I think conflating digitisation with preservation is actually a huge problem. Digitisation is great for access, at least while the project that digitised the material is active, but digitised collections accumulate technical debt and require constant management and updating.
October 30, 2026 at 12:06 PM
I think conflating digitisation with preservation is actually a huge problem. Digitisation is great for access, at least while the project that digitised the material is active, but digitised collections accumulate technical debt and require constant management and updating.
I listened to that book as an audiobook at my awful digitisation job post-uni and cried at my desk
November 1, 2026 at 11:56 PM
I listened to that book as an audiobook at my awful digitisation job post-uni and cried at my desk
Meanwhile, a physical archive does require maintenance and storage space, but it is much less easy to corrupt or delete en masse. Digitisation is an incredibly useful tool, but it must never be allowed to replace the physical archive.
October 30, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Meanwhile, a physical archive does require maintenance and storage space, but it is much less easy to corrupt or delete en masse. Digitisation is an incredibly useful tool, but it must never be allowed to replace the physical archive.
Watching a Play for Today via a copy sourced from the BBC research viewing platform Redux some years ago. I'm amused to see that even the BBC's viewing copy comes from a VHS of the play's later Channel 4 broadcast. I suppose that was easier than calling up the film print for digitisation.
November 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Watching a Play for Today via a copy sourced from the BBC research viewing platform Redux some years ago. I'm amused to see that even the BBC's viewing copy comes from a VHS of the play's later Channel 4 broadcast. I suppose that was easier than calling up the film print for digitisation.
It’s day one of #museum30!
Though I don’t work in a physical collection anymore, I get to view art from collections across the UK in my role as Data Officer @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the Welsh digitisation project, so I’ve chosen a piece from @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social as the image for today
Though I don’t work in a physical collection anymore, I get to view art from collections across the UK in my role as Data Officer @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the Welsh digitisation project, so I’ve chosen a piece from @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social as the image for today
November 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
It’s day one of #museum30!
Though I don’t work in a physical collection anymore, I get to view art from collections across the UK in my role as Data Officer @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the Welsh digitisation project, so I’ve chosen a piece from @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social as the image for today
Though I don’t work in a physical collection anymore, I get to view art from collections across the UK in my role as Data Officer @artukdotorg.bsky.social on the Welsh digitisation project, so I’ve chosen a piece from @amgueddfacymru.bsky.social as the image for today
Yesterday in the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy we discussed how digitisation is making us less resilient, as digitisation requires power, which can be given and taken away by forces and happenstance outside our control. 1/2
Hundreds of GP surgeries lose online services after Silicon Practice collapse
It will cause huge disruption in some parts of England and Wales, say GP leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Yesterday in the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy we discussed how digitisation is making us less resilient, as digitisation requires power, which can be given and taken away by forces and happenstance outside our control. 1/2
Preserving Analog Video Through Digitisation, Camp Butner Newspapers, Caregiver Dental Hub, More: Tuesday Afternoon…
http://researchbuzz.me/2026/11/03/preserving-analog-video-through-digitisation-camp-butner-newspapers-caregiver-dental-hub-more-tuesday-afternoon-researchbuzz-november-3-2026/
http://researchbuzz.me/2026/11/03/preserving-analog-video-through-digitisation-camp-butner-newspapers-caregiver-dental-hub-more-tuesday-afternoon-researchbuzz-november-3-2026/
Preserving Analog Video Through Digitisation, Camp Butner Newspapers, Caregiver Dental Hub, More: Tuesday Afternoon ResearchBuzz, November 3, 2026
NEW RESOURCES International Council on Archives: New ICA/PAAG Guide: Preserving Analog Video Through Digitisation. "Written by Darius Krolikowski, this practical guide is intended for archivists at the beginning of an in-house digitisation project involving analog video collections. It provides a roadmap covering the key stages of the process, from collection assessment and planning to tape preparation, digitisation, quality control, metadata creation and the preservation of original tapes."
researchbuzz.me
November 3, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Preserving Analog Video Through Digitisation, Camp Butner Newspapers, Caregiver Dental Hub, More: Tuesday Afternoon…
http://researchbuzz.me/2026/11/03/preserving-analog-video-through-digitisation-camp-butner-newspapers-caregiver-dental-hub-more-tuesday-afternoon-researchbuzz-november-3-2026/
http://researchbuzz.me/2026/11/03/preserving-analog-video-through-digitisation-camp-butner-newspapers-caregiver-dental-hub-more-tuesday-afternoon-researchbuzz-november-3-2026/
📣Calling all collections professionals
Help shape the future of digitisation across galleries, libraries, archives and museums by taking this 15-minute survey run by The National Research Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage (N-RICH): haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/comms-media/...
Help shape the future of digitisation across galleries, libraries, archives and museums by taking this 15-minute survey run by The National Research Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage (N-RICH): haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/comms-media/...
November 2, 2026 at 12:57 PM
📣Calling all collections professionals
Help shape the future of digitisation across galleries, libraries, archives and museums by taking this 15-minute survey run by The National Research Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage (N-RICH): haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/comms-media/...
Help shape the future of digitisation across galleries, libraries, archives and museums by taking this 15-minute survey run by The National Research Infrastructure for Cultural Heritage (N-RICH): haveyoursay.historicenvironment.scot/comms-media/...
📢 EuroMed2026 starts today!
🏛️ Four days of innovation, digitisation and knowledge exchange in digital cultural heritage.
🤝 #HERITALISE joins the conversation. See you online!
🔗 euromed2026.eu
#EuroMed2026 #DigitalHeritage #CulturalHeritage #ECCCH #ECHOES
🏛️ Four days of innovation, digitisation and knowledge exchange in digital cultural heritage.
🤝 #HERITALISE joins the conversation. See you online!
🔗 euromed2026.eu
#EuroMed2026 #DigitalHeritage #CulturalHeritage #ECCCH #ECHOES
November 2, 2026 at 12:26 PM
📢 EuroMed2026 starts today!
🏛️ Four days of innovation, digitisation and knowledge exchange in digital cultural heritage.
🤝 #HERITALISE joins the conversation. See you online!
🔗 euromed2026.eu
#EuroMed2026 #DigitalHeritage #CulturalHeritage #ECCCH #ECHOES
🏛️ Four days of innovation, digitisation and knowledge exchange in digital cultural heritage.
🤝 #HERITALISE joins the conversation. See you online!
🔗 euromed2026.eu
#EuroMed2026 #DigitalHeritage #CulturalHeritage #ECCCH #ECHOES
Two volumes of music belonging to the English diarist Anne Lister are now available online. The digitisation is part of the project, 'Intimate Places: Music, Space and Self in Anne Lister’s Yorkshire 1805-1825' led by Professors Rachel Cowgill and Jeanice Brooks sound-heritage.ac.uk/anne-listers...
November 3, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Two volumes of music belonging to the English diarist Anne Lister are now available online. The digitisation is part of the project, 'Intimate Places: Music, Space and Self in Anne Lister’s Yorkshire 1805-1825' led by Professors Rachel Cowgill and Jeanice Brooks sound-heritage.ac.uk/anne-listers...
Pace of government digitisation ... real cause for concern', says Manage My Health inquiry
Pace of government digitisation ... real cause for concern', says Manage My Health inquiry
A report into a big health cyber breach says AI is being flagged as an emerging risk that could amplify existing vulnerabilities if governance frameworks are not strengthened now.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 29, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Pace of government digitisation ... real cause for concern', says Manage My Health inquiry
Book digitisation is classic books having their spines cut off to be scanned and the remains being disposed - literal book destruction
November 2, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Book digitisation is classic books having their spines cut off to be scanned and the remains being disposed - literal book destruction
Digitisation is certainly not a ‘fix-all’ for primary care when it leaves patients vulnerable like this. 2/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hundreds of GP surgeries lose online services after Silicon Practice collapse
It will cause huge disruption in some parts of England and Wales, say GP leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Digitisation is certainly not a ‘fix-all’ for primary care when it leaves patients vulnerable like this. 2/2
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pace of government digitisation a 'real cause for concern', says Manage My Health inquiry
Pace of government digitisation a 'real cause for concern', says Manage My Health inquiry
A report into a big health cyber breach says AI is being flagged as an emerging risk that could amplify existing vulnerabilities if governance frameworks are not strengthened now.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 29, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Pace of government digitisation a 'real cause for concern', says Manage My Health inquiry
If you've only got EE mobile and no landline I don't think you'll be affected. It's landlines that are being digitised - I have been with PlusNet but they are no longer supporting landlines with the arrival of digitisation and are referring those customers who have landlines to EE.
November 2, 2026 at 5:45 PM
If you've only got EE mobile and no landline I don't think you'll be affected. It's landlines that are being digitised - I have been with PlusNet but they are no longer supporting landlines with the arrival of digitisation and are referring those customers who have landlines to EE.
Europeana Project Month kicks off next week!
On 10 November the focus is on 3D Digitisation.
Discover the EUreka3D-XR and Heritalise projects and discover training, software and other services to help CHIs face the challenges of adopting new technologies like 3D/XR/VR/AR.
Sign up: bit.ly/4iVWo0D
On 10 November the focus is on 3D Digitisation.
Discover the EUreka3D-XR and Heritalise projects and discover training, software and other services to help CHIs face the challenges of adopting new technologies like 3D/XR/VR/AR.
Sign up: bit.ly/4iVWo0D
November 3, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Europeana Project Month kicks off next week!
On 10 November the focus is on 3D Digitisation.
Discover the EUreka3D-XR and Heritalise projects and discover training, software and other services to help CHIs face the challenges of adopting new technologies like 3D/XR/VR/AR.
Sign up: bit.ly/4iVWo0D
On 10 November the focus is on 3D Digitisation.
Discover the EUreka3D-XR and Heritalise projects and discover training, software and other services to help CHIs face the challenges of adopting new technologies like 3D/XR/VR/AR.
Sign up: bit.ly/4iVWo0D
📢 Closing Friday 27 November 2026: Digitisation Priorities in Cultural Heritage Survey. With just 25 days left there is still time for digital collections infrastructure colleagues, collections systems teams and technical specialists to take part in our prioritisation survey. tinyurl.com/35v2t8t6
Digitisation Priorities in Cultural Heritage Survey
- Historic Environment Scotland
- Citizen Space
Find and participate in consultations run by Historic Environment Scotland
tinyurl.com
November 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
📢 Closing Friday 27 November 2026: Digitisation Priorities in Cultural Heritage Survey. With just 25 days left there is still time for digital collections infrastructure colleagues, collections systems teams and technical specialists to take part in our prioritisation survey. tinyurl.com/35v2t8t6
📢 AI could amplify existing health-sector vulnerabilities, the report warns.
Pace of government digitisation 'real cause for concern' – Manage My Health inquiry
www.nzherald.co.nz
October 29, 2026 at 6:15 PM
📢 AI could amplify existing health-sector vulnerabilities, the report warns.
Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing
Standardised testing for one year group is expected to return to pens and paper after digitisation coincided with slipping results concerning educators. Source link
Standardised testing for one year group is expected to return to pens and paper after digitisation coincided with slipping results concerning educators. Source link
Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing
Standardised testing for one year group is expected to return to pens and paper after digitisation coincided with slipping results concerning educators. Source link
articlweblog.com
November 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Students to go old school with pen-and-paper testing
Standardised testing for one year group is expected to return to pens and paper after digitisation coincided with slipping results concerning educators. Source link
Standardised testing for one year group is expected to return to pens and paper after digitisation coincided with slipping results concerning educators. Source link
Just completed major slog over multiple months (spread out, neuro illness permitting, and then interrupted by major surgery) through many thousands of pages of handwritten historical records (thanks digitisation!). Still have quick checking to do, and spreadsheet wrangling. But can see end in sight!
October 29, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Just completed major slog over multiple months (spread out, neuro illness permitting, and then interrupted by major surgery) through many thousands of pages of handwritten historical records (thanks digitisation!). Still have quick checking to do, and spreadsheet wrangling. But can see end in sight!
Blackstone fintech arb; $BX tokenises assets+charges API fees. 25% rerate-mraket misses digitisation efficency. Track $BX at https://bsky.app/profile/bluestocks.app/feed/stock-bx #finsky
November 1, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Blackstone fintech arb; $BX tokenises assets+charges API fees. 25% rerate-mraket misses digitisation efficency. Track $BX at https://bsky.app/profile/bluestocks.app/feed/stock-bx #finsky
The volumes, dating between 1774-1896, have been brought back to life by the conservation efforts of WAAS conservation and digitisation teams (Rhonda and Lee!) and also The Arts Society Worcester.
October 29, 2026 at 1:58 PM
The volumes, dating between 1774-1896, have been brought back to life by the conservation efforts of WAAS conservation and digitisation teams (Rhonda and Lee!) and also The Arts Society Worcester.
I have been praying for Poles and Ukrainians to take over critical infrastructure in Germany for years. Polish rail is seriously impressive. And don't get me started on digitisation and digitalisation.
October 28, 2026 at 9:26 AM
I have been praying for Poles and Ukrainians to take over critical infrastructure in Germany for years. Polish rail is seriously impressive. And don't get me started on digitisation and digitalisation.
#VintageMedia #digitizing #HowTo #BestPractices
'Written by Darius Krolikowski, this practical guide is intended for archivists at the beginning of an in-house digitisation project involving analog video collections.'
www.ica.org/new-ica-paag...
'Written by Darius Krolikowski, this practical guide is intended for archivists at the beginning of an in-house digitisation project involving analog video collections.'
www.ica.org/new-ica-paag...
www.ica.org
November 2, 2026 at 8:47 PM
#VintageMedia #digitizing #HowTo #BestPractices
'Written by Darius Krolikowski, this practical guide is intended for archivists at the beginning of an in-house digitisation project involving analog video collections.'
www.ica.org/new-ica-paag...
'Written by Darius Krolikowski, this practical guide is intended for archivists at the beginning of an in-house digitisation project involving analog video collections.'
www.ica.org/new-ica-paag...
NEWS: ( NASDAQ: #IDAI ) Trust Stamp Appointed Exclusive Technology Partner for AFCAS, Ghana's National Fire Safety Digitisation Programme
October 30, 2026 at 7:01 PM