On Archivy

occasional writings about the archive

WARC Work

WARC is often thought of as a useful preservation format for websites and Web content, but it can also be a useful tool in your toolbox for…

S. Williams4 days ago7 min read

Implications of Archival Labor

If we want respect for our labor, we need to value it more

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Peter Van Garderen4 days ago18 min read

Decentralized Autonomous Collections

A Decentralized Autonomous Collection is a set of digital information objects stored for ongoing re-use with the means and incentives for independent parties to participate in the contribution, presentation, and curation of the information objects outside the…

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Samantha AbramsApr 67 min read

On Hashtags

A closer look at the #therealuw, #reclaimosu and #dismantledukeplantation

Joshua RangerApr 71 min read

Avoiding the Archive

During my time as an archives student I made a studious practice of avoiding being a part of any archive. At conferences and events I avoided being photographed as if it were stealing my soul. I had the sixth sense to know when a photographer was nearby, and at just the right moment I would…

Jarrett M. DrakeApr 611 min read

RadTech Meets RadArch: Towards A New Principle for Archives and Archival Description

This talk, which formed part of a panel about archival description, was delivered at the 2016 Radcliffe Workshop on Technology & Archival Processing, held on April 4–5, 2016, in…