The following is a press release from the (U.S.) National Archives and Records Administration: Archivist of the United States Dr. Colleen Shogan announced today that Dr. Kenvi Phillips will serve as the inaugural Director of the Barack Obama Presidential Library, effective June 16, 2024. Dr. Phillips will lead the planning and administration of all Library …
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Scottish Indexes Conference – 7 September 2024
The 25th Scottish Indexes Conference will be held on 7 September 2024. As always, this is a free online event. Here are the first five speakers to be announced: ‘Searching for ancestors in The Royal Mail Archive’ by Susannah Coster, archivist at The Postal Museum in London ‘Parochial Matters: parishes, districts and counties’ by Robert …
What Happens To Your Backup Files When a Cloud Service Unexpectedly Shuts Down?
I love cloud computing and use it several times daily. I use a cloud-based email service. I make backups of all my files to a cloud-based service, and I’m even writing this article with a cloud-based word processor. I have written a number of times about cloud-based services. There is one big question, however: what …