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Our Carbon Footprint in the Archives

September 9, 2019

From the Papal encyclical Laudato Si, to the work of Fossil Free PC(USA) at the last General Assembly, to climate crisis activist Greta Thunberg sailing to New York, the costs and consequences of the global...

Author: 
David S
Tags: 
environment, climate crisis, Digital Preservation
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Preserving PC(USA) Websites

January 15, 2019

In 2013, the Presbyterian Historical Society began collecting the websites of the national agencies, synods, presbyteries, and General Assemblies of the PC(USA) through the Internet...

Author: 
Cecilia
Tags: 
Mission History, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation
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Hidden Pearls

October 29, 2015

Over the past two years, my colleagues and I have been working on a huge digital project: the creation, population, and launching of PHS's first digital asset management system, or DAMS.

What is a DAMS? A fancy term for an online archives--a way for researchers and historians and Presbyterians to explore some of our collection items up close, much as a visitor would at our Philadelphia location. The big difference is that users of an online archives can do their...

Author: 
Elise
Tags: 
Ask the Archives, Online Archives, Digital, Digital Archives, Digital Preservation
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Making Digital Changes Together

January 12, 2015

Say you've decided to adopt DigiByte's 2015 New Years Resolutions or to follow our recommended best practices for filenaming once and for all. Implementing these new strategies effectively within your organization will take more than your personal involvement. That will require the support of a majority of your colleagues.

Many...

Author: 
Elise
Tags: 
Digital Preservation, Ask the Archives, Digibytes
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5 Electronic New Year's Resolutions

December 7, 2014

As we move through the course of our day or week creating content--consciously or as a by-product of the work we do--we rarely have the chance to stop and organize our files. We're particularly apt to forget about our digital legacy, as we're often too busy creating the next spreadsheet or document or status update to take stock.

As this wonderful post outlines, there's no time like the present to start thinking about your digital ghosts of Past,...

Author: 
Elise
Tags: 
Digital Preservation, Ask the Archives, Digibytes
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