It's SAD!, but not surprising that former Pres Donald Trump ripped up and destroyed Presidential Records and then stole others to Mar-a-lago instead of transferring them to National Archives. @usnatarchives #Archives The Washington Post #records #archivists washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/…

Good article about KPFA Pacifica archive findings: Modern digital storage is expensive, data & audio/video can be lost when older websites are no longer supported, link rot, budgets & staff run out, risk of technological obsolescence and more. sfcv.org/articles/featu…

Excited to present live / virtual tomorrow at HS Events Henry Stewart DAM and Preservica 4 real life stories and approaches to "Using Standard Metadata for DAM and Digital Preservation" It's not too late to register. This is Session 2 of 3. henrystewartconferences.com/events/incorpo…

Congratulations to #JusticeKetanjiBrownJackson on Supreme Court confirmation! #SupremeCourt She gave a moving speech quoting Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise”. poets.org/poem/still-i-r…

Good article about heroic activist archivists & librarians preserving the digital archives and cultural heritage of Ukraine. "future historians will either celebrate or curse the people of our time for either doing or not doing something" #archives washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

#KimKardashian wore #MarilynMonroe's bejeweled gown to #MetGala2022 & archivists/conservators are angry! Cara Varnell: “We don’t wear archived historic pieces... [it] represents something very important — it’s part of our collective cultural heritage." latimes.com/entertainment-…

congrats to Bob Dylan Center in Tulsa, OK! Can't wait to visit + check out new Bob Dylan Museum and Woody Guthrie Center. "What’s on view is the creative process — how one of the most unpredictable forces alive built his art and keeps at it today." latimes.com/entertainment-…

Here's a good inventory of the ways Archivists are saving the US from MaraLago. 184 Classified docs 67 Confidential 92 Secret 25 Top Secret 43 empty Classified folders #PresidentialRecordsAct #Archives #NationalArchives …-independent-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.indepe…

Happy #AskAnArchivist Day! Here’s an important & insightful deep dive into some of the news & controversies related to collecting policies & practices of #Museums and #Archives. It is eye-opening and explains a lot about our profession. #archivists m.youtube.com/watch?v=eJPLiT…

National Archives grants through National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) awards funding for projects on Frederick Douglass, James Madison, Colonial Westchester County, and African American female land owners in Alabama. Read on: archives.gov/press/press-re…

This is an incredible story about a sound archive acquisition at NYPL Performing Arts Library re-discovered and digitized some reel-to-reel audio gems recorded by Blakey, Coltrane, Dylan and Nina Simone in NYC. Hooray for sound archives and libraries! #archives The Library for Performing Arts

Happy #ERecsDay! It's 1010 Electronic Records Day designed to raise awareness of the crucial role of electronic records in Archives. October is also American Archives Month! Support yr Archivists and SAA - Society of American Archivists. #Archives statearchivists.org/electronic-rec…

Today is World Day for Audiovisual Heritage! Archiving & preserving AV to provide a window to world, observe events we can't attend, hear voices from past who can no longer speak & craft stories that inform and entertain. #AudiovisualHeritageDay ccaaa.org/WDAVH2023

The Irwin Rubin Papers were acquired by Smithsonian Archives of American Art and are available to public at their Washington DC Research Center. Professor Rubin was a student of Josef Albers. (2.6 linear feet, 9.3GB + date from 1930-2004. Smithsonian aaa.si.edu/collections/ir…

Happy New Year!! Check out this list of works that are entering the public domain as of January 1, 2024. This year includes pieces by Picabia & Picasso, Brecht's "3 Penny Opera" and work by DuBois, Dylan Thomas and even Walt Disney's Steamboat Willie! publicdomainreview.org/features/enter…

Look at this recent redesign refresh of the Herman Miller brand! It’s amazing how they used their history and heritage archival resources and then redesigned and updated the font. fastcompany.com/91012458/herma…

Incredible story about Martin Scorsese donating his videotape collection to University of Colorado Boulder. Scorsese's collection includes rare snippets from NYC TV broadcasts They also house the Stan Brakhage and Kenneth Anger collections. #Archives theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/…

Very cool interactive map that provides background info on many of the NYC heroes who have had streets and intersections re-named in their honor. Check it out!

Save the libraries in nyc! They need more funding and we need the libraries too

Yes, it's time for copyrighted works from 1930 to enter the public domain! There's a lot of greats inc Betty Boop cartoons by Fleischer Brothers, The Little Engine that Could, The Maltese Falcon, Nancy Drew + "I Got Rhythm" + FIFA World Cup trophy!! npr.org/2025/12/26/nx-…