The Preservica blog
Observations, news and opinion on all aspects of the industry, from the keyboards of the team here at Preservica.
A day in the life of a county archivist
Preservica Starter edition user Rebekah Davis talks about her busy day as an archivist at Limestone County Archives, her typical roles and responsibilities and how her role has evolved over time.
From 1945 to 2020: Showcasing Transport for London stories from one defining year to another
We hear from Tamara Thornhill, Corporate Archivist at Transport for London (TfL) as she shares how the archive has shifted from physical to digital exhibitions to showcase their World War II collections on the 75th anniversary of the end of the war.
Using digital preservation in real time to document the global pandemic for future generations
With the theme of ‘Digits: for Good’ for this year's World Digital Preservation Day - we’ve taken this opportunity to highlight the work of our user community, who’s diligence and enthusiasm for capturing events and data in real-time, will enable future generations to relive and learn from this historic chapter in all of our lives.
Digital Preservation at scale with Yaso Arumugam, CIO of The National Archives of Australia
In this guest blog Q&A, Yaso Arumugam explores the challenges of digitally preserving a collection of over 40 million items.
Preserving content from closed systems part 3: Lotus Notes De-Commissioning and Preservation
The preservation of legacy information from a Lotus Notes Database, often during an application de-commissioning process, is one of the most complex examples and compromises have to be made to manage the process smoothly.
Preserving content from closed systems part 2: Digital preservation of social media
In my last blog I explored how online content management systems are making the preservation and trust of their digital content more difficult. In this blog I will use Twitter as an example of how this information can be preserved and how well-supported APIs make this easier.
Keeping on track: How Network Rail has documented the COVID-19 pandemic
David Portman reports on how Network Rail, a critical national service, enabling vital passenger train services for key workers, whilst also increasing freight traffic to get medical supplies, food and other goods around Britain are managing record keeping during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Preserving content from closed systems part 1: Office 365 & Google G-Suite digital preservation challenges
Digital Preservation has always understood that information is complex but most practical implementations have worked with the concept that information is held in files that can easily be extracted from where they are created and initially consumed, and can be preserved in isolation from other files.
Is COVID-19 a threat or opportunity for electronic government records capture, access and preservation?
The tsunami of data and the hard pivot to remote work and home school has stretched government information management capabilities to their limits. So, what opportunities and threats are associated with the deluge of COVID-related data?