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r/Archivists

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A place to discuss archives and the archival profession.

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to r/Archivists by drac_la
2 months ago
Preview thumbnail for How would you affordably scan a 288 page sketchbook? I'm working on a personal archival project and am looking to have a somewhat delicate sketchbook scanned. It is 8.5x11 288 page (144 leaf) Pentalic Utility Sketchbook that was used in 1987. What would the cost be like? image
How would you affordably scan a 288 page sketchbook? I'm working on a personal archival project and am looking to have a somewhat delicate sketchbook scanned. It is 8.5x11 288 page (144 leaf) Pentalic Utility Sketchbook that was used in 1987. What would the cost be like?
to r/Archivists by VariousSaint
4 months ago
Advice?
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for 100 years later, long-lost Clara Bow silent film found in Omaha parking lot image
100 years later, long-lost Clara Bow silent film found in Omaha parking lot
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet: An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge image
Millions of research papers at risk of disappearing from the Internet: An analysis of DOIs suggests that digital preservation is not keeping up with burgeoning scholarly knowledge
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for The birth of our system for describing web content (Dublin Core) image
The birth of our system for describing web content (Dublin Core)
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for National FFA Grant to help HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University delve into New Farmers of America collection image
National FFA Grant to help HBCU North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University delve into New Farmers of America collection
in North Carolina
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for WARC-GPT: An Open-Source Tool for Exploring Web Archives Using AI image
WARC-GPT: An Open-Source Tool for Exploring Web Archives Using AI
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Community Webs Receives $750,000 Grant to Expand Community Archiving by Public Libraries
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Data Accessioner 1.2 Released!
to r/Archivists by bananamellonkwii
10 months ago
Question about a master in Digital Archive
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for ‘It could foster empathy’: Black archives look to preservation amid growing US history bans image
‘It could foster empathy’: Black archives look to preservation amid growing US history bans
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
It Takes A Team: Planning for Web Archiving at the U.S. National Archives
to r/Archivists by ZonkerStout
9 months ago
What would your ideal library look like?
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
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The Disturbing Impact of the Cyberattack at the British Library
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
British Library continues to be offline from cyber attacks, user data released to dark web
to r/Archivists by logicalcliff
2 weeks ago
Trying to scrape a website but lost
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for The true cost of your digital memories: the vision of unlimited digital space isn’t as breezy as the word ‘cloud’ implies image
The true cost of your digital memories: the vision of unlimited digital space isn’t as breezy as the word ‘cloud’ implies
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for ‘No one else is saving it’: The ARChive of Contemporary Music, which houses more than 90m songs and is supported by names such as Martin Scorsese, is in need of a new home image
‘No one else is saving it’: The ARChive of Contemporary Music, which houses more than 90m songs and is supported by names such as Martin Scorsese, is in need of a new home
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for British Library suffering major technology outage after cyber-attack image
British Library suffering major technology outage after cyber-attack
to r/Archivists by WildVirtue
9 months ago
Spreadsheeting rare and out of print books to send to publishers or publish myself
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
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Records from notorious Tuskegee syphilis study now available online
to r/Archivists by WildVirtue
9 months ago
What are your favourite out of print books that you think could become more popular?
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for How the L.A. library bid $144,000 for a hidden trove of celebrity photos image
How the L.A. library bid $144,000 for a hidden trove of celebrity photos
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters in newspaper archives and traced the stories behind them image
How I stumbled upon thousands of Holocaust-era letters in newspaper archives and traced the stories behind them
to r/Archivists by caffarelli
9 months ago
Preview thumbnail for Priceless connections to Hawaii's ancient past were lost when cultural center burned image
Priceless connections to Hawaii's ancient past were lost when cultural center burned
in Hawaii