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Vice: The Palestinian Internet of the 90s Is Being Preserved, One GIF at a Time

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Vice: The Palestinian Internet of the 90s Is Being Preserved, One GIF at a Time. “To many Palestinians, Israel’s ongoing siege of the Gaza Strip is destroying not just buildings and human lives, but a people and their history. With Israeli strikes expected to continue after a brief pause this week, one artist is trying to preserve that history with a digital archive that gathers remnants of the Palestinian internet as it existed in the late 90s and 2000s.”

The Guardian: Preserving our digital content is vital. But paying $38,000 for the privilege is not

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The Guardian: Preserving our digital content is vital. But paying $38,000 for the privilege is not. “Storing online data in perpetuity is not just about photos and texts but thoughts and ideas. Platforms such as WordPress are starting to act, but it must be at a realistic price.”

British Library UK Web Archive Blog: UK Web Archive Technical Update – Autumn 2023

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British Library UK Web Archive Blog: UK Web Archive Technical Update – Autumn 2023. “The most important achievement over the last quarter has been establishing a replica of the UK Web Archive holdings at the National Library of Scotland (NLS). The five servers we’d filled with data were shipped, and our NLS colleagues kindly unpacked and installed them. We visited a few weeks later, finishing off the configuration of the servers so they can be monitored by the NLS staff and remotely managed by us.”

MariTalk: NARA Wants Agencies to Automate Social Media Records Retention

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MariTalk: NARA Wants Agencies to Automate Social Media Records Retention. “The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is calling on Federal agencies to consider dedicating more resources to IT solutions that can automate the records retention of their social media records.”

Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation: IPLC Launches the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran Web Archive

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Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation: IPLC Launches the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran Web Archive. “The Ivy Plus Libraries Confederation is pleased to announce the launch of the Woman, Life, Freedom Movement of Iran web archive, curated by librarians at the IPLC. This web archive preserves material on, about, and from the Woman, Life, Freedom movement of Iran, which emerged in the wake of the 2022 police killing of Mahsa Jîna Amini.”

Library of Congress Blog: The Web Archiving Team Answers Questions About the Web Archives

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Library of Congress Blog: The Web Archiving Team Answers Questions About the Web Archives. “Have you ever wondered what exactly is web archiving? How the Library select which websites to preserve? Or how you would find and search the web archives? The Web Archiving Team’s Senior Digital Collection Specialists gathered to answer these questions and more in a live webinar during the Preservation Directorate’s celebration of Preservation Week. If you missed it, we have good news– a video is now available to watch on the Library’s website, and you can also read a short summary of the presentation here.”

Library of Congress: Improvements Ahead for the Web Archives

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Library of Congress: Improvements Ahead for the Web Archives. “Users of the Library of Congress Web Archives may have recently noticed issues when trying to access archived content presented at webarchive.loc.gov. We want to give some background and explanation about the ongoing work that is happening to modernize and improve functionality, and to set the stage for future announcements about planned improvements for access to the Library’s Web Archives.”

The Feminist Institute: Preserving the International Museum of Women

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The Feminist Institute: Preserving the International Museum of Women. “Our previous blog post highlighted the history of IMOW and its multiple digital exhibition initiatives. In this project feature, we’ll discuss our approach to capturing this born-digital resource and considerations to take when preserving digital projects that have reached obsolescence.”

Washington University in St. Louis: New Grant to Preserve Born-Digital Poetry

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Washington University in St. Louis: New Grant to Preserve Born-Digital Poetry. “The Washington University Libraries were awarded a two-year grant by the Mellon Foundation to support an exploration of essential questions surrounding the acquisition, discoverability, preservation, and use of born-digital poetry collections. The $250,000 award will enable the University Libraries to develop online resources and systems to process, preserve, and steward the collections of a new generation of digital-native poets.”

Ensuring Enduring Access to eBooks: Update on Recent Research and Analysis (Library of Congress)

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Library of Congress: Ensuring Enduring Access to eBooks: Update on Recent Research and Analysis . “The Library of Congress recently completed a project to analyze the technical characteristics of a substantial set of eBook and eJournal files in the permanent collection and available for onsite access in Stacks, the Library’s access system for rights restricted content. These files were selected because they contain embedded data such as audio, video, and other interactive features that are not fully transparent. The research and resulting analysis from this project will inform current action plans for access and preservation.”

Hagerty Media: The last Jaguar V-8 will live forever—in a library

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Hagerty Media: The last Jaguar V-8 will live forever—in a library. “It won’t be long before every Jaguar will be powered by near-silent electricity, but the brand’s most glorious gas-guzzling legacy is to be saved forever—or at least the sound of it is. Jaguar has recorded the roar of the very last F-Type 75 R and submitted it to the British Library in London to be stored where it will ‘enable people worldwide—and for all time—to enjoy the sounds of the last combustion-engine Jaguar sports car.'”

British Library Digital Scholarship Blog: Writing tools for Interactive Fiction – an updated list

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British Library Digital Scholarship Blog: Writing tools for Interactive Fiction – an updated list. ‘In the spring of 2020, during the first UK lockdown, I wrote an article for the British Library English and Drama blog, titled ‘Writing tools for Interactive Fiction’. Quite a few things have changed since then and as the Library launched its first exhibition on Digital Storytelling this June, it seemed like the perfect time to update this list with a few additions.’

ABC News (Australia): National Film and Sound Archive dusting off vintage video games so people born hundreds of years from now can play them

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ABC News (Australia): National Film and Sound Archive dusting off vintage video games so people born hundreds of years from now can play them. “From the Atari, to the Vic-20, the Sega and the Commodore 64, the NFSA has begun a project to tell the history of Australia’s computer industry – and the games that have kept generations entertained. Its collection even includes a 1991 game based on the soapie juggernaut Neighbours, where you can choose to play as Charlene or Henry, skateboarding through the streets of Erinsborough.”

SwissInfo: Swiss National Library starts collecting Wikipedia articles

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SwissInfo: Swiss National Library starts collecting Wikipedia articles. “The Swiss National Library is building a digital collection of Wikipedia articles related to Switzerland. The articles are to be permanently archived for future generations and made freely available online.”

The Conversation: Streaming services are removing original TV and films. What this means for your favourite show – and our cultural heritage

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The Conversation: Streaming services are removing original TV and films. What this means for your favourite show – and our cultural heritage. “Programs that were removed after being cancelled on Disney+ have included Big Shot, Diary of a Future President, Just Beyond, The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers, The Mysterious Benedict Society, The World According to Jeff Goldblum, Turner & Hooch and Willow. What needs to be considered with many of these is that they are ‘originals’, meaning they were created by Disney for Disney. The removal of original content from streaming services, in most instances, means they will not be accessible to viewers anywhere.”