How to archive your photos in the digital age

A media scholar and photographer walks you through the options for archiving all those photos you’re collecting on your phone.

Wasim Ahmad, Assistant Teaching Professor of Journalism, Quinnipiac University • conversation
Sept. 24, 2024 ~8 min

Meet J.A. Baker – the influential nature writer you’ve probably never heard of

John Alec Baker’s 1967 novel, The Peregrine, recounts the story of a bird over ten winters, but his archive is the story of a very private man.

Sarah Demelo, Curator, Art & Special Collections, University of Essex • conversation
April 10, 2024 ~6 min


Keeper Wants You to Know Vatican’s Secrets

VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 24, 2024 ~5 min

Churchill Archives Centre shares digitised treasures to celebrate 50 years

Letters sent to Winston Churchill by his wife are among an array of fascinating historic papers and recordings which can now be explored via the Archive

Cambridge University News • cambridge
July 25, 2023 ~5 min

The Internet Archive has been fighting for 25 years to keep what's on the web from disappearing – and you can help

Portions of the internet disappear every day. Preservation of this historical record requires a proactive approach by archivists and everyday citizens.

Stephanie Shreffler, Collections Librarian/Archivist and Associate Professor, University Libraries, University of Dayton • conversation
Aug. 13, 2021 ~8 min

How curators transferred Sequoia and King's Canyon National Parks' archives to escape wildfires

The curator at UC Merced describes the evacuation and shows a selection of photographs from the 110-year history of the park.

Emily Lin, Head of Digital Curation and Scholarship, UC Merced, University of California, Merced • conversation
Dec. 23, 2020 ~7 min

Historical films may be decaying much faster than we thought thanks to 'vinegar syndrome'

Archives need to take action now.

Ida Rebecca Ahmad, PhD Candidate, Institute of Sustainable Heritage, UCL • conversation
May 19, 2020 ~7 min

MIT Libraries explore 17th-century postal archive in "Signed, Sealed, and Undelivered" | MIT News

2,600 recently rediscovered early modern letters to be analyzed in groundbreaking international digital humanities project.

Sharon Lacey | MIT Libraries • mit
Nov. 10, 2015 ~7 min


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