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WilliamKilbride #dpc is delighted to release a new Tech Watch Report, 'Preserving Moving Pictures and Sound': dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr12-… 4:05 AM May 1st via TweetDeck Retweeted by RichardWright and 10 others
@AVPreserve @mopennock Thanks for the publicity, and Hi to all and AVPS and at BL 6:03 AM May 1st via web
@AVPreserve Thanks very much for letting people know about this report! Say Hi to all at BL 6:01 AM May 1st via Tweet Button in reply to AVPreserve
@FXCMUK are the platforms down? Is there any way to see a live system status report? Does FXCM really run 24/7? Where is their support? 2:41 AM Feb 4th via web
@FXCMUpdate systems seem to be hung here in UK - 10.30 local time. "Database error" on desktop login, mobile and web also fail. 2:33 AM Feb 4th via web
#fpw11 Geoffrey Chaucer's How to Blog -- in paperback! 6:36 AM Oct 7th, 2011 via txt
#fpw11 BBC News has managed to provide continuity to content over 15 years by a stock number, really - not even a shelf or classif no 4:47 AM Oct 7th, 2011 via txt
#fpw11 van der Sompel - the perpetual now; reminds me of pre-literacy 3:07 AM Oct 7th, 2011 via txt
#iasa11 New process for video digitisation: direct capture of RF from head, bypassing obsolete electronics. Joerg Houpert CubeTek 2:19 AM Sep 9th, 2011 via txt
#iasa11 decline of significance od spoken word: accounts 'audited' because they were spoken aloud for clarity--long ago 8:01 AM Sep 5th, 2011 via txt
#iasa11 SABC only got significant public response to appeals for lost archive content when they used Twitter and Facebook 12:48 PM Sep 4th, 2011 via txt
@RyanOnRails #AskArchivists keeping scanned books? The principle is always: keep the originals. Practice varies - unique items MUST be kept 9:48 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to RyanOnRails
@jeffubois @prestocentre #AskArchivists I'm heading home -- learned a lot today. Jeff in California will take over for PrestoCentre. 9:45 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to jeffubois
@jeffubois very good to see you here -- so this is my handover and I'll do a public tweet and hope to see you soon. 9:43 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to jeffubois
@jeffubois I've done a few prestocentre.eu inclusion. It's past 5.40 here and I need to head home. I'm definitely spending Aug in Livermore. 9:42 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to jeffubois
@jeffubois @prestocentre Jeff -- by the time all the @everybodies are included no space for text. So I've been letting logo say prestocentre 9:41 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to jeffubois
@ndiipp Clever idea: Contest asking "What are your favorite items on Europeana?” yields 3 Kindle winners http://ow.ly/5e5Zx #AskArchivists 9:39 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to ndiipp
@trucks_here #AskArchivists Here's one map interface from Br Lib Sound Archive http://www.bl.uk/learning/langlit/sounds/index.html 9:15 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to trucks_here
@USNatArchives Thanks. I'm now some sort of adviser to NARA (Jessica Simms, Kate Murray) - we're sending info on our BBC QC processes 8:27 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to USNatArchives
@bodleianlibs @hmmoses #AskArchivists digital media migrations can be automated. Obsolescence of the formats is the worry. See PrestoCentre! 8:24 AM Jun 9th, 2011 via web in reply to bodleianlibs