Legacy Lab Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/category/preservation/legacy-lab/ Nonprofit. Secure. Digital Archives. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 17:53:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.permanent.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Permanent-Icon-512-32x32.png Legacy Lab Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/category/preservation/legacy-lab/ 32 32 Share Your Unique Story in the Permanent Public Gallery https://www.permanent.org/blog/share-your-unique-story-in-the-permanent-public-gallery/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/share-your-unique-story-in-the-permanent-public-gallery/#respond Tue, 14 May 2024 14:26:00 +0000 https://dev.permanent.org/?p=6826 Publishing materials helps ensure that you are remembered for who you are. During March of 2024 we ran the first cohort of our Legacy Lab program. The program was designed to help our members get started by giving them step-by-step instructions on how to tell a single story using our platform, resulting in several new public archives in the Permanent Public Gallery. The Permanent Public Gallery is how we celebrate the power of personal stories and the impact they can have on future generations. The Permanent Gallery is our mission realized, as the rich collection of public archives creates numerous opportunities for people to educate themselves and learn about our broad historical past. When you ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/share-your-unique-story-in-the-permanent-public-gallery/feed/ 0 Gathering & Transferring Your Digital Materials in One Place https://www.permanent.org/blog/gathering-and-transferring-your-digital-materials-in-one-place/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/gathering-and-transferring-your-digital-materials-in-one-place/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 18:20:46 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=6067 Transferring digital materials from external devices to a central location is an important step in getting your materials ready to add to your Permanent archive.  Here’s a step-by-step guide and considerations to help you through the process. Gather digital assets and make a list. Many people have digital files, photos, and assets in a range of formats, on multiple devices, and in various cloud services. You’ll want to gather any devices that have materials you want to transfer living on them, as your first step. This could include USB drives, external hard drives, memory cards, smartphones, or any other storage devices. Additionally, you’ll want to make a list of the other places you know your ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/gathering-and-transferring-your-digital-materials-in-one-place/feed/ 0 Tips for Preserving Your Physical Materials https://www.permanent.org/blog/tips-for-preserving-your-physical-materials/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/tips-for-preserving-your-physical-materials/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:24:39 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=6023 Even if you preserve your digital materials on Permanent.org, there’s still something undeniably special about physical archives. Whether it’s a collection of family photographs, historical documents, or cherished memorabilia, these tangible pieces of history hold unique significance and should not be discarded. However, ensuring their longevity requires proper care and preservation techniques. By following a few simple tips, you can safeguard your physical materials and pass them on to future generations in the best condition possible. Handling and Preparing Your Materials It’s crucial to understand how to handle and prepare your materials properly before you even decide where and how to store them. These simple precautions can make a world of difference in preserving your ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/tips-for-preserving-your-physical-materials/feed/ 0 How to Build an Archive, One Story at a Time. https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-for-your-archive/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-for-your-archive/#respond Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:05:20 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=5985 Why are stories important? Since the dawn of human civilization, stories have been created to help us make sense of the world around us. These stories captured anything from explanations of why the sun rose every morning to harrowing escapes from animal predators. Until written languages were developed and recorded onto sheets of papyrus or clay tablets, oral histories reigned supreme. Like a game of telephone, stories told orally from person-to-person are susceptible to change as people forget, embellish, or invent new parts to the story as they pass them along from person to person. Historically, not everyone has had access to sheets of papyrus or clay tablets to record their stories. In fact, many ...

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