The US National Archives has unveiled a new state-of-the-art digitization center! Equipment in the new center includes high-speed scanners and overhead camera systems that handle various record types and formats. Thanks to this equipment, the National Archives will be able to digitize up to 10 times as many records per year, providing Americans with increased access. “We are committed to expanding free, online public access to our holdings through the National Archives Catalog. This new digitiza

Kayla Jackson, Head Archivist at Hallie Q. Brown Community Center, has been utilizing the Innovation Lab for personal and professional projects since moving to the Twin Cities several years ago. Most recently, she’s been using the Innovation Lab to assist with her professional archival work for the Hallie Q. Brown Community Archive to digitize VHS tapes of Rondo Days Parades of years past. Unlike other digitization services in the Twin Cities, the Innovation Lab provides the space and equipment

At the recent WTO Public Forum, Tomas Lamanauskas, the deputy secretary general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), said digitization needs to be built on sound infrastructure. At the same time, in the process of digitization, we need to pay attention to the the digital divide, the billions of people with and without Internet access. For her part, Golestan (Sally) Radwan, the UN Environment Programme chief digital officer, said with digital tools to anticipate natural disasters,