This session will look at the ongoing importance of mobile devices and the influence those devices have on access to and usage of various forms of content, whether text or multimedia. As mobile technology is a ubiquitous tool for a global population, its impact on the practices and policies of libraries and content providers should not be underestimated.
Starting a project to organize and preserve your family photographs, documents and other content can be daunting. For Preservation Week this year, we’re passing along a few tips to point you in the right direction. Whether you need to learn how to house your photographs or other family keepsakes, or you want to protect your digital photographs and documents, we’ll offer some resources to get you going. Though this article focuses on personal preservation, many of these tips translate to caring for organizational content as well.
Tips for Preserving Photographs and Documents
When dealing with the personal treasures you have at home the first thing you may want to think about is how they’re housed now. Sometimes the easiest way to start protecting them is to organize them into acid free boxes. They can be appropriate for books, your family photos and documents, or any object you need to protect from dust and light. They’re available in a variety of sizes including box albums. You can further protect your photos and family documents in polyester or acid free sleeves before boxing.
Many of you are familiar with our recorded Siera webinars. We offer three series of free and fee-based webcasts, with topics applicable to libraries, universities, local government, charities, and small businesses. The rental webcasts are $10.00 for three days of unlimited viewing on one computer, with no limitations on how many people can watch per viewing. We think it’s a good deal.
However, the way the system was set up, if you rented a webcast, you had to view it immediately within the 72-hour window. For the rest of 2017, we are changing that model.
A library person on a listserve submitted this question: “We are getting ready to set up some of our computers to be more user friendly for people who are seeing/hearing repaired and I’m looking for some software suggestions. Anything would be helpful as we just started the search today.”
The table of contents is below. As you are reading, also know that we are looking for editors to join the Code4Lib Journal Editorial Committee. What does it mean to join the editorial committee? Read more about our process and structure (http://journal.code4lib.org/process-and-structure) and/or ask one of the current members of the editorial committee (http://journal.code4lib.org/editorial-committee). Interested? Send a letter to journal@code4lib.org and address these two questions:
1) What is your vision for the Code4Lib Journal? Why are you interested in it?
2) How can you contribute to the Code4Lib Journal, i.e. what do you have to offer?
