From the Library of Congress: "In order to promote and support the responsible and trustworthy management of the Library’s vast digital collections, the Digital Collections and Management Services (DCMS) Division of the Library of Congress works to identify, collocate, document, and coordinate guidance across the Library’s various departments of collection custodians."https://loc.gov/programs/digital-collections-management/about-this-program/Tweet
Author: John Trendler
technologist, cyclist, information designer, digital asset manager, creative professional
Yesterday was #AskAnArchivist day
Yesterday, on Twitter, I asked "AskAnArchivist (any archivist): what's your least favorite (but important) task?" Here are some of the responses: The Poly ArchivesScanning - definitely scanning. 1) handling delicate materials 2) takes forever for hi-res 3) makes lots of noise But, access is important! GC Spec CollectionsMetadata, sorry. #AskAnArchivist Schenectady Hist SocEntering metadata-it can … Continue reading Yesterday was #AskAnArchivist day
User Profile
I've completed the first week of the #DailyUI challenge and have learned so much. You can follow along over at Dribble if you're so inclined. Day 006's challenge was to create a User Profile. I decided to use my cycling as inspiration and come up with a profile for a cyclist's racing info. USA Cycling … Continue reading User Profile
Daily UI
As the Adobe XD Daily Challenge was winding down a friend mentioned the Daily UI Challenge. So, I signed up. There are 100 daily design challenges and you upload your work to Twitter or Dribble. Since I've been considering Dribble for a few days this was the push it took to sign up (which was … Continue reading Daily UI
Digital destruction
I've been noticing a lot of sites still have buttons to share to Google+ which doesn't exist anymore. Looking through old posts it's not difficult to find broken links, especially from posts over three or four years old. Sometimes the old digital files you want to revisit are no longer available, can't be opened, or … Continue reading Digital destruction
Adobe XD Daily Challenge
Last week I began participating in the Adobe XD Daily Challenge. I'm familiar with Photoshop, Illustrator and other Adobe products but hadn't had much time or interest in learning XD so this challenge sparked my interest. Join your host Howard Pinsky every morning at 11:30am PT. He’ll show you how to approach each challenge using … Continue reading Adobe XD Daily Challenge
Call for papers – the 15th International Digital Curation Conference, 17-20 February 2020
The 15th International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) will take place on 17 - 20 February 2020 in Dublin, Ireland. I hope you can join us! Please find below information on the theme of the conference.Collective Curation: the many hands that make data workIt takes a community to raise a child, so the proverb goes, and … Continue reading Call for papers – the 15th International Digital Curation Conference, 17-20 February 2020
