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💾 Future Nostalgia Project asks retro hoarders to ‘Copy That Floppy!’ — flips the early 1990s anti-piracy campaign on its head to encourage budding archivists | Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/future-nostalgia-project-asks-retro-hoarders-to-copy-that-floppy-flips-the-early-1990s-anti-piracy-campaign-on-its-head-to-encourage-budding-archivists

#retro #archivists #preservation

💾 Future Nostalgia Project asks retro hoarders to ‘Copy That Floppy!’ — flips the early 1990s anti-piracy campaign on its head to encourage budding archivists | Tom's Hardware

https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/future-nostalgia-project-asks-retro-hoarders-to-copy-that-floppy-flips-the-early-1990s-anti-piracy-campaign-on-its-head-to-encourage-budding-archivists

#retro #archivists #preservation

Why digital government #records are so hard to preserve | History depends on records that weren’t built to last

Chat apps, e-mail, and cloud files have become the primary record of how power is exercised. #Archivists are trying to preserve them before formats go dark or messages disappear without a trace
The #NationalArchives added 463 terabytes of #electronicrecords to its permanent collection in 2024 alone
By Steven Melendez edited by Eric Scientific American

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-digital-government-records-are-so-hard-to-preserve/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TIS_070726&utm_term=obtaining%20them%20and%20storing%20them%20have%20become%20a%20huge%20technical%20challenge&_kx=KHQi74mr8ZYc-H9epB72kEYQQBYtaO92jqUwIC3nG5F2nPFqqBM9K9jToYR9SmgV.WEer5A

"The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is looking to appoint one funded Advocacy & Engagement Fellow for a period of 12 months to assist in the development of its advocacy plan. This year’s theme is Openness and Transparency" https://digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/07/06/2026-advocacy-engagement-fellowship/

#advocacy #DigitalHumanities #libraries #archivists #museums #GLAM

"The UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association is looking to appoint one funded Advocacy & Engagement Fellow for a period of 12 months to assist in the development of its advocacy plan. This year’s theme is Openness and Transparency" https://digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/07/06/2026-advocacy-engagement-fellowship/

#advocacy #DigitalHumanities #libraries #archivists #museums #GLAM

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#1314 John Warner-Davies (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVII, No 75, April 1986. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #Art #Railways #BookOfTheDay

#1314 John Warner-Davies (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVII, No 75, April 1986. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #Art #Railways #BookOfTheDay

Washington Blade: Fighting ‘Rainbow Panic’ in museums. “Please know the LGBTQ community will remember the hard truths we learned this past year — that we and our histories were expendable. If we can be cast aside, hidden, or disowned, whose histories are safe? How can (and can we) rebuild trust in the institutions that failed us this past year?”

Washington Blade: Fighting ‘Rainbow Panic’ in museums. “Please know the LGBTQ community will remember the hard truths we learned this past year — that we and our histories were expendable. If we can be cast aside, hidden, or disowned, whose histories are safe? How can (and can we) rebuild trust in the institutions that failed us this past year?”

KOLO: Archivist’s Alter Ego. “Archivist by day, rock star by night. Laura Rocke’s version of 9-5 at the University of Nevada as an archivist is contrasted by her life on stage. Rocke is the founder and lead singer of the 90s band As If!”

KOLO: Archivist’s Alter Ego. “Archivist by day, rock star by night. Laura Rocke’s version of 9-5 at the University of Nevada as an archivist is contrasted by her life on stage. Rocke is the founder and lead singer of the 90s band As If!”

My Mother's 1973 Christmas tree, with a cardboard diorama I created: "The DeWittes: Christmas on the Rhine." The diorama still exists. I'm a good archivist. #christmas #christmastime #christmasdecoration #christmasdecorations #christmasdecor #interiordecor #1970sdecor #1970s #twentiethcentury #twentiethcenturydesign #decor #decors #interior #interiors #christmastree #christmastrees #archive #archives #archivist #archivists #therhine #rhine #rhineriver #1973 #drapes #drapery

My Mother's 1973 Christmas tree, with a cardboard diorama I created: "The DeWittes: Christmas on the Rhine." The diorama still exists. I'm a good archivist. #christmas #christmastime #christmasdecoration #christmasdecorations #christmasdecor #interiordecor #1970sdecor #1970s #twentiethcentury #twentiethcenturydesign #decor #decors #interior #interiors #christmastree #christmastrees #archive #archives #archivist #archivists #therhine #rhine #rhineriver #1973 #drapes #drapery

We love this 6-panel zine from UPenn explaining how archives and archivists work!

https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/archives-history-in-your-hands-an-illustrated-pamphlet/

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@histodons

#Histodons #History #Archives #Archivists #Libraries #Librarians #Education #Homeschooling

We love this 6-panel zine from UPenn explaining how archives and archivists work!

https://uniqueatpenn.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/archives-history-in-your-hands-an-illustrated-pamphlet/

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@histodons

#Histodons #History #Archives #Archivists #Libraries #Librarians #Education #Homeschooling

#1279 John Warner-Davies (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVII, No 73, April 1985. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #Ecclesiology #BookOfTheDay

#1279 John Warner-Davies (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVII, No 73, April 1985. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #Ecclesiology #BookOfTheDay

Hey #archivists: #LostCanadians have made you all heroes in #Canada. I have seen at least 5 articles recently with various keepers of history.

It is really life-changing (and sometimes life-saving) work for us right now. Thank you from the bottom of our maple-flavored hearts. 🍁❤️‍🩹

https://archive.is/Z2kKi

Hey #archivists: #LostCanadians have made you all heroes in #Canada. I have seen at least 5 articles recently with various keepers of history.

It is really life-changing (and sometimes life-saving) work for us right now. Thank you from the bottom of our maple-flavored hearts. 🍁❤️‍🩹

https://archive.is/Z2kKi

The #AI Hard Drive Shortage Is Making It More Expensive and Harder for digital archivists, academics, #Wikipedia, and hobby data hoarders to save data and #Archive the Internet
https://www.404media.co/the-ai-hard-drive-shortage-is-making-it-more-expensive-and-harder-to-archive-the-internet
Specific drives favored by some high profile organizations like the #InternetArchive have become far more expensive or are difficult to find at all, #archivists said

The #AI Hard Drive Shortage Is Making It More Expensive and Harder for digital archivists, academics, #Wikipedia, and hobby data hoarders to save data and #Archive the Internet
https://www.404media.co/the-ai-hard-drive-shortage-is-making-it-more-expensive-and-harder-to-archive-the-internet
Specific drives favored by some high profile organizations like the #InternetArchive have become far more expensive or are difficult to find at all, #archivists said

Introducing Vanishing Culture: A New Book on the Loss of Our Digital Memory | #InternetArchive Blogs by #ChrisFreeland
At the same time, #libraries, #archivists, #preservationists are working to push back against this loss. The Internet Archive and its partners continue to build a #digitallibrary for the web: capturing, preserving, providing access to materials that might otherwise vanish

https://blog.archive.org/2026/04/23/introducing-vanishing-culture-a-new-book-on-the-loss-of-our-digital-memory/

@Geoffberner @accordionnoir
As a compulsive collector I advocate for putting the full date, including year, on event posters

As a little gift to future curators

#MusicHistory
#archivists #MusicFestival #Vancouver

@Geoffberner @accordionnoir
As a compulsive collector I advocate for putting the full date, including year, on event posters

As a little gift to future curators

#MusicHistory
#archivists #MusicFestival #Vancouver

Sidenote in a turbulent chaotic USA where the news tumbles... The president thinks his archive is not for the public 🧐
https://youtu.be/zI0cCGTF7SE

#uspol #histodons #archivists

Sidenote in a turbulent chaotic USA where the news tumbles... The president thinks his archive is not for the public 🧐
https://youtu.be/zI0cCGTF7SE

#uspol #histodons #archivists

Calling #mapstodon !!! Also #librarians and #archivists !!!

I used a lot of old maps in my work for York Library and Archive, which I'm proud to say are on permanent display.

But I'm running out of maps!

If anyone has any old sheet maps (see pic for examples) - not the folded retail sort - that need a new home, please could i have them?!?!

I would love to make you something from them in return, if you'd like.
Thank you!!!

#maps #cartography #librariansofmastodon #oldMaps #archivistodon

Calling #mapstodon !!! Also #librarians and #archivists !!!

I used a lot of old maps in my work for York Library and Archive, which I'm proud to say are on permanent display.

But I'm running out of maps!

If anyone has any old sheet maps (see pic for examples) - not the folded retail sort - that need a new home, please could i have them?!?!

I would love to make you something from them in return, if you'd like.
Thank you!!!

#maps #cartography #librariansofmastodon #oldMaps #archivistodon

#1245 Andrew Cook (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVI, No 72, October 1984. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #BookOfTheDay

#1245 Andrew Cook (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVI, No 72, October 1984. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #BookOfTheDay

Today from the #archives of the #TimeLibrary: police investigate a bizarre dance being performed by a young woman...

#Libraries #Librarians #Archivists

Today from the #archives of the #TimeLibrary: police investigate a bizarre dance being performed by a young woman...

#Libraries #Librarians #Archivists

It was such a joy and an honour to be featured in the first ever issue of Inherent Vice, a queer heritage zine aimed at conservators, archivists, and collections care folk. :heart_pride:

I've read every morsel of this publication now and I highly recommend it to any GLAM professional out there. 🌈

Go get yours here: https://thecommonpress.shop/products/inherent-vice-queer-history-is-everyones-history-issue-1

#conservators #QueerHistory #conservation #QueerHeritage #CollectionsCare #preservation #archivists #lgbtq #heritage #history #InherentVice #zine

It was such a joy and an honour to be featured in the first ever issue of Inherent Vice, a queer heritage zine aimed at conservators, archivists, and collections care folk. :heart_pride:

I've read every morsel of this publication now and I highly recommend it to any GLAM professional out there. 🌈

Go get yours here: https://thecommonpress.shop/products/inherent-vice-queer-history-is-everyones-history-issue-1

#conservators #QueerHistory #conservation #QueerHeritage #CollectionsCare #preservation #archivists #lgbtq #heritage #history #InherentVice #zine

#1217 Andrew Cook (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVI, No 71, April 1984. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #BookOfTheDay

#1217 Andrew Cook (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVI, No 71, April 1984. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #BookOfTheDay

AI preparedness guidelines for archivists:
https://www.archives.org.uk/ai-preparedness-guidelines-for-archivists

#archives #ai #aiguidelines #archivists

AI preparedness guidelines for archivists:
https://www.archives.org.uk/ai-preparedness-guidelines-for-archivists

#archives #ai #aiguidelines #archivists

~ 100 VHS home recordings of PBS programming from the 90s, in Lasalle (Montreal, QC, Canada). Not my posting, seen on Freecycle.

My wife will be cross with me if I take these*, so sharing here incase there's any #montreal archivists that need a new project.

https://groups.freecycle.org/MontrealQC/posts/101251624

• I have too many other things I should be working on

#digipres #digitalpreservation #vhs #quebec #pbs #freecycle #domesday86 #domesdayduplicator #preservation #archivists #archivistodon

~ 100 VHS home recordings of PBS programming from the 90s, in Lasalle (Montreal, QC, Canada). Not my posting, seen on Freecycle.

My wife will be cross with me if I take these*, so sharing here incase there's any #montreal archivists that need a new project.

https://groups.freecycle.org/MontrealQC/posts/101251624

• I have too many other things I should be working on

#digipres #digitalpreservation #vhs #quebec #pbs #freecycle #domesday86 #domesdayduplicator #preservation #archivists #archivistodon

#1181 Andrew Cook (ed) - Archives: The Journal of the British Records Association, Vol XVI, No 70, October 1983. The British Records Association, London.

#Archives #Archivists #BritishRecordsAssociation #NoahsArk #Medieval #BookOfTheDay

#1171 Lucy Jones (ed) - Business Archives: Principles and Practice - Number 83 - May 2002. The Business Archives Council, London.

#Archives #Archivists #Business #LucyJones #TheBusinessArchivesCouncil #BookOfTheDay

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@jessdkant/115851829088978947

As we head into #legislative season with a boatload of anti-trans bills, I wanted to build something to complement the unstoppable #ytdlp and show people how to become #archivists in what are unprecedented times. Hope people like it, first #DIY/#HowTo guide of the blog.