Link Love: 9/10/2010

  • The National Archives in the UK have shared a useful Digital Preservation FAQ of questions commonly asked by small and developing archives [via Sarah Stauderman, SIA].
  • As of last week, the Iraq War Combat Mission is officially over, so I guess now would be a particularly meaningful time to peruse the Iraq War Archive, which provides a view of 2003 media coverage of the war from all over the world.
  • Hot button topic for archive nerds and photographers alike: what metadata should you include with your digital photos? The Library of Congress and the Stock Artists Alliance have weighed in by creating the Photo Metadata Project, which provides detailed advice on the topic.
  • Oh man, how come I’m so out of it?! I’m a huge Neil Young fan and knew nothing about the Neil Young Archives! The navigation and browsing capabilities of this archive are incredible, and a model for other archival projects:

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