The KYUK Archive is a unique collection of radio and television public broadcasting and locally produced documentaries, interviews, and news. With over 5,000 tapes and videos, the contents of the Archive represent a rich documentation of the social, political, and economic life of the Yukon-Kuskokwin Delta region including distinctive and irreplaceable Yup’ik language recordings.  The organization, preservation, and access of these materials will provide an invaluable resource for the maint...

The current condition of Hawaiian film and moving image heritage is in a precarious state. Until recently, there was no institution that focused its effort on preserving moving image materials. With each new paradigm shift in media communication and technology, older formats are neglected, destroyed, or discarded. In the transition from film to videotape, a large amount of early Hawai’i film was neglected. Coupled with the tropical environment of high temperatures and humidity, the overwh...

A Washington Post article I received from Nan Rubin through the AMIA listserv caught my attention last week. The article, a cursory level discussion of the Rise of the Digital Age provided a good snapshot of the enormous growth of digital information in comparison to older analog mediums. The graph is a particularly good illustration of this phenomenon.