websites, tweets, blog posts, Facebook updates, videos, and online articles that we create today constitute the historical record we’ll depend on tomorrow. Without web archiving efforts, how will people in the future understand the time we are living in …
Keep The Anniversary Celebration Going! Tips for Managing and Preserving Your Historical Assets
Your history is the backbone of your anniversary celebration. Using historical assets that are uniquely yours — like photographs, historic logos, videos, and company archives — makes your story come to life. While you are preparing for the celebration, you …
PASIG 2019 – Recap of Day 3
This is the third post in a series which recaps my learnings from the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) Annual Conference. PASIG 2019 brings together practitioners, industry experts and researchers to share their experiences and develop best practices …
PASIG 2019 – Recap of Day 2
This is a series of posts summarizing my learnings from the Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG) Annual Conference. PASIG 2019 brings together practitioners, industry experts and researchers to share their experiences and develop best practices for digital preservation …