This publication contains a series of blog posts, compiled from The Signal, on the subject of personal digital archiving. Specifically, the topics include guidance for such things as choosing file formats and adding descriptions to digital photos; first hand accounts of working with and preserving personal collections; descriptions of outreach activities and interviews with library professionals on the subject of personal digital archiving, and many others.
There are three sections: “Personal Digital Archiving Guidance”, “Personal Reflections on Personal Digital Archiving”, and “Personal Digital Archiving Outreach”. The first section offers specific advice, with a heavy emphasis on images. Other topics include cloud preservation, genealogy, and digital legacies (e.g., what happens to your social media accounts when you die). The second part, “Personal Reflections on Personal Digital Archiving”, includes accounts by experts in the field on how they preserve their own data, as well as stories of other people’s efforts. The final part, “Personal Digital Archiving Outreach”, describes a variety of interactions between library people and their audiences. Outreach methods include talks at libraries, webinars, tables at public events, and appearances at professional conferences.