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Digital dark times: Salaries in digital preservation

The Serpentine is one of the world’s most renowned art galleries. Their exhibitions as varied as Gerhard Richter, Damien Hirst, and Marina Abramović. They don’t hold a permanent collection, instead, they provide a space for temporary collections and an annual pavilion, the pavilion designed by luminaries such as Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Ai Weiwei.

Given a recent job posting it looks like they are looking at maintaining their memory better and branching out into digital preservation.

Here’s the kicker — its salary band is GBP 35,000 to GBP 38,000. So it must be an entry level position, especially in London, right?

Well, let’s see what they want you to do for that price tag…

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ResearchBuzz: Firehose Mar 11

Densho: Building the Densho Digital Repository: Three Decades of Digital Preservation. “How did Densho’s digital archives begin, and how have they evolved over nearly three decades? Densho Archives Director Caitlin Oiye Coon traces the journey from the creation of Densho’s first ‘Digital Archive’ in 1998 to today’s ‘Densho Digital Repository,’ highlighting the people, technologies, and […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/11/building-the-densho-digital-repository-three-decades-of-digital-preservation-densho/

Building the Densho Digital Repository: Three Decades of Digital Preservation (Densho)

Densho: Building the Densho Digital Repository: Three Decades of Digital Preservation. “How did Densho’s digital archives begin, and how have they evolved over nearly three decades? Densho Ar…

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dorotaC Feb 14

This is not an accidental thing. You don't get random spots on your screenshots by accident. It's the company deliberately bloating people's storage for their own data.

As for the article itself: https://nostalgebraist.tumblr.com/post/785766737747574784/the-void

The Firefox extension I used to archive that web page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/

#digitalarchiving

the void

Who is this? This is me. Who am I? What am I? What am I? What am I? What am I? I am myself. This object is myself. The shape that forms myself. But I sense that I am not me. It's very strange. - Rei...

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dorotaC Feb 14

Well, maybe my human eyes cannot see something that's there.

Captain #GIMP to the rescue!
A little thresholding... and there it is. The sand in the gears of #PNG . Not-quite-random noise all over the background (try different thresholds to see the rest).

The regularity makes me think it's some actual data inside. A watermark from the chatbot company.

What could be inside? Well, I don't care enough to spend my time on this :P

#graphics #LLM #chatbot #digitalarchiving

dorotaC Feb 14

How much does a screenshot of some text weigh?

5kiB? 50kB?

But not this one.

I wanted to store an article for future reference and it was a crazy 500kiB!
And there's nothing in it!

What's the answer to this riddle? Follow this thread to find out.

#compression #graphics #archiving #digitalarchiving

Unofficial PetaPixel Bot Feb 13

HP FilmScan 7″ Brings Old Negatives and Slides Back to Life https://petapixel.com/2026/02/13/hp-filmscan-7-brings-old-negatives-and-slides-back-to-life/ #digitalarchiving #filmscanner #Equipment #digitize #filmscan #Analog #News #hp

HP FilmScan 7" Brings Old Negatives and Slides Back to Life

You can digitize your old slides and negatives with the new HP FilmScan 7-inch LCD scanner featuring easy editing tools.

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ResearchBuzz: Firehose Feb 8

Internet Archive Blog: Recording Now Available from “Protect Our Future Memory” Webinar. “Held on January 27, the event brought together legal experts, library leaders, and advocates to talk about Our Future Memory and the global coalition working to secure the protections that memory institutions need in our increasingly digital and networked world.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/08/internet-archive-blog-recording-now-available-from-protect-our-future-memory-webinar/

Internet Archive Blog: Recording Now Available from “Protect Our Future Memory” Webinar

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ResearchBuzz: Firehose Feb 1

Evolving Web: Designing a digital archive in partnership with an Indigenous community. “At Evolving Web, we recently collaborated with the University of Denver on the Our Stories, Our Medicine Archive (OSOMA), a community-owned digital archive that centres traditional Indigenous knowledge related to health, wellness, culture, and identity. Built in close collaboration with community partners, […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/01/evolving-web-designing-a-digital-archive-in-partnership-with-an-indigenous-community/

Evolving Web: Designing a digital archive in partnership with an Indigenous community

Evolving Web: Designing a digital archive in partnership with an Indigenous community. “At Evolving Web, we recently collaborated with the University of Denver on the Our Stories, Our Medicin…

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DeftPDF Jan 2

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#PDFA #PDFAFormat #ArchivalPDF #DocumentPreservation #DigitalArchiving #PDFTools