The AAPB NDSR residencies have now ended, but we're very proud to launch the final project created by our AAPB NDSR residents: The American Archive of Public Broadcasting Wiki, a technical preservation resource guide for public media organizations. Selena Chau, Eddy Colloton, Adam Lott, Kate McManus, Lorena Ramírez-López, and Andrew Weaver have highlighted their collaboration … Continue reading Launching the American Archive of Public Broadcasting Wiki
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Trying New Things: Meditations on NDSR from the Symposium in DC
Way back in August, when I was already feeling overwhelmed by this residency, I decided that yes, I was going to join the planning committee for the NDSR Symposium. I don’t know why I thought taking on more obligations was a good idea, when I was already feeling like I might collapse under the weight … Continue reading Trying New Things: Meditations on NDSR from the Symposium in DC
Resident Webinar Recording Roundup
With Lorena Ramírez-López's presentation last month on "Whats, Whys, and How Tos of Web Archiving," our AAPB NDSR webinar series has now concluded. However, if you want to catch up on what you missed, I'm happy to share that recordings of all our resident-hosted webinars, along with slides and other resources, are now available for … Continue reading Resident Webinar Recording Roundup
AAPB NDSR April Webinar
Our last AAPB NDSR webinar is coming up this week! Whats, Whys, and How Tos of Web Archiving (Lorena Ramírez-López) Thursday, April 6 3:00 PM EST Basic introduction of: - what web archiving is 🤔 - why we should web archive ¯_(ツ)_/¯ - how to web archive 🤓 in a very DIY/PDA style that'll include … Continue reading AAPB NDSR April Webinar
Professional Development Time Project: Audiorecorder
One of the incredible things about my NDSR residency is that it requires me to spend 20% of my time working on professional development. This allows me to devote quite a bit of time to learning skills and working on things of interest that would otherwise be outside the scope of my project. (For people … Continue reading Professional Development Time Project: Audiorecorder
Save the Data!
On Saturday, February 25th, I met an archivist friend for lunch and then we went to our first DataRescue session, hosted by the University of Minnesota. The event went from Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. I was going to go on Friday, but switched my plans midweek based on the weather forecast. On Friday, the … Continue reading Save the Data!
Moving Beyond the Allegory of the Lone Digital Archivist (& my day of Windows scripting at KBOO)
The “lone arranger” was a term I learned in my library sciences degree program and I accepted it. I visualized hard-working, problem-solving solo archivists in small staff-situations challenged with organizing, preserving, and providing access to the growing volumes of historically and culturally relevant materials that could be used by researchers. As much as the archives … Continue reading Moving Beyond the Allegory of the Lone Digital Archivist (& my day of Windows scripting at KBOO)
Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
In 2015, the Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded a generous grant to WGBH on behalf of the American Archive of Public Broadcasting (AAPB) to develop the AAPB National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR). Through this project, we have placed seven graduates of master’s degree programs in digital stewardship residencies at public media organizations around … Continue reading Louisiana Public Broadcasting Digital Preservation Plan
AAPB NDSR March Webinars
We have two resident-hosted webinars coming up in March: Through the Trapdoor: Metadata & Disambiguation in Fanfiction, a case study (Kate McManus) Thursday, March 9th 3:00 PM EST Within the last twenty years, fanfiction writing has transfigured from disparate communities like webrings within Geocities communities into websites like AO3, providing a more intimate and interactive … Continue reading AAPB NDSR March Webinars
Advocating for Archives in a Production Environment
One of the new experiences I’ve had here at LPB, among the many new experiences that have accompanied moving to Baton Rouge, Louisiana (I have way more opinions about gumbo now), has been working for an archive in a production environment. The primary purpose of a TV station is, believe it or not, to broadcast … Continue reading Advocating for Archives in a Production Environment
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