David Mattison: Essential Readings for the Future of the Past

The Future of the Past by Alexander Stille

Tue, 10 Jun 2003 03:19:48 GMT

For those of you who, like me, are fascinated by the survivability of our electronic/digital culture as compared with the thousands of years of the historical record already preserved around the world, I can highly recommend Alexander Stille's book The Future of the Past (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002; Picador paperback ed., April 2003) as an essential read.

Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration

Wed, 28 May 2003 14:37:24 GMT

Title: Building an Electronic Records Archive at the National Archives and Records Administration: Recommendations for Initial Development

Author: Sproull, Robert F. and Eisenberg, Jon, editors

Publisher: Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2003

Other Credits: Committee on Digital Archiving and the National Archives and Records Administration, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board

A sobering look at what NARA has achieved through its Electronic Records Archive (ERA) program and the many challenges that lie ahead if it's to successfully manage the projected volume of electronic records scheduled and yet to be acquired and preserved.

Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: OCLC Research White Paper by Brian Lavoie

Tue, 08 Apr 2003 03:33:31 GMT

"OCLC Researcher Brian Lavoie publishes analysis of the incentives for digital preservation.
Appropriate incentives are fundamental to the development of economically sustainable digital preservation activities. This white paper (PDF:747K/51pp.) identifies the key decision-making roles in the digital preservation process, characterizes a core set of organizational models under which decision-makers might undertake digital preservation, and examines the implications of these models for the incentives to preserve digital materials. (Posted 4 April 2003)"

April 7, 2003: The white paper title is The Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: Roles, Scenarios, and Economic Decision-Making (April 2003). OCLC Research announcement from its Web site (http://www.oclc.org/research/) following an e-mail sent to me by an OCLC employee advising me of this publication.

DigiCULT.Info Newsletter Hot Off the Phosphors

Fri, 21 Feb 2003 14:39:53 GMT

DigiCULT.Info: A Newsletter on Digital Culture, Issue 3 (February 2003), can be downloaded as a high-resolution or low-resolution Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the DigiCULT site.

Archive Ouverte en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication

Thu, 13 Feb 2003 02:34:00 GMT

Archive SIC (Archive Ouverte en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication) is a pre-print server for information sciences and communication sponsored by URFIST Paris and its partners. The user interfaces for searching, browsing and other information are English and French. [PACS-L, February 10, 02003]

Copyright Issues Relevant to the Creation of a Digital Archive

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 05:33:34 GMT

Copyright Issues Relevant to the Creation of a Digital Archive: A Preliminary Assessment, June M. Besek, Washington, DC, Council on Library and Information Resources and the Library of Congress, January 2003. Commissioned for and sponsored by the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program, Library of Congress. Document also available for download as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file.

It Always Hurts the First Time: Experiences with Transferred Electronic Records

Mon, 10 Feb 2003 05:23:54 GMT

"It Always Hurts the First Time: Experiences with Transferred Electronic Records", Marcel van Dijk, Cultivate Interactive, issue 9, February 2003, http://www.cultivate-int.org/issue9/amsterdammro/

Abstract: "In 2001, for the first time in its history, the Amsterdam Municipal Records Office received and processed records that had been electronically created by a government authority. In the course of the project a great many obstacles were faced and ultimately resolved. In his article on the ups and downs of this difficult process, Marcel van Dijk gives us a flavour of the challenges encountered and the hard lessons learnt."

Groove Interop Tool for Radio

Sat, 08 Feb 2003 04:20:12 GMT

Tim Knip continues work on Groove/Radio interop. [Source: Scripting News] According to Knip's Weblog,

"This tool enables a connection between Radio Userland and Groove 2.5. The tool demonstrates the use of Groove Web Services with Radio Userland."

Fri, 29 Nov 2002 15:10:11 GMT

BlogJotsThis is another test of w.bloggar to the BlogJots category of Ten Thousand Years.

Freaky Science and Pseudo-Science Blog Begins

Sun, 10 Nov 2002 19:49:11 GMT

This is it boys and girls! Everything, well ok, just the stuff that fascinates me, about the weird and wonderful scientific discoveries and claims going on around us. I'll also comment on the pseudo-science pontificators and snake oil sales folk -- yes, some are still selling snake oil, just repackaged -- plaguing us right-minded people. It's a mission, not God given, just something I've been meaning to do. My inspiration is Boing Boing and probably a bunch of other blogs I've never heard of before.

DigiCULT Thematic Issue 1, Integrity and Authenticity of Digital Cultural Heritage Objects

Fri, 16 Aug 2002 04:02:35 GMT

Thematic Issue 1, Integrity and Authenticity of Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, August 2002, can be downloaded as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document from the DigiCULT site.