[Personal_archives] Fwd: [metadata] new Technology Watch Report on Personal Digital Archiving is available by DPC

[Rodney Carter]

Hello all,
In case you haven't seen it yet, this DPC report is looks extremely
relevant to this group's interests. From the Executive Summary:

This report provides an overview of the key issues related to personal
> digital archiving, arguing for the
> importance and urgency of preserving personal files while also
> acknowledging the difficulty of managing digital
> media and files that include a combination of digitized and born-digital
> materials. A short introduction to the
> role of cultural heritage organizations, such as libraries and archives,
> in the history of personal digital archiving,
> as well as current initiatives, sets the stage for resources and
> recommendations for individuals who want to be
> proactive about saving their own digital stuff. Each of the main sections
> concludes with a range of
> recommended actions and helpful hints that range from ‘quick wins’
> requiring a minimum amount of effort, to
> more intensive and costly solutions. Three case studies provide more
> detailed exploration of individual
> personal digital archiving practices and consider the possible role that
> cultural heritage institutions might play
> in preserving the digital files posted on social media outlets such as
> Facebook.
>

Cheers,
Rodney

PS - look forward to an (long overdue) email about the new platform for
this listserv. Hopefully I'll have all the details ready for you tomorrow.
r.


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From: Iona McCraith <archivesadvisor at aao-archivists.ca>
Date: Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 3:19 PM
Subject: Fwd: [metadata] new Technology Watch Report on Personal Digital
Archiving is available by DPC
To: AAOLIST at yorku.ca


This report is very interesting and may be useful to some list members
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From: "Kari R. Smith &lt;smithkr at mit.edu&gt;" <
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Date: Dec 15, 2015 11:40 AM
Subject: [metadata] new Technology Watch Report on Personal Digital
Archiving is available by DPC
To: "SAA Metadata & Digital Object Roundtable Discussion List" <
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Cc: "Kari R Smith" <smithkr at mit.edu>

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**Apologies for cross posting**



Dear All,



The DPC, Gabriela Redwine and Charles Beagrie Ltd are delighted to announce
the public release of the latest DPC Technology Watch Report ‘Personal
Digital Archiving’, written by Gabriela Redwine, Digital Archivist at the
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University.



This free peer-reviewed report is aimed at individuals who are concerned
about how best to manage and preserve their own personal digital archives,
as well as professionals who advise people on how to select and best
preserve such digital content.

‘The term personal digital archiving refers to how individuals manage or
keep track of their digital files, where they store them, and how these
files are described and organised’, explained Gabriela Redwine. ‘People
keep personal archives for many different reasons and the ubiquity of
personal computing devices and the ease with which files can be duplicated
often means that the same digital files can exist in multiple locations
simultaneously.’



The report provides an overview of the key issues related to personal
digital archiving, arguing for the importance and urgency of preserving
personal files, while also acknowledging the difficulty of managing digital
files that include a combination of digitised and born-digital materials.
There is a short introduction to the role of cultural heritage
organisations, in the history of personal digital archiving, as well as
current initiatives, which sets the stage for resources and recommendations
for individuals who want to be proactive about saving their own digital
materials.



The full announcement can be found on our website: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__bit.ly_1IRGijz&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=Gt8YoZvKQ_sMCPr01EkrzkYabZwaKATPTwXiW6tzCXw&s=bewTd2mH0Mxns80eDSytcQAVK7FMw2NhVv6aKYdDcp4&e= 

Lorraine



Lorraine Murray

Communications Officer

Digital Preservation Coalition

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.dpconline.org_&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=Gt8YoZvKQ_sMCPr01EkrzkYabZwaKATPTwXiW6tzCXw&s=bBEMX6KEbFjVF6281EzZxf2yo2t18eQ7se8oWETNtvU&e= 



Email: lorraine.murray at dpconline.org

Phone: +44 (0) 141 3305165

Twitter: @Lorraine_DPC  @dpc_chat













Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist

MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections

617-258-5568  |   smithkr (at) mit.edu

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