Born Digital Week 2016

Libraries across Australia and New Zealand have launched an inaugural digital preservation week (8-12 August) to mark 25 years of life on the web.

http://www.nsla.org.au/news/born-digital-2016-promoting-digital-preservation-and-25-years-life-web

Germaine Greer's archive: digging up digital treasure from floppy disks

Kate Stanton | The Guardian | 5 August 2016

Archivists trying to preserve material stored in obsolete formats face a mighty challenge in retrieving decades of work by the Australian writer and feminist.

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/aug/05/germaine-greer-archive-digital-treasure-floppy-disks

Accessing born-digital content

Gareth Kay | National Library of Australia | 9 August 2016

A look at the challenges of born-digital content in the National Library's collection.

http://www.nla.gov.au/blogs/preservation/2016/08/09/accessing-born-digital-content