Rogue Librarian

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"Somewhere there is a ten-year old who will be president one day. She has a web site now, and in 50 years we are going to want to look at it." What can we do to preserve our digital heritage?

I paraphrase Abby Smith, Council on Library and Information Resources, from a talk she gave at the Digital Library Federation meeting in Seattle last month. She was describing legislation that the U.S. Congress passed in December of 2000 establishing the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP). NDIIPP charges the Librarian of Congress to lead a nationwide planning effort for the long-term preservation of digital content.

The plan is to develop a national strategy to collect, archive and preserve the burgeoning amounts of digital content, especially materials that are created only in digital formats, for current and future generations. No big.

See an abstract of Smith’s talk on the DLF Fall Forum 2002 Schedule. Pardon the scroll. For the full scoop on NDIIPP, skip right to the NDIIPP press releases.

A group of Information Architects from around the world have formed a new non-profit volunteer organization dedicated to advancing and promoting the field of information architecture. It is called The Asilomar Institute for Information Architecture (AIfIA).

AIfIA "serves to advance the design of shared information environments. We support a global community infrastructure that connects people, ideas, content, and tools. Through research, education, advocacy and community service, we promote excellence within our field and build bridges to related disciplines and organizations."

In more pressing news, I made the plunge and got acrylic nails. They are done in a tasteful French manicure at the moment, but I feel a serious case of airbrushing coming on. Maybe even a little rhinestone on the pinky finger. Who knows?