Category Archives: Collections Care/Preservation

Behind the Scenes: Theater Archives and the Documentation of a Legacy

Posted on August 30, 2012 by koconnell

By Sara Zettervall, MFA Project Manager, University of Minnesota Libraries What are theaters across the nation doing (or not doing) to create archives of their productions? We asked this question as part of our IMLS National Leadership Planning Grant, “Preserving … Continue reading →

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National Leadership Grant Video: Chicago Zoo’s Welfare Track

Posted on August 24, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Jessica Whitman, Animal Welfare Biologist, and Tom Meehan, Vice President of Veterinary Services, describe the Chicago Zoological Society’s Welfare Track project, an IMLS-funded project that explores new ways of monitoring the … Continue reading →

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SafeArchive Promises to Preserve Digital Collections

Posted on August 17, 2012 by koconnell

By Thu-Mai Christian, Graduate Research Assistant H. W. Odum Institute for Research in Social Science Given growing attention to issues in digital preservation, including that from institutions, funding agencies, and other stakeholders, new technologies to help mitigate risks to digital content … Continue reading →

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National Leadership Grant Video: The Great Ape Heart Project

Posted on July 5, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor In this video interview, Zoo Atlanta’s Drs. Hayley Murphy and Marietta Dindo talk about the Great Ape Heart Project, a collaborative effort among many zoos in North America to learn more about heart disease in … Continue reading →

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National Medal Video: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library

Posted on June 26, 2012 by koconnell

By Kevin O’Connell, IMLS Writer-Editor The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library in Collegeville, Minnesota, was one of ten winners of the 2011 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. In this video interview, Father Columba Stewart, director of the library, … Continue reading →

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