June 3rd, 2010
Podcast: Kit Arrington on the digital preservation of documents at

My interest in digital preservation developed along with the Library’s digital growth and is a natural part of one of our mission mandates – preservation – which extends to the digital formats under our care. …

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HP Enables Visual Effects Company Weta Digital to Provide Advanced Graphic Effects for Blockbuster Film “Avatar”

HP today announced that Weta Digital, a visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand, used the superior performance and rendering power of HP BladeSystem technology and HP Z Series Workstations to deliver advanced graphical effects for the r…

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News release: HP Enables Visual Effects Company Weta Digital to Provide Advanced Graphic Effects for Blockbuster Film “Avatar”

HP today announced that Weta Digital, a visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand, used the superior performance and rendering power of HP BladeSystem technology and HP Z Series Workstations to deliver advanced graphical effects for the r…

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Los árboles y el bosque: Digitization 101: Report: JISC Project

JISC, the Digital Preservation Coalition, Portico and the University of London Computer Centre are pleased to announce the release of a new report investigating long term access to digitised collections. The digital universe grew by 62% …

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Los árboles y el bosque: Digitization 101: Report: JISC Project

Digital Curation and Preservation Bibliography. ► May 14 (3). Dokumentation des Linked Data Services der DNB – l… On the Record: Constructive Controversy Learning… LC and the Semantic Web Learning About RDA …

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Los árboles y el bosque: DigitalKoans Blog Archive Digital

DigitalKoans Blog Archive Digital Preservation: Data-PASS Project Gets Matching IMLS Support for $1.6 Million Project: “Digital Preservation: Data-PASS Project Gets Matching IMLS Support for $1.6 Million Project …

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Immediate Change: Time, Inc. Titles Removed from LexisNexis Academic

LexisNexis has informed us that Time Inc. has decided to withdraw its publications from all LexisNexis services, effective immediately. Previously, LexisNexis Academic was restricted to rolling coverage of the most … More

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born digital archives: DigCCurr Professional Institute 2010

For those of you keen on drafting policies in regard to digital preservation and digital curation, both ICPSR and OpenDOAR provide examples of policies that can be used as guidelines for your institution. Curious about the readiness of …

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