The New York Times has an excellent article about preserving family memories, letters, and trinkets. It has specific advice about how to archive different types of things. It also ends with a good suggestion not to try to archive everything but rather a few important things (rather than nothing).
Love that this illustration points out saving data on archive.org like LivesArchived does.
The Internet Archive Today Today, LivesArchived and hundreds of other archives and libraries across the country pair with the Internet Archive. They work to provide a place to store and share history forever! 6 Facts about Internet Archive History 1.The Internet Archive started as a non-profit group– calling themselves the “Internet Library” in 1996 and […]
Archives have a long and interesting history across the world. Generally, the term “archive” refers to a collection of historical records selected for long-term preservation, or the actual physical space where the records are located. Although many historical archives have been lost, records of archives exist from the ancient Chinese, Greeks, Romans. Archaeologists have even […]
We are adding enhancements to LivesArchived on a regular basis. Only some minor changes this week; Certificate authority automatically updating Updates to meta information used by search engines like Google Removed popup screen for PDF files. This was originally put in place to help the Internet Archive use the site but is no longer needed […]
We are adding enhancements to LivesArchived on a regular basis. Here is what is new this week; Added an overview graphic to the homepage to show the 4 steps. Re-ordered the homepage videos so the one that steps you through the site is first. Moved the site to AWS ECS Docker container service allowing additional scalability […]
We are adding enhancements to LivesArchived on a regular basis. Here is what is new this week; An Internet Archive optimized page to make long-term archive more compatible in the future. Automatic email to the archive curator when someone else uploads to an archive with instructions on how to review and make the items visible. Registration […]
LivesArchived partners with the Internet Archive to make sure your cherished documents can be preserved forever. Your archives aren’t the only amazing information you can find on the online archive. The online archive houses everything from photos from NASA to audio recordings from the Smithsonian Institute. Here are 7 facts you didn’t know about the […]
We are adding enhancements to LivesArchived weekly. Here is what is new this week; Albums – create albums and drag items in the albums Email newsletters integrated with MailChimp Curator gets more information when someone uses Send Curator message function Pricing page is prettier along with some minor bug fixes.
LivesArchived may primarily be used to create archives for individual people or families. However, it’s also a great space to store documents from special events! Multiple people can contribute to an archive with just a one-time fee, so you can start an archive for an event and invite those who attended. Others can easily register […]
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