Preservation grant opportunityConsidering a small digitization project, but don’t have the funds? You might look at funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities, which gives Pre...
Digitization trainings through DT Cultural HeritageThinking about undertaking a digital preservation project? DT Cultural Heritage is offering a series of digitization certification programs. The first course...
Attend NEDCC’s upcoming Digital Directions Conference!Photo credit: Northeast Document Conservation Center Interested in starting a digital preservation project? Don’t know how to begin? Consider attending the N...
PEGI ProjectThe Preservation of Electronic Government Information (PEGI) Project was conceived as an effort to address concerns with the long-term preservation of histor...
Day One: Law Review PreservationWe are kicking off Preservation Week 2019 with information about preserving law review content! In our community, you can promote preservation in so many way...
Fall 2018 Preservation-Related Conferences worth checking outToday I am highlighting several conferences coming up this Fall which might be valuable to those interested in preservation. The first conference is iPRES 20...
LIPA interview with PreservicaEarlier this month the folks at Preservica requested an interview with me about LIPA’s work and our consortial use of Preservica for digital preservation. Th...
OCLC – Descriptive Metadata for Web ArchivingOCLC Research established the Web Archiving Metadata Working Group (WAM) to develop recommendations for descriptive metadata. Their approach is tailored to t...
Upcoming Educational OpportunitiesFor those LIPA members looking to learn more about preservation they can apply to their library’s collection, both the Northeast Document Conservation Center...
International Digital Preservation Day, 30th November 20172017 is the inaugural year to celebrate International Digital Preservation Day. This year’s theme: Bits Decay: Do Something Today. Held on the last Thursday ...
Web ArchivingDid you know that the Government Publishing Office uses Archive-It for web archiving? Read more about what they do here. LIPA offers a subscription servic...
Initiatives to Preserve and Protect Federally Produced DataUniversities and other organizations have begun initiatives to support government information accessibility given projected/actual changes in government fund...
FDLP Webinar: Planning for and Managing Storage for Digital CollectionsThe FDLP will be hosting a webinar called “Planning for and Managing Storage for Digital Collections” on Wednesday, April 12 from 2-3pm Eastern. This webina...
NDSA Digital Preservation Staffing SurveyThis announcement is from the NDSA Staffing Survey Working Group. Please excuse the cross-postings. Does your organization manage and preserve digital conten...
Preservation Webinar Series: Part 1, Digital Imaging 101The Government Publishing Office will be hosting a series of webinars on preservation. The first of these will be held on Monday, March 20 from 2-3pm EDT. ...
LIPA Digital Projects Registry – Your Platform, Your InspirationLIPA’s mission is, in part, to provide the opportunity for libraries to work collaboratively on preservation projects and to take advantage of the partnershi...
National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) SymposiumThe National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) will hold a Symposium on April 27-28, 2017 in Washington, D.C. It will be free and open to the public and a...
LIPA at the Digital Library Federation Forum and NDSA’s Digital Preservation 2016Margie Maes, LIPA executive director, attended the 2016 Digital Library Federation (DLF) Forum in Milwaukee, WI, November 7-9. In January 2016, DLF became th...
Consider becoming a FIPNet Partner!The U.S. Government Publishing Office (GPO) is looking for several types of partners in relation to FIPNet. What is FIPNet? GPO’s Federal Information Preser...
Standards and Practices UpdateLooking for the latest information on digital preservation standards? See this update from the National Digital Stewardship Alliance Standards and Practices ...