Uncategorized Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/category/uncategorized/ Nonprofit. Secure. Digital Archives. Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:53:52 +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 Uncategorized Archives - Permanent.org https://www.permanent.org/blog/category/uncategorized/ 32 32 How to Tell a Story in One Gigabyte https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-in-one-gigabyte/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-in-one-gigabyte/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2025 20:47:08 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=8795 Building a personal archive isn’t about uploading as many files as possible. It’s about choosing the right ones to tell a complete story. A good story in an archive has layers. It might include a few photos, a short video clip, or a voice recording. Different formats bring out different sides of the story.  Your free 1 GB gives you room to do this. It can hold around 10,000 PDF documents, 12 hours of audio, a few minutes of 4K video, or a few hundred high-quality photos. That’s more than enough to capture a chapter of your life. It could be something like a wedding, the small business you built, or the first few years ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/how-to-tell-a-story-in-one-gigabyte/feed/ 0 Documenting Local Stories Builds Community Identity https://www.permanent.org/blog/documenting-local-stories-builds-community-identity/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/documenting-local-stories-builds-community-identity/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 21:46:01 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=8751 Preserving your story isn’t just about memory. It’s about identity, belonging, and connection. When we document local stories, we help build stronger, more inclusive communities. And the best part? It all starts with you.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/documenting-local-stories-builds-community-identity/feed/ 0 Go Beyond Basic File Info with Custom Metadata on Permanent https://www.permanent.org/blog/custom-metadata-on-permanent/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/custom-metadata-on-permanent/#respond Mon, 19 May 2025 18:41:47 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=8629 Our custom metadata gives you a flexible way to describe your digital legacy in your own words. With this feature, you’re not limited to predefined fields, and you can go beyond basic file info and start building an archive that reflects your unique history and relationships.

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/custom-metadata-on-permanent/feed/ 0 January 2025 Product Updates https://www.permanent.org/blog/january-2025-product-updates/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/january-2025-product-updates/#respond Fri, 17 Jan 2025 17:07:15 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=8048 Happy New Year to the Permanent.org community! The Permanent team is ready to get to work on a number of exciting projects this year. Don’t forget to check out our Member Improvement List for smaller bugs and improvements, but read on for the major projects we’re working on this quarter. What We’re Working On Share with others without a Permanent account (beta): We’ve heard your feedback, and we’re excited to share that we are working on a way for members to share materials with loved ones who might not want to sign up for a Permanent account. This quarter, we will be working on adding basic functionality to create an unlisted share link that members ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/january-2025-product-updates/feed/ 0 Public Archive Spotlight: The Art+Feminism Archive https://www.permanent.org/blog/public-archive-spotlight-the-artfeminism-archive/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/public-archive-spotlight-the-artfeminism-archive/#respond Wed, 06 Mar 2024 14:11:02 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=6077 When it comes to whose and which stories have been captured by the historical narrative, women have been disproportionately left out. A 2018 survey from Wikipedia across 12 different language versions found that 90% of the respondents reported their gender as male with just 8.8% identifying as female and 1% as other. In addition, a 2021 study found that although biographies of women only make up 17% of those on Wikipedia, 41% of the biographies nominated for deletion were about women. This gender bias affects the creation and content of the pages on Wikipedia, with some non-male participants feeling like there is a barrier to participating due to factors such as gatekeeping, harassment, and frequent ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/public-archive-spotlight-the-artfeminism-archive/feed/ 0 Five Things We’ve Learned About Legacy Planning https://www.permanent.org/blog/five-things-weve-learned-about-legacy-planning/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/five-things-weve-learned-about-legacy-planning/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 15:40:56 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=5093 A vital part of Permanent.org’s original manifesto and long term plan includes creating a way for members to determine how their digital legacy on Permanent.org will be managed beyond their lifetime. In 2022, we began planning how to best implement a legacy planning feature by researching best practices, creating a workable prototype, and having members of our community and our partners provide feedback about the prototype and about legacy planning in general. Over the three months that we surveyed our members and partners about the legacy planning prototype, we received feedback from 40 people. Here are five takeaways we learned from our members about legacy planning and how we’re using that feedback to inform the ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/five-things-weve-learned-about-legacy-planning/feed/ 0 The Photo Managers Conference 2022 https://www.permanent.org/blog/photo-manager-conference-2022/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/photo-manager-conference-2022/#respond Thu, 10 Mar 2022 21:37:15 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=4430 Amberly Russell, Preservation Services Manager The Photo Managers Conference Speaker, Denver, 2022 I have the privilege of speaking at The Photo Managers Conference, which is happening in Denver, CO from March 24th-26th! I put together a class that will help professional photo organizers (and really anyone) get motivated to create high quality, digital archives for their clients and families. Once you take the class I am sure you will be eager to get started digitizing your photos with a professional or helping someone else, such as a client, do this. Simply start by creating a Permanent.org account and then check out the resources below where you will find marketing tips, family tree organizers, and more! ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/photo-manager-conference-2022/feed/ 0 Welcome Amanda Meeks, Our New Community and Partnerships Manager https://www.permanent.org/blog/welcome-amanda-meeks/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/welcome-amanda-meeks/#respond Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:55:45 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=4416 This is a co-authored piece by Robert Friedman, Executive Director, and Amanda Meeks, the new Community and Partnerships Manager at Permanent. Amanda’s goal is to foster lifelong relationships with our members and partners. Robert Friedman: We are very excited to welcome Amanda Meeks (she/they), Community and Partnerships Manager to the Permanent Legacy Foundation. Amanda’s professional experience and personal passions are a unique fit for this role. Amanda is a distinguished librarian, creative professional and community organizer and has led an inspirational journey through libraries, classrooms and public spaces. Let me tell you a little bit more about the role and why Amanda is the perfect person for the job. While we believe that creating the ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/welcome-amanda-meeks/feed/ 0 FamilyHistory with Permanent.org Part 4 of 4: Caring for the Physical Documents https://www.permanent.org/blog/familyhistory-with-permanent-org-part-4-of-4-caring-for-the-physical-documents/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/familyhistory-with-permanent-org-part-4-of-4-caring-for-the-physical-documents/#respond Mon, 04 Oct 2021 21:26:59 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=4102 Now that the hard work of arranging, describing, and digitizing your collections is complete, it is time to think about the proper care for the physical items themselves. Digitizing is great for sharing and preserving, but handing the real thing can be more magical than looking at a digital image.  Physically Storing Your Collection Digitizing alone will not preserve your documents. It is important to care for the physical materials as well.  Environment: One of the easiest ways to help protect your collections is to make sure your materials are in a stable environment with limited temperature and humidity fluctuations. Paper is affected by the moisture in the air, and if it is housed in ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/familyhistory-with-permanent-org-part-4-of-4-caring-for-the-physical-documents/feed/ 0 FamilyHistory with Permanent.org Part 3 of 4: Digitizing Your Collection https://www.permanent.org/blog/familyhistory/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/familyhistory/#respond Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:01:56 +0000 https://www.permanent.org/?p=4096 Digitizing Your Collection Welcome back! We are on step three of our journey to get our family collections organized, digitized, and accessible to our friends and family. Step number one was to organize and arrange our documents to best reflect the collection and those using it. Step number two was describing the collections to get them ready for upload to Permanent.org. Now, onto step number three: It is finally time to digitize those documents.  Digitizing Your Collection When it comes to digitizing your collection, you should think about whether everything is worth being digitized and available for family or the public. Some materials might be worthy to keep, but not something everyone will want to ...

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]]> https://www.permanent.org/blog/familyhistory/feed/ 0 Announcing the Beta Release of Our Mobile Apps for iOS and Android https://www.permanent.org/blog/announcing-the-beta-release-of-our-mobile-apps-for-ios-and-android/ https://www.permanent.org/blog/announcing-the-beta-release-of-our-mobile-apps-for-ios-and-android/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2021 20:52:11 +0000 https://permanent.org/?p=3935 Permanent is excited to announce that our new and improved mobile apps for iOS and Android are available as beta releases starting today!

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