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ICYMI Report: Trump Names Jim Byron to Senior #Archivist Role https://www.infodocket.com/2025/02/17/report-trump-names-jim-byron-to-senior-archivist-role/ #archives
@dennis_moser @jeffjarvis It was the job of the #archivist to preserve the archives #ForTheLifeOfTheRepublic .
Report: Deputy #Archivist of the U.S. to Retire Following Trump Firing of National #Archives Chief
https://www.infodocket.com/2025/02/15/report-deputy-archivist-of-the-u-s-to-retire-following-trump-firing-of-national-archives-chief/
Federal data is disappearing. On Thursday (TODAY), meet the teams working to rescue it and learn how you can help.
Join the Internet Archive and the Library Innovation Lab on Feb. 13, 3pm Eastern for a special event exploring the terabytes of data they have already saved and how to access it.
In the last two weeks that I will be at my job of 20 years, I’ve been inspired to finally deal with a box of news clippings about the school’s history going back to 1964. I gave myself a very fast and dirty introduction to archiving, then got to work. I’m LOVING this project! And now I think maybe I would like to be an #archivist? Or at least learn more about it? I’d also like to show an archivist my project and learn what I did right (if anything) and wrong (probably quite a lot). #librarylife
#Archives Public Letter Re the Firing of the #Archivist of the United States (Note: The Deadline to Sign The Letter is 3pm Today (2/10)) https://www.infodocket.com/2025/02/10/wiley-launches-pilot-pricing-framework-to-support-equitable-oa-publishing-for-researchers-in-latin-america-european-commission-publishes-guidelines-on-ai-system-definition-to-facilitate-the-first-ai/
Sergio Gor, the director of the White House's Presidential Personnel Office, announced the dismissal of the #archivist, at #Trump's direction, on X. "We thank Colleen Shogan for her service," Gor said.
Shogan, who was not in office when the #ClassifiedDocuments investigation began, said on LinkedIn that Trump had fired her without citing a reason or cause. "I have zero regrets - I absolutely did my best every day for the National Archives & the American people," she wrote.
#Trump fired Colleen Shogan, the #Archivist of the #UnitedStates….
The national archivist is responsible for overseeing government records & heads the National Archives [#NARA], an agency Trump has repeatedly criticized since it alerted the #DOJ to Trump's mishandling of #ClassifiedDocuments in early 2022.
#labor #law #petty #revenge #USpol
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-he-will-fire-kennedy-center-board-make-himself-chair-2025-02-08/
"It was an honor and privilege to serve as the 11th #Archivist of the United States," Shogan told 404 Media. "I did so with #integrity every day."
Yeah, definitely over-qualified. 
https://www.404media.co/trump-fires-national-archives-director-colleen-shogan/
I’ve been thinking lately (always a mistake) about all the cultural works to which we don't have access. Everything removed from streaming; everything locked behind DRM so that most libraries and archives won't have copies which can redundantly survive disruption. Sometimes I get real sad about the future readers and historians and others who just won't be able to find copies of the incredible things made during the current digital dark age.
As ever, I try to let this radicalize me rather than lead me into despair. I know that there are lots of horrors worth raging against, but this is one I feel well-positioned to work against. It's low-stakes enough that I won't feel self-loathing if I burn out or need to take a break. It's no secret that I like to read and organize books so this is a topic close to my heart and one which can bring me joy and allow me to share it with those around me too. There is a fair bit of tech nerd stuff to it, enough that I have an opportunity to learn & practice new things, but not so much that I’m totally out of my depth. And there are plenty of communities out there to help and share strategies.
But the big thing I see missing from my understanding and many of the conversations about shadow libraries and unauthorized archivism is the social and professional practice of librarianship rather than mechanical practice of data storage. I don't have space to go to library school, but I could definitely stand to read (and archive) introductory books on the topic, or take an online class. Friends who know: what are some of the better places to get started with an introduction to library & information science and archive science?
#libraries #librarian #archivist #archives #archivism #archivist #libraryScience #informationScience #archiveScience #culture #repositories #dataHoard #archiving #piracy #unauthorizedArchives #guerillaArchives #shadowLibraries #digiPres #digitalPreservation
‘Practice Your #Cursive as a Citizen #Archivist and Preserve Thousands of Historic Documents.’
https://www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/01/national-archives-citizen-archivist-program/
If I had been the archivist in chief at the White house, I had booked a mandatory educating hour with the new president to very thoroughly and decidedly explaining to him that he can NOT do as he wishes with the records...!
(after that hour, I had fled the room, unable to endure more)
New CLIR Publication: “#Archivist Actions #Abolitionist Futures”
“This collection of brief essays challenges long-held principles of #archival practice by addressing the carceral underpinnings of the #cultural professions. Contributors explore how complicity with #carceral systems and the #Prison Industrial Complex undermines equitable access to information and perpetuates systemic harms.”
https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/archivist-actions-abolitionist-futures/
Hey GLAM folks, spreading the word about this book about #disability and #archives, both from a user & #archivist perspectives. It is ironically not very accessible, print only, only owned by 2 libraries total according to Worldcat, & $$$. It is a sorely needed discussion in the profession, so let’s get it into some more institutions! Suggest it to your acq folks, spread the word, let’s make sure the book makes some noise!
https://litwinbooks.com/books/preserving-disability/
An update has finally be released, as the petition has been tabled in the House of Commons:
Response by the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Signed by (Minister or Parliamentary Secretary): THE HON. FRANÇOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE
The Government of Canada would like to thank the petitioners for expressing their concerns on the issue of the planned obsolescence of video games.
The Government of Canada is committed to promoting the interests and protection of Canadian consumers as well-informed and confident consumers help stimulate competition and innovation in the Canadian marketplace. Federal agencies and departments are responsible for enforcing legislation related to various issues, including: consumer product safety, consumer product packaging and labelling, and anti-competitive practices, such as price fixing.
Additionally, consumer protection is a shared responsibility between the Government of Canada and provincial and territorial governments. On the specific matter of the planned obsolescence of video games, this matter is best addressed at the provincial and territorial jurisdiction given their responsibility over issues related to buying goods and services and contracts.
Sooooooooo tldr... "Not a federal issue, go to your provincial or territorial legislators"....
https://www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-4965
#Canada
#preservation
#archival
#archivist
#digitization
#Ownership
#TheCrew
#stopkillinggames
#Ubisoft
#Gaming
#games
#Law
#CanPol
#OurCommons
Are you an American #archivist interested in #labor issues in our profession? Please consider self-nominating for the Society of American Archivists Archival Worker Labor Task Force, which is a new three year task force responsible for identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing archival worker labor (including students and interns) issues that SAA can impact. You have until December 15 to apply! https://www2.archivists.org/news/2024/be-the-change-call-for-saa-leader-self-nominations
Telling the Foundation’s Story – Invitation to Tender
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation is looking for a consultant to use extracts from their historical records and supplement them with oral history records drawn from key staff, trustees, and organisational contacts to create a clear written story of the Foundation.
Do you have a little extra for someone whose having trouble finding freelance work?
A question for #photography #archivist
How to capture and connect the information on the slide (transparency) mount with that on the slide? This image is the whole mounted slide that is the source of the image in the replied-to toot.
I've been using a slide scanner for the images, and a flat-bed scanner to capture 24 mounted slides including the handwritten annotations.
