Call for Papers: Archival Practice in Complex Systems: Risk, Ethics, Infrastructure, and Evolving Institutional Roles, Collaboration, and Governance. @araukie.bsky.social
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#Archives #RecordsManagement #CallForPapers #Libraries #DigitalPreservation #OpenAccess

Born This Way: Reflections from the National Library of Norway Symposium on Born-Digital Personal… On 14 April 2026, I had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the symposium Born-Digital Personal Archives: Status, Projects and…

Recently had the pleasure of speaking at the "Born-Digital Personal Archives: Status, Projects and Ethical Questions" symposium at the National Library of Norway. I’ve shared some reflections here: digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/born-this-wa... #DigitalPreservation #Archives #Libraries

Born-Digital Personal Archives: Status, Projects and Ethical Questions

Looking forward to speaking at the National Library of Norway’s event on Born-Digital Personal Archives, sharing work on access, ethics, and infrastructure for digital collections. Do say hello if you’re attending! www.nb.no/hva-skjer/bo... #DigitalPreservation #Archives

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This Library Life - Caylin Smith Caylin Smith, Head of Digital Preservation at Cambridge University Libraries and Archives

I was interviewed for Cambridge University Libraries and Archives’ “This Library Life” where I share how our #DigitalPreservation Programme is building a culture of digital stewardship and helping to make digital preservation part of core #library business www.lib.cam.ac.uk/stories/libr... #WDPD2025

#iPRES2025 attendees--are the conference proceedings available online for people who didn't attend? #WDPD2025

Book cover of the anthology

Excited to share that my chapter “Extending the Archival Life of #Film” is now freely available in Exposing the Film Apparatus (Amsterdam University Press, 2016 and newly released as open access).
🔗 library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... #DigitalPreservation #Museum #OpenAccess #Archives

Reflecting on No Time To Wait 9: Common Questions for the Future of Open and Collaborative… From 15 to 17 October, practitioners, developers, and researchers from around the world gathered at the National Library of Ireland and…

Just back from @nttw.bsky.social at the National #Library of Ireland, a brilliant few days of #open tools, shared practice with peers across the audiovisual and #digitalpreservation communities.

digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/reflecting-o...

#Archives #Access

Caylin Smith [@CaylinSSmith] presents "Working on It: Appraising Born-Digital Data to Inform Long-Term Preservation" #nttw9

Renaissance painting vibes with two groups of 3 people looking at 2 computers with another person standing in between them.

Digging through my photo archive for ones to contribute to the @nttw.bsky.social ten year anniversary collection. This one from #NTTW7 in Prague is definitely going to be added. #NTTW9

Thanks! I can send you my slides if that's helpful at all.

Thanks for your encouragement and support, William. Engaging with our colleagues and the wider DP community has been central to shaping the Workbench. I’d also love to hear how others approach user testing in their own projects.

Closing the Loop: From User Testing to Real Change in the Workbench Alongside the preservation repository, members of the Digital Preservation Programme team have made significant progress on developing the…

At Cambridge University Library, the #DigitalPreservation Programme team is working with colleagues to test the Workbench, a new interface for managing digital collections, including born-digital archives.
#UserExperience #Archives #Libraries

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Love this totebag! Is it available to buy online?

I thought finding peer reviewers would be straightforward. I was wrong. Since I started as an article editor for Archives and Records last December, I have been thinking a lot about peer review and just how challenging it can be. Archives and Records is the journal of the...

I used to think finding peer reviewers was straightforward. It turns out, it is one of the most challenging parts of the publishing process.

#PeerReview #AcademicPublishing #ScholarlyCommunication #Archives #DigitalPreservation #InformationProfessionals

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Archiving a Pixelated Pandemic: Part 2 — Minecraft at Cambridge University Libraries In recent weeks, I have received a number of questions about videogame preservation at Cambridge University Libraries (CUL). While…

In the latest post on the Cambridge University Libraries #DigitalPreservation blog, we explore the unique challenges and considerations involved in preserving #Minecraft Cambridge.

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#Library #Archives #Videogame

What Makes Good Access? Exploring Born-Digital Collections at CUL Access to born-digital collection materials poses a wide range of challenges. These challenges aren’t solely technical — though technology…

What Makes Good Access?

Our latest blog post explores CUL’s work to make born-digital special collections more accessible.

digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/what-makes-g...

#DigitalArchives #UserExperience #Library #Archives #DigitalTransformation

Steps towards a definition of Business of Usual for digital preservation The following post was written by Jenny Mitcham and Caylin Smith. Jenny is Chief Digital Preservation Officer at the Digital Preservation…

Curious about what business-as-usual might mean in a #DigitalPreservation context? Me too! Check out this blog post by me and Jen Mitcham about the workshop we ran earlier in the year.

digitalpreservation-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/steps-toward...

Unsure what Business as Usual means for #DigitalPreservation?

Join me and Jenny Mitcham online on January 21st if you're interested in this topic and how it might apply to your own work!

Register here: www.dpconline.org/events/event...

Same! I also have a daxie.

John Gostick, Technical Lead for #DigitalPreservation at Cambridge University Libraries, is presenting in the 2024 Virtual #Fedora Showcase (Oct. 1-3) about "Building a Digital Preservation Service using Fedora 6". Check out the full programme: wiki.lyrasis.org/display/FF/2... #Library

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. www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/47852/

“Towards Preserving Digital Culture”: an interview series by Camille Françoise Our Software Heritage ambassador Camille Françoise published the “Towards Preserving Digital Culture” interview series, highlighting experts with different backgrounds and perspectives, in order to co...

Great summary of software preservation challenges by Software Heritage ambassador Camille Françoise from the “Towards Preserving Digital Culture” interview series. I enjoyed taking part and learning about others' experiences www.softwareheritage.org/2024/03/26/p... #DigitalPreservation

And we visited The Centre for Computing History! Staff and volunteers have shared their knowledge and skills with #DigitalPreservation staff at Cambridge University Library. It was great to introduce peers to this incredible resource for computing history. #RetroComputing www.computinghistory.org.uk

Screen capture of slide from presentation about preserving data on storage carriers.

Hosted visitors from the Complex Digital Objects Group at Cambridge University Library yesterday! Always nice to show people our #DigitalPreservation Lab + the Cultural Heritage Imaging Laboratory, + keep discussions going in between conferences and other events. www.lib.cam.ac.uk/digitalprese...

Learning lessons from the cyber-attack Photo: Tony Antoniou Today, we’ve published a paper about the cyber-attack that took place against the British Library last October. Our hope is that doing this will help other organisations to plan a...

"Lessons Learned from the #CyberAttack," new paper by the British Library about the October 2023 attack with information that could help organisations plan and protect themselves. blogs.bl.uk/living-knowl... #Library #CyberSecurity #DigitalPreservation

Screenshots showing distortions in content under document migration

@euanc.bsky.social 's research shows why we need preservation alternatives to migration. Look at how something as important as exponents in equations changes in various environments. Imagine if this was the formula for a drug or a flight plan to the Moon 😬 web.archive.org/web/20130207... 🐘♻️

Software affects our everyday lives. And its preservation is crucial for mitigating the loss of digital cultural heritage. Glad I could share my thoughts on software preservation as part of the Towards Preserving Digital Culture series! #DigitalPreservation lnkd.in/ecg3cYGj

Photo of Digital Preservation Lab at Cambridge University Library with older computer and AV hardware.

Looking forward to what's sure to be an interesting workshop with library colleagues this afternoon! We'll be discussing our Digital Preservation Lab and the bigger picture for managing older, complex, or less common carriers and formats. #DigitalPreservation

Looks like a great #DigitalPreservation opportunity with @NYULibraries: Digital Preservation Librarian! apply.interfolio.com/136684