Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday (TODAY), meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
Join the Internet Archive and the Library Innovation Lab on Feb. 13, 3pm Eastern for a special event exploring the terabytes of data they have already saved and how to access it.
In the last two weeks that I will be at my job of 20 years, I’ve been inspired to finally deal with a box of news clippings about the school’s history going back to 1964. I gave myself a very fast and dirty introduction to archiving, then got to work. I’m LOVING this project! And now I think maybe I would like to be an #archivist? Or at least learn more about it? I’d also like to show an archivist my project and learn what I did right (if anything) and wrong (probably quite a lot). #librarylife
Sergio Gor, the director of the White House's Presidential Personnel Office, announced the dismissal of the #archivist, at #Trump's direction, on X. "We thank Colleen Shogan for her service," Gor said.
Shogan, who was not in office when the #ClassifiedDocuments investigation began, said on LinkedIn that Trump had fired her without citing a reason or cause. "I have zero regrets - I absolutely did my best every day for the National Archives & the American people," she wrote.
#Trump fired Colleen Shogan, the #Archivist of the #UnitedStates….
The national archivist is responsible for overseeing government records & heads the National Archives [#NARA], an agency Trump has repeatedly criticized since it alerted the #DOJ to Trump's mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments in early 2022.
#labor #law #petty #revenge #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-fire-kennedy-center-board-make-himself-chair-2025-02-08/
I’ve been thinking lately (always a mistake) about all the cultural works to which we don't have access. Everything removed from streaming; everything locked behind DRM so that most libraries and archives won't have copies which can redundantly survive disruption. Sometimes I get real sad about the future readers and historians and others who just won't be able to find copies of the incredible things made during the current digital dark age.
As ever, I try to let this radicalize me rather than lead me into despair. I know that there are lots of horrors worth raging against, but this is one I feel well-positioned to work against. It's low-stakes enough that I won't feel self-loathing if I burn out or need to take a break. It's no secret that I like to read and organize books so this is a topic close to my heart and one which can bring me joy and allow me to share it with those around me too. There is a fair bit of tech nerd stuff to it, enough that I have an opportunity to learn & practice new things, but not so much that I’m totally out of my depth. And there are plenty of communities out there to help and share strategies.
But the big thing I see missing from my understanding and many of the conversations about shadow libraries and unauthorized archivism is the social and professional practice of librarianship rather than mechanical practice of data storage. I don't have space to go to library school, but I could definitely stand to read (and archive) introductory books on the topic, or take an online class. Friends who know: what are some of the better places to get started with an introduction to library & information science and archive science?
#libraries #librarian #archivist #archives #archivism #archivist #libraryScience #informationScience #archiveScience #culture #repositories #dataHoard #archiving #piracy #unauthorizedArchives #guerillaArchives #shadowLibraries #digiPres #digitalPreservation
Hey GLAM folks, spreading the word about this book about #disability and #archives, both from a user & #archivist perspectives. It is ironically not very accessible, print only, only owned by 2 libraries total according to Worldcat, & $$$. It is a sorely needed discussion in the profession, so let’s get it into some more institutions! Suggest it to your acq folks, spread the word, let’s make sure the book makes some noise!
https://litwinbooks.com/books/preserving-disability/
Are you an American #archivist interested in #labor issues in our profession? Please consider self-nominating for the Society of American Archivists Archival Worker Labor Task Force, which is a new three year task force responsible for identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing archival worker labor (including students and interns) issues that SAA can impact. You have until December 15 to apply! https://www2.archivists.org/news/2024/be-the-change-call-for-saa-leader-self-nominations
Telling the Foundation’s Story – Invitation to Tender
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is looking for a consultant to use extracts from their historical records and supplement them with oral history records drawn from key staff, trustees, and organisational contacts to create a clear written story of the Foundation.
#NationalArchives and #Biden - #appointed #Archivist #ColleenShogan directed alterations to #exhibits, obscuring #Inconvenient parts of #US #History, per a recent #WallStreetJournal #report.
The #censored #images featured #CivilRights #Leaders, #ForcedRelocation of #Indigenous #Peoples, and #Japanese #Internment during #WWII.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship
https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/national-archives-accused-censorship-displays-1234723337/
Librarians, Archivists:
Yesterday I wrote a short statement of my opposition to trumpian fascism and hid it in an archives where it cant be found but will someday be stumbled upon.
Consider creating a secret archive of statements from colleagues and students, such that if we should disappear or be murdered, our testaments will appeal directly to future historians. Also consider some secrecy around this project, or having it backed up in some secure location.
A question for #Archivist #DataPreservation
If you add up all formats of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J62hGda9BQ it's over a terabyte. Are you going to preserve it? Is Google?
Now multiply that for all the videos on YouTube. It's almost impossible.
Really exciting opportunity to join Cambridge University Libraries as a Digital #Archivist! This role is based within the Dept. of Archives and Modern MSS and will support the delivery of the #DigitalPreservation Programme for born-digital #archives. More info 
https://jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47852/
— President #JoeBiden needs to instruct the #archivist to #certify the #ratification of the #EqualRightsAmendment
If #PresidentBiden wants to ensure the #support from every #reasonable #American, he would order the #archivist to #certify the ratification of the #EqualRightsAmendment.
Job alert - Project Archivist: New Traditional School, in Celtic and Scottish Studies at the University of Edinburgh
This position is part of a project my fantastic supervisor Lori Watson has been working on, researching extended and experimental compositions by traditional musicians in Scotland.
Spotlight on the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust
Archive information: https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/spotlight-2/archive-information-ahmed-iqbal-ullah-race-centre-and-education-trust/
Exhibition information: https://www.exploreyourarchive.org/spotlight-2/exhibition-coming-in-from-the-cold-taking-centre-stage/
#President #JoeBiden launches ‘#OutforBidenHarris’ #campaign #initiative to #engage & #woo #LGBTQ+ #voters (exclusive)
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris want #queer #people to know #whatsatstake this #election and to get #involved.
— Want millions of votes? Order the #archivist to #certify the #ERA.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Politics #DemocraticParty #Allies
Seconde restitution d'un travail réalisé par Shannon Bruderer et Élisa Mayeur dans le cadre de leur Master 2 en #Histoire de l'#art et en #HumanitésNumériques à Lyon 2 : elles ont étudié la place des #femmes dans l'espace public lyonnais, en partant de l'index des voies de Lyon mis en ligne en #OpenData par les #ArchivesDeLyon
Retrouvez leurs conclusions sur le blog "Les femmes de Lyon" (https://femmeslyon.hypotheses.org/a-propos).
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#archives #archivist #féminisme #8Mars #EYAWomen
@archivistodon @histodons
Dans le cadre de la semaine #féministe à #Lyon, les #ArchivesDeLyon ont organisé plusieurs événements, dont une collecte d'#archives féministes et plusieurs restitutions de travaux #étudiants.
La première est un guide des sources sur le #matrimoine dans les #fonds privés, issu du stage de Léa Boeglin sous la direction de @SDD Ce guide sera prochainement mis en ligne et enrichi par d'autres fonds.
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#archives #archivist #féminisme #8Mars #EYAWomen
@archivistodon @histodons
Very long-shot request here... but does *anyone* have an original VHS rip of the Seybold New York keynote by Steve Jobs? The MP4 available on archive.org has some nightmarish codec issues, and the only version on YT is 144p.
Even if it's not a first-generation rip, I'm sure we can do better than this 
Sorry for all the hashtags here, trying to get a little exposure on this.
Thanks!
