Category Archives: Digital Preservation

Summer “Break” in the Tech Archives

Posted on June 20, 2024 by University Archives

It is officially summer, and Tennessee Tech Archives would like to share some updates on our summer projects! Students may be on vacation, but the work in Tennessee Tech Archives does not slow down for summer break! Renovation Updates This … Continue reading →

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Using Voyant to Assist in Creating Subject Headings for Metadata Use in Archives

Posted on May 18, 2023 by University Archives

by Olivia Howell In archival work, creating descriptions and subjects for digitized archives is a time-consuming task. With the rise of new types of software and applications, using a machine to process written language has become more accessible and there … Continue reading →

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Myrtis Leonard Conry Ledger and Diary

Posted on January 26, 2023 by University Archives

by Julia Peacock In her ledger, Myrtis Leonard Conry recounts the joys and sorrows of her day-to-day life. A wife, mother, family manager, and community member, Myrtis took immense pride and joy in her life, the difficulties are (almost) all … Continue reading →

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Let’s Get Digital, Part II

Posted on February 15, 2022 by University Archives

In a previous post in May 2021, we discussed the use of vendors for digitization in the archives. This same month, we dropped off six collections, including William Everett Derryberry, William Brinker, Dave Johnson, the Upper Cumberland Institute, Tennessee Tech … Continue reading →

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Christmas Forest Exhibit

Posted on December 13, 2021 by University Archives

Each year, Tech Archive’s participates in the Christmas Forest exhibit hosted by the Cookeville History Museum. The exhibit features Christmas trees decorated by numerous local non-profits such as Cookeville Leisure Services, Friends of White Plains, and the Putnam County Imagination … Continue reading →

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Let’s get digital!!!

Posted on June 21, 2021 by University Archives

Tech Archive got an upgrade! We have been determined to create a digitization studio to assist us with digitizing some of our many unique materials. This does not easily come out-of-the-box, so we purchased materials piecemeal and worked on practical … Continue reading →

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Vendors and Digitization

Posted on May 14, 2021 by University Archives

On Tuesday, May 11, I dropped off some sound and video recording to a professional digitization service in Atlanta, GA. I dropped off these materials so that I could ensure they securely made it to the facility. The materials we … Continue reading →

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Archive Update! Quarantine Projects in the Works.

Posted on May 12, 2020 by University Archives

by Megan M. Atkinson At the end of March, employees, students, and volunteers at Tennessee Tech University Archives and Special Collections began working from home, with the exception of myself. I am working both on campus and off campus, managing … Continue reading →

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Preserving Holiday Memories from Camera Phones

Posted on December 5, 2019 by University Archives

We are officially in the holiday season, which means dessert, decoration, family, friends, and of course…memories!  But are you taking care of yours properly so you can revisit Christmases past in the future? In the past, families stored photographs in … Continue reading →

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