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  • August 2008

    • Anti-Spam Program Aids Archivists

      BBC  |  Aug 18, 08 6:41 PM CDT

      Anti-Spam Program Aids Archivists

      (Newser) - Archivists attempting to convert aging texts into digital copies are turning to a trusted online tool used to block automated spammers, the BBC reports. Many sites that make users write out garbled words or segments of text as a means of proving they’re actual human beings are displaying texts from antique texts that need transcribing. More »

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      spam  • archive  • CAPTCHAs

  • May 2008

    • Thriller Joins Top US History Trove

      Variety  |  May 15, 08 12:13 PM CDT

      Thriller Joins Top US History Trove

      (Newser) - Michael Jackson's Thriller has been added to the prestigious National Recording Registry's archive of the most important recordings in American history, Variety reports. The monster 1982 hit joins 24 other "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" new additions to the collection, including a 1925 recording of the first-ever broadcast to cross the Atlantic. More »

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      speech  • Michael Jackson  • broadcasting  • record  • Library of Congress  • archive  • Thriller

  • April 2008

    • Dead Archives Head to UC Santa Cruz

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  Apr 24, 08 11:42 AM CDT

      Dead Archives Head to UC Santa Cruz

      (Newser) - The thousands of pieces that make up the Grateful Dead archive are truckin’ to a new home at UC Santa Cruz, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The materials—worth millions and ranging from the band’s first record contract to life-size skeletons of members—currently occupy 2,000 square feet in a warehouse; in Santa Cruz, they’ll become the school’s biggest collection. More »

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      music  • memorabilia  • archive  • UC Santa Cruz  • Grateful Dead

  • March 2008

    • New Keller Photo Surfaces

      Associated Press  |  Mar 5, 08 8:20 PM CST

      New Keller Photo Surfaces

      (Newser) - A rare photo of a young Helen Keller accompanied by teacher Anne Sullivan in 1888 has surfaced among a family collection donated to the New England Historic Genealogical Society. The photo, which was tucked away in an album, may be the first taken of the two and the only to show Keller with one of her beloved dolls, the AP reports. More »

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      photography  • blindness  • New England  • Cape Cod  • archive  • deaf people  • discoveries

  • January 2008

    • 473 Days of White House Emails Missing

      Washington Post  |  Jan 18, 08 3:53 AM CST

      473 Days of White House Emails Missing

      (Newser) - An internal White House study found that  email messages weren't archived for hundreds of days between 2003 and 2005, the Washington Post reports. The disclosure follows the White House admission that administrators recycled back-up tapes for the first three years of Bush's presidency, possibly losing millions of emails during a time that included vital communication leading up to the war in Iraq. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iraq war  • White House  • email  • archive  • data storage

  • June 2007

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