A Web of Snowflakes: Meditations on the Memory Lab Network Project
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Siobhan C. Hagan
Abstract
This article introduces the DC Public Library’s Memory Lab, designed to bring personal digital archiving to the public, and its inspiring the IMLS-funded Memory Lab Network project. This ongoing project will bring the Memory Lab model to fourteen other public libraries across the country. However, a prefabricated Memory Lab handed out to each partner library is proving to be impractical and impossible. The Memory Lab Network’s project manager shares recommendations, considerations, and key takeaways on equipment, purchasing, and physical space for anyone wishing to build a personal digital archiving lab themselves.
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- Frontmatter
- From the Guest Editor
- Personal and Community Connection: Introduction to the Special Issue on Personal Digital Archiving 2018
- 2018 Conference Report
- The Personal Digital Archiving Conference: Looking Back at 2018 and Ahead to 2019
- Peer Reviewed Articles
- Building Companionship Between Community and Personal Archiving: Strengthening Personal Digital Archiving Support in Community-Based Mobile Digitization Projects
- Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage: A Case Study on US Latina/o Archives and Digital Humanities
- Identifying Individual and Institutional Motivations in Personal Digital Archiving
- Short Reflections on Community-Focused Personal Digital Archiving
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- From the Guest Editor
- Personal and Community Connection: Introduction to the Special Issue on Personal Digital Archiving 2018
- 2018 Conference Report
- The Personal Digital Archiving Conference: Looking Back at 2018 and Ahead to 2019
- Peer Reviewed Articles
- Building Companionship Between Community and Personal Archiving: Strengthening Personal Digital Archiving Support in Community-Based Mobile Digitization Projects
- Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage: A Case Study on US Latina/o Archives and Digital Humanities
- Identifying Individual and Institutional Motivations in Personal Digital Archiving
- Short Reflections on Community-Focused Personal Digital Archiving
- A Web of Snowflakes: Meditations on the Memory Lab Network Project
- Applying an Established Format to the Houston Archives Bazaar
