Taxodiary – Archiving

Digital’s Impact on Archives

By admin|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 […]

Libraries, Open Source, and eBooks – Oh My!

By admin|September 7th, 2016|News, reference|Comments Off on Libraries, Open Source, and eBooks – Oh My!

An open source server-software developer is working on a project at the New York Public Library (NYPL) that is intended to liberate every part […]

New Day Librarians

By admin|August 25th, 2016|indexing, metadata, News, reference, search|Comments Off on New Day Librarians

Admit it. When I say “librarian” you imagine someone older, in thick-rimmed glasses and overly modest clothing, guarding the silence in a room full of […]

Erasing History

By Melody Smith|June 3rd, 2016|metadata, News|Comments Off on Erasing History

Digital archives exist to preserve data for infinitely long periods of time, so it is interesting that the Spanish Supreme Court recently ruled on […]

Remembrance Through Archiving and Cataloging

By admin|May 30th, 2016|Featured, reference|Comments Off on Remembrance Through Archiving and Cataloging

Memorial Day. It’s viewed as the unofficial start of summer. Public pools open, kids are out of school, and BBQ grills are fired up […]

New Additions to EBSCO’s Digital Archives

By admin|April 28th, 2016|indexing, metadata, News, reference|Comments Off on New Additions to EBSCO’s Digital Archives

Digital magazine archives from EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) are now available for five Time Inc. brands, including the complete, extensive and searchable digital versions […]

Libraries of Old and New

By admin|April 26th, 2016|News, reference|Comments Off on Libraries of Old and New

The ancient Library of Alexandria was a working resource for scholars. The ancient image of a library as a place for scholars to collaborate, […]

Recording History for Future Searchers

By Melody Smith|April 19th, 2016|indexing, News, search|Comments Off on Recording History for Future Searchers

Recording history is just one use of indexing data, but it is a pretty important one. Seventy years after World War II and the […]

Archiving History in the Making

By admin|April 4th, 2016|indexing, metadata, News|Comments Off on Archiving History in the Making

It is always exciting (at least to me) to find interesting and unique uses of technology and digital archiving. This item certainly fits that definition. The […]

Digital Records Require Consistency

By Melody Smith|March 29th, 2016|indexing, News, Standards, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Digital Records Require Consistency

Madhyamik (secondary) and Uchhya-Madhyamik (higher secondary) text books are being uploaded to the National Digital Library (NDL) archives in India. This interesting information came to […]