Civil rights and Activism in the Digital Age
Thorny issues persist as civil rights protests, law enforcement, and digital recording all collide in the current political landscape.
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RSS feedLibrary of Congress releases recommended format specifications
For a very long time now, preservationists have been looking for someone to take a leadership role in defining a set of standards for the types of file formats we should be using to keep our collections safe. In the absence of such an authority, many organizations have resorted to developing their own standards (Rutgers, for […]
On putting old software out to pasture
Tomorrow marks an important milestone in the lifecycle of computer software, and should be a day of concern for perhaps hundreds of millions of computer users worldwide. April 8, 2014 is the final day that Microsoft will provide extended support for its aging Windows XP operating system. Although Microsoft has not been providing any new […]
When copiers aren’t copying as they should…
For the past week, there has been a great deal of buzz in the IT community about a discovery by a researcher in Germany that certain Xerox Workcentre copy/scan stations are altering the content of documents scanned to PDF.
A teachable moment in personal data preservation
It’s the time of the semester in most universities where nerves are frazzled, sleep is lost, and sadly, lots and lots of laptop thefts happen. Where I work at the Alexander Library, the end of every semester brings throngs of students cramming for exams and finishing final projects, and they invariably bring their […]