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September 13, 2018
Educopia Institute Annual Report 2017
At Educopia, we believe in the power of connection, collaboration, and co-creation. Spanning boundaries, sectors, and fields, we use Educopia’s community cultivation model to unite people and institutions around shared challenges in digital preservation, scholarly communications, and continuing education. We help organizations work collectively to ensure knowledge is sustainably produced, widely shared, and preserved. Educopia’s … Continue reading Educopia Institute Annual Report 2017
April 14, 2018
News on the Margins: Data Model
The “News on the Margins” data model is an open data collection framework and methodology for documenting information about newspapers by and for marginalized communities. It was produced by Katherine Skinner, in close partnership with editors James Danky, Emily Gore, and Franky Abbot. This data model is an output of the News on the Margins initial pilot … Continue reading News on the Margins: Data Model
April 14, 2018
Surfacing Marginalized Voices in the Newspaper Collections of Libraries, Archives, and Museums
The “News on the Margins: Surfacing Marginalized Voices in the Newspaper Collections of Libraries, Archives, and Museums” publication documents the design, methods, results, and recommendations of News on the Margins, a Fall 2017 pilot project funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, and undertaken by the Educopia Institute in partnership with the Digital … Continue reading Surfacing Marginalized Voices in the Newspaper Collections of Libraries, Archives, and Museums
November 16, 2017
Preserving News on the Margins
Why is this particular project needed? Historic preservation efforts (microfilm projects, etc.) have usually focused on mainstream voices – even if the efforts have been focused on smaller communities Many of you may participate in a statewide newspaper digitization project and/or NDNP. We all LOVE and APPRECIATE those projects, but we realize that ALL projects … Continue reading Preserving News on the Margins
August 22, 2017
Promote Your Collections, Promote Our Collective Histories
We know that our choices as archivists, librarians, and curators matter. The historical record is largely shaped by what we gather, what we provide access to, and whose voices we preserve. In this moment, we want to ignite the power and passion of libraries, archives, and museums to amplify voices that have too often gone … Continue reading Promote Your Collections, Promote Our Collective Histories
August 17, 2017
Preserving News On the Margins: MetaArchive and Digital News Preservation
Newspapers and periodicals authored by and for marginalized communities arguably number among our most important historical collections in libraries and archives today. Researchers have long relied on news sources by and for marginalized groups—from African-American newspapers to labor union publications, from temperance newspapers to refugee periodicals, and from lesbian ‘zines to religious serials—to reveal the … Continue reading Preserving News On the Margins: MetaArchive and Digital News Preservation
August 1, 2017
News on the Margins: LGBT Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
This is a printable version of the full survey instrument, which may be of use to institutions as they plan their answers. PURPOSE: The purpose of this data collection is to make more visible the corpus of news produced by and for LGBT communities by creating an open, freely available directory of LGBT newspapers and periodicals (print, microfiche, digitized, and … Continue reading News on the Margins: LGBT Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
August 1, 2017
News on the Margins: African American Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
This is a printable version of the survey instrument that may be useful to institutions as they plan to submit their information. PURPOSE: The purpose of this data collection is to make more visible the corpus of news produced by and for African Americans by creating an open, freely available directory of African American newspapers and periodicals (print, … Continue reading News on the Margins: African American Newspapers and Periodicals Survey
April 10, 2017
News on the Margins (subcontract)
The voices of marginalized communities, including those defined by such identity markers as skin color, ethnic origin, religious affiliation, sexuality, geography, and social class, are often invisible in mainstream news sources. Understanding the diverse experiences of people in the United States requires us to turn to sources written, produced, and disseminated by the broadest possible … Continue reading News on the Margins (subcontract)
December 14, 2016
Building a National Agenda for Saving Online News
This panel presented varied impressions from the third Dodging the Memory Hole event October 13-14th at UCLA Libraries, which focused on preserving journalistic content online. Topics include development of roles for each stakeholder community and preparing library science students to meet the demands for archiving news in the future.