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Gang bloggers: Molly and the Archive-it team

I was away for the weekend and so didn't get a chance to post this. Be that as it may, it is with great pleasure that I bring up to the guest podium Molly Bragg, Lori Donovan and the Internet Archive's Archive-It team (full bio). They'll be highlighting some of their collections as well as anything else that piques their interest for the month of June. Take it away Molly, Lori et al! Continue reading

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Archive-It gang: guest bloggers for June, 2009

Molly Bragg and Lori Donovan work at the Internet Archive's Archive-It web archiving service. Archive-it is used by over 100 libraries and organizations around the globe to harvest, preserve and access born digital content. The service began in 2005 as a way for memory institutions who lacked technical infrastructure to archive born digital information. Partners include U.S. State Archives, State Libraries, University Libraries, National libraries, federal institutions, museums, public libraries, non-profit organizations and individual researchers. The Archive-It website provides access to over 850 collections, over 900 million URLs and 81 tb of data all full text searchable and available to the public. For more information contact the Archive-It team at archive-it at archive.org. Continue reading

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Welcome Justin Grimes, BOTM for May, 2009

Please welcome to the podium Justin Grimes, our guest blogger (or BOTM in FGI parlance) for May, 2009. Justin comes to us from the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland and the Center for Information Policy and E-Government (Justin's full bio is here). Justin blogs over at justinmgrimes.com and you can also follow him on twitter (@justgrimes). We're really looking forward to plumbing the depths of Justin's expertise and interests in e-govt and information policy. Take it away Justin! Continue reading

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Justin grimes: BOTM for May, 2009

Justin Grimes is a PhD student in the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland and a Research Associate at the Center for Information Policy and E-Government. He holds a MLS degree from the University of Maryland as well as a BS in Integrated Science and Technology from Marshall University. His research interests include e-government, information policy, and information design. Continue reading

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Thanks Brian Williams for being guest blogger

A laurel and hardy handshake goes out to Brian Williams, our guest blogger for March, 2009. See the list of conversations that Brian started below. We don't have a guest blogger this month, but we'll return next month for sure. If you're interested in being a guest blogger, please contact us at admin AT freegovinfo DOT info. That is all. Continue reading

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