Author Archives: junegoldsmith

Lost Landscapes of San Francisco: Fundraiser Benefitting Internet Archive Dec 18th

Posted on December 2, 2013 by junegoldsmith

Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes of San Francisco is a movie happening that brings old-time San Francisco footage and our community together in an interactive crowd-driven event.   Showing in the majestic Internet Archive building,  your ticket donation will benefit the … Continue reading →

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NSA Comedy Tour with Will Durst! A Night of Comedy, Ethics & Tech on Dec. 11th in SF

Posted on November 21, 2013 by junegoldsmith

EthicsInTech presents a fun night of Comedy, Ethics & Technology to help protect the Fourth Amendment and our constitutional rights and freedoms. The goal of the event is to entertain, educate and bring to light issues concerning ethical use of … Continue reading →

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Arcadia Foundation funding Tape and Disk Preservation

Posted on August 15, 2012 by junegoldsmith

We are thankful to the Arcadia Foundation for funding a project derive and evaluate digital tape and hard drive preservation practices.    We have used DLT tapes and offline hard drives for over a decade to cost effectively store video files.   … Continue reading →

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“Many Libraries: As the world’s books go online, we must resist centralization” Technology Review, published by MIT

Posted on May 11, 2012 by junegoldsmith

The Internet has put universal access to knowledge within our grasp. Now we need to put all of the world’s literature online. This is easier to do than it might seem, if we resist the impulse to centralize and build … Continue reading →

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