The Texas Record

JULY 31, 2018

Devices used by Governor Rick Perry to create electronic records [1] This is the first in a two-part series exploring the Texas Digital Archive (TDA) with Electronic Records Specialist Mark Myers of the Archives and Information Services (ARIS) division at TSLAC. Thus was born the Texas Digital Archive.

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CILIP

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Connecting town and gown through the library To Celebrate Green Libraries week, we take a look back at an article first published in Information Professional in June 2023. Wright & Wright Architects have worked on a number of major library, archive and gallery projects, with a focus on sustainable design.

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Archive-It

APRIL 19, 2023

Learn from Michael Fleming and Marcie Farwell about the inception of these collections and the growing focus on sustainability here on the Archive-It blog. Learn more about their transition plan, how Archive-It factors in, and initial thoughts in Tyng-Ruey Chuang’s post on the Archive-It blog.

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Unwritten Record

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Nitrate film is a material we don’t often encounter at the National Archives for obvious reasons. When we do come across a reel in a new accession or a preservation request from one of the presidential libraries, I can tell you we’re not overly concerned that the film will burst into flames as we wind through it.

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Unwritten Record

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Local Identifier: 255-G-61-MR3-61; National Archives Identifier: 17409778. However, online photographic indexes on the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) can help find those hard-to-locate NASA photographs. . 255-CC: Color Photograph Files, 1965 – 2002. If the identifier number has an “H,” it will likely be in this series.

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Archive-It

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The following guest post from Liz Paulus (she/they), Web Services Librarian of Cedar Mill & Bethany Community Libraries (Oregon), is part of a series written by members of the Internet Archive’s Community Webs program. The first priority was a unique local resource, a monthly newsletter called The Cedar Mill News.

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Unwritten Record

MARCH 30, 2020

Between one question and another, I’ve spent many charmed hours researching women’s history in local archives and libraries where it’s not unusual to come across a tea bag, a pressed rose, a slice of wedding cake, a lover’s secret note boxed with important documents. Estate sales sometimes open similar doors to the past.

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