Digitized Blog

Three Tips for Keeping Zines Pristine
by Andrea Glazer It’s hard to imagine modern life without our digital communities. Before the

Unrecoverable: The National Personnel Records Center Fire
by Marcia Spicer Within the archival community, some disasters are legendary—infamous not only in their

Five Crucial Mistakes Archives Make with OCR
by Marcia Spicer One thing almost every digitization client has in common is a desire

Practical Tips for Document Longevity
by Marcia Spicer Are you a proud owner of historical material written by or to

Don’t Lose Your History
Recorded history is an irreplaceable treasure, but physical historical records are constantly under threat. Books,

Backgammon and Bronze Age Toilets: Preserving the Mundane
by Shana Scott Gas station receipts, junk mail catalogs, and notepad doodles aren’t exactly what

Learn: Digital Preservation vs. Digitization
It may feel like the terms “digital preservation” and “digitization” are interchangeable, but it’s better

Video: What Does Access Mean For Your Collection?
https://vimeo.com/671217621 For many users, if a collection doesn’t exist where it is searchable online, it

Freedom and Flexibility Through Digitization
by Marcia Spicer I recently heard from a curator whose exhibit had been prematurely removed

Access Is Essential!, Part 2
by Shana Scott As I outlined in my last post, the purpose of preservation is

Learn: What is a Digital Collection or Digital Library?
Whether you’re a researcher, student, librarian, or bibliophile, it’s likely you’ve accessed a digital collection

Threads of Connection: An Interview with Mark Anderson
by Marcia Spicer In the busyness of our daily routines, it isn’t often that I