The Dr. Jo Ann Rayfield Archives at Illinois State University is doing a month-long series on digital archives...The changing world of archives and digital mediaThis month, we’ll be looking at digital records and asking some important questions. Can’t we just print all of this stuff out? What’s the big deal with digital versus paper? What … Continue reading article: The changing world of archives and digital media
Tag: digital preservation
Image decay/virality
Interesting article on digital decay, over-compression and virality of images:The Triumphant Rise of the Shitpic
The Vatican digitizes manuscripts
"One of the oldest libraries on the planet is digitizing its archive of ancient manuscripts — and they’re all available to view free of charge...Over the course of a few years, with the assistance of Japanese company NTT DATA, the library has catalogued nearly 4,500 manuscripts online — and it hopes to reach the 15,000 … Continue reading The Vatican digitizes manuscripts
John Trendler 