Preserve, Protect, Refresh: Best Practices for Digital Archive Backups Ensuring long-term access to your Community History Archive requires reliable digital archive backups. Preserving your community’s history is a shared priority. While your collection is available online via your Community History Archive, it’s just one piece of a broader strategy to ensure long-term data protection and […]
This Week in History- August 25th Through 31st
Hurricane Katrina was one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit the Gulf Coast in the 21st century. On August 28, 2005, a day before the storm reached Louisiana, it intensified to a Category 5 storm, with sustained winds at times reaching 145 mph. The next day, Katrina brought devastating winds and floods to the […]
This Week in History- August 11th – August 17th
Sometimes the answer you are looking for is the one hiding in plain sight. This was certainly the case for Kristofer Helgen and his team, who set out into the cloud forests of South America to answer the question of a mistaken identity. In many museum collections, his team found multiple teeth and pelts labeled […]
This Week in History- August 4th – August 10th
On August 8, 2023, parts of the Hawaiian Island of Maui were set ablaze as wildfires began to break out. A combination of high wind speeds and dry weather created the perfect conditions for a small blaze to turn into a massive wildfire. The worst of the fire’s impact was felt in the city of […]
