University Archivist at @ualbany, making public records accessible. Sometimes I complain about the Mets. gwiedeman@digipres.club
Albany, NY
Joined March 2011
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Our IMLS proposal to incorporate digital objects into Arclight got funded! Description and digital objects in one discovery interface so you can readily use existing description for digitization or describe born digital objects in aggregate. imls.gov/grants/awarded/lg-2…
We posted the CFP for our IMLS grant to build digital object discovery into ArcLight! We‘ll develop specifications to better define how digital objects relate to archival description. If you’ve worked in this space before in any context, please apply! archives.albany.edu/web/arcl…
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We're thrilled to announce the launch of our premier webarchiving platform Browsertrix! Archive websites & social media, curate collections and replay your webarchives for as little as $30 / month! browsertrix.com
We also have funding to bring a bunch of people to Albany to spec out archival data structures for this! So be on the lookout for an opportunity to come to scenic Albany in the cold to nerd out about archival data!
My boss's boss position is open, which is probably the most important role in our R1 ARL library. I'm not on the committee and happy to talk about the role. Salary is not listed but was previously ~120k, though I would expect that would have to go up
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ArchivesSpace is looking for a Tech Lead! This is a really impactful position that helps archival repositories around the world manage and provide access to cultural heritage materials
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Yo Eira is so smart man, go read A Green New Deal For Archives #saa23 clir.org/pubs/reports/a-gree…
If you have docker, its now super easy to run mailbagit, just three commands!
archives.albany.edu/mailbag/…
ALT Terminal with commands: wget https://archives.albany.edu/mailbag/docker-compose.yml docker compose run mailbagit root@21daeeab9fa5:/data# mailbagit export.pst -i pst -d mbox pdf warc -m my_mailbag
mailbagit 0.5.1 is up, which now correctly recognizes mbox files exported from Mac Mail (which annoyingly doesn't use the .mbox file extension) github.com/UAlbanyArchives/m…
PNGs are good for preservation. You don't need to migrate/normalize them. I am team #PNGforPreservation
If you got JPGs already they're fine too, you're not gaining anything by converting them.
We gotta get rid of these "compression is not preservation" ideas
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Join the party at the #EmailArchivingSymposium, starting right NOW! Don't worry if you haven't registered yet, because we've got you covered. Tune in to the live stream (w/ a 20 sec delay) on YouTube. #digipres #emailarchiving
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I am very excited to share that findings from our research for the Building a National Finding Aid Network project are now available. This was a major effort to inform the future of archival discovery and I'm really proud of this work oc.lc/nafan-research
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📣 Attention email enthusiasts! The Email Archiving Symposium program is here! 🎉Don't miss out on the captivating world of email preservation and discovery. Check out the lineup and register now!📨 #EmailArchiving #digipres
Have a look: emailarchivesgrant.library.i…
Posted the slides and notes for the talk I did with @AmandaGreenw00d for #IIPCWAC23 gregwiedeman.com/presentatio…
I'll summarize a bit since I think we had some important findings:
State politicians and though them the public are just not valuing the mission of research libraries. This is a long term crisis for many research libraries. Our department is going to have great collections on NYS politics and the death penalty, until we're not.