#digitalPreservation
“No film left unscanned.” 🎞️ Film historian Rick Prelinger (@footage.bsky.social) explains why motion picture film is vanishing, and why digitization is crucial to saving our cinematic history.

Full video ➡️ youtu.be/AdtZtvlFi9o

#DigitalPreservation #FilmHistory #MemoryHole #Film
April 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Brilliant floppy disk badges at the #BDCAM25 (Born-Digital Collections, Archives & Memory) Conference #DigitalPreservation #DigiPres
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
2️⃣/2️⃣ 📚 The latest crawl captured petabytes of material, including 2 million videos, helping preserve the public record for future generations.

The End of Term Web Archive is Democracy’s Library in action.

#WebArchiving #DigitalPreservation @Archive.org
August 29, 2026 at 2:00 AM
In his message, Gabriel speaks to the importance of preserving and sharing knowledge, work that has defined Kahle’s vision for the Internet Archive.

#InternetArchive #ComputerHistoryMuseum #CHMFellows #DigitalPreservation #PeterGabriel @itspetergabriel.bsky.social @Brewster.Kahle.org
May 26, 2026 at 2:03 PM
4️⃣/4️⃣ These logbooks remind us that preserved records don’t just document history: they unlock it for use today & tomorrow. 🔓

@Archive.org @us.theconversation.com #DigitalPreservation #Conservation #Whales #MarineScience #History #Archives
June 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
February 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Digital preservation helps protect culture, but it also keeps knowledge accessible when communities need it most.

From the Future Knowledge #podcast special series #VanishingCulture with host Vida Vojić.

#DigitalPreservation #Libraries #Papiamento @internetarchive.bsky.social
July 29, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Good morning! 🌅☕ It’s #livestream time!

The Internet Archive microfiche team is back, scanning away for another week. Tune in to watch preservation in action, accompanied by mellow #lofi vibes.

📡 www.youtube.com/live/SxUjwZY...

#DigitalPreservation #MondayMotivation @archive.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Scientific data, public health information, and environmental research are increasingly vulnerable to loss, alteration, or removal.

Featuring Merrilee Proffitt, James Jacobs, and Christopher Marcum.

#DigitalPreservation #OpenGovernment
@csmarcum@sciences.social @merrileeiam.bsky.social
June 6, 2026 at 3:01 AM
The internet's memory isn’t a cloud—it’s heat, power, and hard drives 🔥💾

Inside the Internet Archive’s trillion-page fight against digital forgetting, from PetaBox servers to legal battles over memory itself ⚙️📚

➡️ hackernoon.com/the-long-now...

#InternetArchive #DigitalPreservation #WebHistory
January 28, 2026 at 12:00 AM
For an island community, geography & history can shape access to records. Digital collections help reconnect Aruba with its own heritage.

Future Knowledge #podcast special series #VanishingCulture
#DigitalPreservation #Libraries @internetarchive.bsky.social
August 1, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I mostly chatter about #digitalpreservation. Here are a bunch of others who do the same. go.bsky.app/7GdMRS3
February 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🕢 Tune in at 7:30am PT to watch our microfiche scanning livestream come to life, turning analog government documents into digital public knowledge—one frame at a time!

🔗 www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...

#PreservationInProgress #DemocracysLibrary #DigitalPreservation

What about off hours? 🧵
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
YouTube video by Internet Archive
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May 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Have you seen Sophia's viral robotaxi stream? That's just the beginning.

Now Sophia’s applying her livestream magic to help preserve history.

Get to know the creative force behind the feed.
👉 blog.archive.org/2025/05/29/m...

#DigitalPreservation #Microfiche @sof.is
May 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Check out the No Way Out podcast interview with Mark Graham, director of Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. It’s a must-listen for anyone eager to understand how web archiving works & why it matters.

🎧 ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/4zP5...

#digitalpreservation #archives @mark.bsky.social
The Wayback Mission: Mark Graham on Preserving the Past with the Internet Archive
No Way Out · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Worth reading the replies to this post: some horror stories and some good advice in them.

#DigitalPreservation
I don't think people fully understand yet just how fragile university-hosted digital resources are after external funding ends (especially if the lead academic retires or moves or is made redundant).
Does anyone know what's happened to the Irish Legislation Database? When I go to www.qub.ac.uk/ild/ I get a not found message and a search isn't yielding anything.

@irishstudiesqub.bsky.social @qubhistory.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Panicking just a little here...
April 30, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Our discussion features writer Mike Masnick (Techdirt), Wayback Machine director Mark Graham, and media lawyer Kendra Albert (Albert Sellars LLP).

@masnick.com @mark.bsky.social @kendraserra.bsky.social @authorsalliance.bsky.social #FutureKnowledge #WebArchiving #AI #DigitalPreservation
April 20, 2026 at 11:00 PM
2️⃣/2️⃣ Artists told CARTA they fear technical failures, lost hosting & even past website meltdowns could erase their work. For one artist, preservation offers “peace of mind” that future generations can find her work as she intended.

#WebArchiving #DigitalPreservation @internetarchive
September 4, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The Wayback Machine is a vital resource for preserving the cultural record, ensuring history remains accessible to all.

Read more in the recent NPR profile ➡️ www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...

#SaveTheWeb #DigitalPreservation #MemoryHole #WaybackMachine
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
We're in the process of commissioning a report on Artificial Intelligence and #digitalpreservation and I so want it to be titled "Should AI stay or should AI go?"
November 18, 2024 at 6:41 PM
New - Toolkit for Legacy (Weird) Media Assets. It offers practical guidance on preserving fragile and outdated media formats, from floppy disks and audio cassettes to MiniDiscs and microfilm. Congratulations @amsichani.bsky.social, @beatricecannelli.bsky.social and Leontien Talboom!
New toolkit offers practical guide to preserving legacy media
A newly launched toolkit offers practical guidance to cultural heritage professionals and researchers on preserving fragile and outdated media formats.
www.sas.ac.uk
July 20, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Hey #digitalpreservation people is there a bluesky feed or tag from #ipres2026 Am following along on slack which is very good but it's a closed shop.
September 23, 2026 at 6:27 AM
☀️ We’re back at it: scanning microfiche live at the #InternetArchive.

Tune in & join us as we preserve history one frame at a time ⤵️
📡 www.youtube.com/live/aPg2V5R...

#MondayMotivation #DigitalPreservation #InternetArchive #GoodMorning
lofi Archive radio 🎞️ beats to scan/read microfiche to
Off Hours? Watch a 2hr stream at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gibUecoF1bEEver wonder how government documents, locked away on tiny sheets of microfiche, b...
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June 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM