Through the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the Library of Congress, is leading the effort to develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve digital content.
In this article we describe how textual encoding is used in our current project of constructing a digital archive of Fernando Pessoa’s Livro do Desassossego [LdoD]. Our model for virtualizing the authorial and editorial forms of this unfinished…
The introduction in 2011 of additional “document-focused” (as opposed to “text-focused”) elements represents a significant additional commitment to modeling two distinct ontologies for textual data within the standard governed by the Text…
Through the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the Library of Congress, is leading the effort to develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve digital content.
Through the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the Library of Congress, is leading the effort to develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve digital content.
The CODATAData Science Journalis a peer-reviewed, open access, electronic journal, publishing papers on the management, dissemination, use and reuse of research data and databases across all research domains, including science, technology, the…
As new technology emerges and current technology becomes obsolete, we need to actively manage our digital possessions to help protect them and keep them available for years to come. This video offers simple and practical strategies for personal…
Phil Michel, Digital Conversion Coordinator at the Library of Congress's Prints & Photographs division, offers practical advice on archiving digital photos.
This video explores the complex nature of the problem, how digital content unlike content on traditional media -- depends on technology to make it available and requires active management to ensure its ongoing accessibility.