Saturday, September 17, 2011

Book: I, DIGITAL: Personal Collections in the Digital Era

A new book about personal digital archives came out with a nice cover image.

I, DIGITAL: Personal Collections in the Digital Era 
Edited by Christopher (Cal) Lee
Published by Society of American Archivists (2011)

I am still reading it. So far, Catherine C. Marshall (Challenges and Opportunities for Personal Digital Archiving) offers interesting perspectives and discussion points.
"To desire to centralize, to fully federate, to unity and standardize is understandable, but it also seems out-of-step with human nature." (Marshall, p.111): I share this notion.