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A Prehistory of the Digital Daybook

An introduction to the rituals of record-keeping that have influenced our daybook project

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Zoology specimens, Australasian Antarctic Expedition Reports, 1911-1914

From Desiderata to READMEs: The case for a C.A.R.E.-full Data Lifeboat Pt. II

The second of a two-part blog post detailing possible prompts for Data Lifeboat creators to encourage ethical and informed collecting

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From Desiderata to READMEs: The case for a C.A.R.E.-full Data Lifeboat Pt. I

The first of a two-part blog post detailing the origins and approaches to ethical archiving in the Data Lifeboat tool.

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Progress Report: The Data Lifeboat viewer, circa 2024

See what you get when you download a prototype Data Lifeboat.

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A Phoenix in Paris: Data Lifeboats for User-Generated Histories

The case for citizen-driven collections in enhancing our understanding of contemporary events.

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Progress Report: Creating a Data Lifeboat circa 2024

Check out our prototype workflow for creating a Data Lifeboat.

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Our Data Lifeboat workshops are complete

Now we are working out what just happened, and here's an outline.

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Flickr Foundation at iPres 2024

Find out what Tori and Alex learnt when they visited Ghent.

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Marcelle Ferns with nose guard and sun glasses, 1941

Field Notes #01: Lughnasadh

Lead Researcher, Tori, pins down her methodology for the upcoming Safe Harbor Network design workshops with institutional users

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Welcome, Fattori!

We have a new Lead Researcher in the team, joining us to enhance our approach to our Data Lifeboat initiative.

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Improving millions of files on Wikimedia Commons with Flickypedia Backfillr Bot

Our new bot improves metadata for Flickr photos on Wikimedia Commons, and makes it easier to find out which photos have been copied across.

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Data Lifeboat Update 5: Prototypes and policy

More questions than answers, and that's a good thing.

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The architecture of a Data Lifeboat service

What are the different systems and pieces involved in creating a Data Lifeboat?

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Data Lifeboat Update 3: Legal stuff, workflow, and a day out.

Learning about physical lifeboat design, starting legal framework with C.A.R.E.

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A woman engineer connects flight deck control wires

Data Lifeboat: Deeper research into the challenge of archiving social media objects

Digital photography is worth collecting...but how?

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