The Ron Vincent Archive
In our last blog post, you saw how publishing your materials in our Permanent Public Gallery helps your loved ones remember you for who you are. Public archives allow you…
June 17, 2024
Thoughts on Digital Preservation and Improving the Software Development Process with Nix
I recently had the privilege of attending the Southern California Linux Expo, where I attended a variety of talks covering PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, the intersection between open source and public policy,…
April 17, 2023
The Photo Managers Conference 2022
Amberly Russell, Preservation Services Manager The Photo Managers Conference Speaker, Denver, 2022 I have the privilege of speaking at The Photo Managers Conference, which is happening in Denver, CO from…
March 10, 2022
FamilyHistory with Permanent.org Part 4 of 4: Caring for the Physical Documents
Now that the hard work of arranging, describing, and digitizing your collections is complete, it is time to think about the proper care for the physical items themselves. Digitizing is…
October 4, 2021
FamilyHistory with Permanent.org Part 3 of 4: Digitizing Your Collection
Digitizing Your Collection Welcome back! We are on step three of our journey to get our family collections organized, digitized, and accessible to our friends and family. Step number one…
October 4, 2021
ALA Conference 2021
I was excited to attend the American Library Association (ALA) 2021 Conference on behalf of the Permanent Legacy Foundation last week! At this online conference, I learned Permanent Legacy Foundation,…
July 14, 2021
Permanent’s Etherpad Prototype is Ready!
Earlier this year, Permanent embarked on an exciting experiment. Would it be possible to seamlessly integrate a collaborative text editor into Permanent.org? We’re excited to announce that yes, it absolutely…
June 16, 2021
FamilyHistory with Permanent.org Part 2 of 4: Preparing Your Family History Documents for Digitization
Describing Your Documents the Archivist Way I hope you enjoyed the first blog in this series, because we are now moving to the next step of your digitizing journey. So…
June 16, 2021
How We Built Our Internet Archive Integration
At Permanent, we make it possible for anyone to preserve their personal digital legacy and make it perpetually accessible to future generations. That’s why we take a multi-provider approach and…
November 7, 2019
Everyone’s an Archivist: Creating Coherent Collections
This is a guest post by Nina Tarnawsky, a graduate student at the School of Information at the University of Texas at Austin with a focus in archival work. Nina has worked…
September 12, 2019
