#DH2025: From my home region in Lower Saxony 
, Lina Franken & Sabina Mollenhauer present a research-driven curation approach to archive the everyday culture of rural community halls. Wedding menus, party photos, and memories become material traces of intangible #CulturalHeritage. #DigitalArchives
Pixels
« La numérisation du patrimoine ne garantit pas une conservation durable »
Tribune
Alors que l’#archivagenumérique est pratiqué tous azimuts, le #sociologue #AlainChenevez rappelle, dans une tribune au « #LeMonde », que cette mémoire est vulnérable sur bien des plans : dépendant de techniques parfois vite obsolètes et d’infrastructures énergivores, le numérique n’empêche nullement, et peut-être même facilite, la censure et les restrictions d’accès. #digitalarchives
https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2025/06/12/la-numerisation-du-patrimoine-ne-garantit-pas-une-conservation-durable_6612506_3232.html
wow this is a game changer
will definitely have to figure out how I can use it in my research..
https://www.universalyiddishlibrary.org/en/
Another great opportunity to join us at the University of Glasgow, as we invest and expand our digital capacity in #digitallibraries, #digitalarchives, #DigitalHumanities and #digitalcollections!
This particular post is Digital Research Collections Coordinator, overseeing the management and development of curated digital collections. Potential for some interesting #data wrangling too! Details below.
Digital Research Collections Co-ordinator https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/digital-research-collections-co-ordinator #Glasgow
The forgetful web: a case for reflective Archiving.
Interesting read from Jill Blackmore Evans
www.flickr.org/the-forgetfu...
#webarchiving #archives #digitalarchives
The Forgetful Web: A Case for ...
A question for business/corporate archivists/RMs:
Have the early-2000s predictions of digital affordances enabling item-level records management panned out at all? (ֵE.g., Bearman saying aggregation is unnecessary for digital records).
If so, how is that affecting your practices?
My sense is that if this is happening anywhere, it's in orgs using systems like MS Sharepoint or other "enterprise" software, which… doesn't tend to fit the profile of who my institution collects
Do you want to help preserve the social media account of closed DEI programs in the southern US? Do you have some free time right now and don’t mind repetitive tasks of downloading images & pasting descriptions into spreadsheets? I promise you, it goes pretty quickly once you get a system!
Invisible Histories started a program to download and archive DEI programs’ social media content before they are taken down. You are assigned a couple years for a specific DEI office to archive and upload to Google docs. Read more about the program and sign up here: https://bit.ly/DEIAVolunteer
Digital Preservation in Popular Culture: Matlock S01E09
"Even better. We used this new program. It's kind of like the Wayback Machine but for social media. It's a digital archive that captures the image of a page when it was created." #Matlock #digipres #WebArchiving #SocialMedia #Webrecorder #DigitalArchives #DigitalPreservation
Woah -- the University of #Glasgow #Library blog is especially prolific this week. Robyn Stewart, Archives & Special Collections Assistant, reflects on collections related to GULGBTQ+, who are celebrating 50 years as a society this year. 
Celebrating 50 years of GULGBTQ+ and #LGBTQ+ #activism on #campus https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/celebrating-50-years-of-gulgbtq-and-lgbtq-activism-on-campus/ #archives #DigitalArchives
Another blog post from one of our Arts Library Associates, coordinated by my colleague here at University of Glasgow. In this post Cassie Vaden delivers an overview of digitising flat materials, "allowing you to access priceless artifacts and records from the comfort of your own home."
Digitisation of UofG's Collections: A Primer https://universityofglasgowlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/02/24/digitisation-of-uofgs-collections-a-primer/ #digitization #digipres #DigitalArchives #DigitalLibraries #Glasgow
#introduction I'm a #queer #academic #metadata #librarian in the trenches of #DigitalLibraries & #DigitalArchives fighting the infowars. Into building #community #preparedness staying #healthy. Burner who no longer goes to TTITD. Supporter of arts, humanities, #science with too many hobbies and interests. Fuck fascism up the nose. Love one another.
AI will sort it out?
DAC Summer School 2025 (Krems, 2-4 July) explores collecting, archiving, and curating in the digital age, with a focus on AI's role.
The call for contributions is open until 7 April. Participation is free. Details: https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/de/universitaet/fakultaeten/bildung-kunst-architektur/departments/kunst-kulturwissenschaften/summer-school/summerschool-2025-call.html
#AI #DigitalArchives #CulturalHeritage #SummerSchool #DigitalHumanities
Contre la purge « sans précédent » des sites ordonnée par Trump, les archivistes du numérique à l’offensive #lemonde #DonaldTrump #digitalarchives #waybackmachine #usa
https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/02/16/contre-la-purge-sans-precedent-des-sites-gouvernementaux-ordonnee-par-trump-les-archivistes-du-numerique-a-l-offensive_6549807_4408996.html
“Born This Way, Digital, is our program specifically designed to preserve materials that are created (or born) digitally. If you are a digital content creator and would like 1. backup storage space for your files and 2. to have your files digitally archived with Invisible Histories, visit our site: https://invisiblehistory.org/born-this-way-digital/.
Who is this project for?
* Bloggers
* Digital Creators
* Graphic Designers
* Vloggers
* Digital Artists
* Social Media Influencers
* Web Designers
…Who are LGBTQ and were born in, raised in, or spent significant time in the US South.”
I’m not affiliated with them, but this is a very cool archival project. Boosts welcome!
CONF: Born-Digital Collections, Archives and Memory
2-4 April 2025
University of London (in-person & online)
This interdisciplinary conference explores the transformative impact of born-digital cultural heritage on humanities research. Keynote by Dorothy Berry (Smithsonian NMAAHC). Sessions include workshops, demos, & talks.
Sound the #jobs klaxon, folks!! 2025 brings new opportunities within Information Services at the University of #Glasgow! As part of our ongoing strategy to develop our digital offering and support emerging #digital initiatives, we are seeking candidates for the following two jobs:
Digital Preservation Archivist https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/archivist-digital-preservation
Digital Collections #Systems Specialist https://www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/digital-collections-systems-specialist
Join us! Further info about relocating here; https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/pod/new/relocatingtoglasgow/ #digipres #DigitalArchives
Courts Are Coming for #DigitalLibraries
A federal court recently said the #InternetArchive is not protected by #FairUseDoctrine.
C.J. Ciaramella | From the December 2024 issue
"In September, a federal appeals court dealt a major blow to the Internet Archive—one of the largest online repositories of #FreeBooks, media, and software—in a #copyright case with significant implications for #publishers, #libraries, and #readers.
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that found the Internet Archive's huge, digitized lending library of copyrighted books was not covered by the 'fair use' doctrine and infringed on the rights of publishers.
"Agreeing with the Archive's interpretation of fair use 'would significantly narrow—if not entirely eviscerate—copyright owners' exclusive right to prepare derivative works,' the 2nd Circuit ruled. 'Were we to approve [Internet Archive's] use of the works, there would be little reason for consumers or libraries to pay publishers for content they could access for free.'"
https://reason.com/2024/11/10/courts-are-coming-for-digital-libraries/
Updated intro since I've changed jobs. I'm Chris Levesque, a historian of the #VietnamWar with interests in connections between gender, religion, and war. In my day job, I'm the Digital Collections Archivist at the University of West Florida and the Archivist at the UWF Historic Trust. I'm mostly on BlueSky Social these days.
#histodon
#archivist
#DigitalArchives
Top #job alert! Come work at University of Glasgow as 'Head of Collections Discovery & Systems'. 
We seek someone to bring expertise + leadership in the digital #discovery, #preservation, + management of the institution's internationally significant collection of #books, #manuscripts + #archives. Full details of the post below (including guidance on relocating to #Glasgow– if relevant). Please share widely!
https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/appointments/150773/ #DigitalArchives #DigitalLibraries #DigitalHumanties #jobs
Another University of #Glasgow #job klaxon!!!
We're continuing to grow our team and seeking a Head of Collections Discovery & Systems. Lots of exciting aspects to this role, including linkage with #DigitalHumanities and #DigitalLibraries. Details in the job brochure below:
https://www.gla.ac.uk/explore/jobs/appointments/150773/ #DigitalArchives #archives #collections #speccoll #digital #discovery #systems
️ #Vagabond 
