- Google doubles its online database of street art with 5000 new pieces. [via The Verge]
- A rare peak look at the archives and artifacts held at the NBCUniversal Archives & Collections. [via LAWeekly]
- Workflows and born-digital collections involve continually evolving processes that need to be revised and reworked as software formats are discovered or file sizes increase. [via The Signal: Digital Preservation, LOC]
- You probably noticed it, but this past week Google recognized Anna Atkins, regarded as the world's first woman photographic artist, with a Google Doodle. [via Washington Post]
- The ease with which to create, store, and destroy digital information in the form of email, documents, spreadsheets, PDFs, etc. leaves the historical record for the future at risk of loss. [via The New York Times]
- Help a brother out . . . by voting for your favorite name for the National Zoo's newly born Andean bear brother cubs. [via NZP]
- It's in your hands - You tell your story with StoryCorp's new app that allows you and your smartphone to fully facilitate the interview experience with easy-to-use tools, the ability to record high-quality audio from your device, and upload your conversation to an archive at the Library of Congress where they can be listened to by other app users. [via Cool Hunting]
- Perfect for Women's History Month - An app that that makes you phone buzz when you get near a place where women made history. [via Good Magazine]
- Graduate conservation students in University of Delaware's art conservation program help restore family photographs after a horrible tragedy. [via PetaPixel]
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