Archiving

New State Archivist Hired

By |February 15th, 2017|News, reference|Comments Off on New State Archivist Hired

A new state archivist has been hired to oversee records management services for state and local governments in Kentucky. Beth Shields will assume the position […]

Digging Deep

By |January 27th, 2017|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Digging Deep

We live in a data-rich world where organizations, governments and individuals can analyze anything and everything. At present, the most easily indexed material from the web […]

New Digitization Project Increases Access

By |January 26th, 2017|indexing, News, reference, search|Comments Off on New Digitization Project Increases Access

Northern Illinois University recently announced a new digitization project in their release,”University Libraries awarded more than $448,000 for digitization project.”

The Council on Library and […]

Archiving the Past for the Future

By |January 17th, 2017|indexing, News, search|Comments Off on Archiving the Past for the Future

1.2 million volunteers worldwide contribute to the FamilySearch indexing program, which brings billions of historical records to life. NewsOK out of Oklahoma brought this information […]

Digital Data Growing in the White House

By |January 11th, 2017|indexing, News|Comments Off on Digital Data Growing in the White House

Based on the priorities that President-elect Donald Trump has laid out for his first days in office, one could reasonably expect that government operations will […]

Historical Archive Digitized

By |January 6th, 2017|News, reference|Comments Off on Historical Archive Digitized

Gale has launched Making of Modern Law: American Civil Liberties Union Papers, 1912-1990 in what seems like a very timely digital archive. The collection includes […]

Archives Provide Insight

By |November 16th, 2016|indexing, News|Comments Off on Archives Provide Insight

Gale has launched several new digital archives that will expand their historical collections dramatically. Library Technology brought this interesting news to our attention in their […]

Digital’s Impact on Archives

By |September 7th, 2016|Business strategy, News, storage|Comments Off on Digital’s Impact on Archives

The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is at a point where soon they will be taking in more digital records than traditional formats. Federal Times […]