Technology posing challenges for archives

A story in the New York Times describes how new technology is transforming the work of historians and other researchers using archives.  The technology is improving productivity and helping researcher to be more collaborative.

But, as the story points out, "the transformation has also disrupted many of the world’s historical archives, long known as sleepy places distinguished by vast and often musty collections of documents that only rarely saw the light of day. It has also created new challenges for protecting intellectual property and threatened revenue streams from document copying, creating financial challenges for some institutions."

College repeats as national champions

The College of Communications has captured back-to-back national championships in the William R. Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program.

The college finished first in intercollegiate writing; second in photojournalism; third in broadcasting; and fifth in multimedia. The college captured seven individual top-10 student finishes in writing; three individual top-10 finishes in photojournalism; two individual top-10 finishes in broadcasting; one individual top-10 finish in multimedia; and two groups of students earned top-10 finishes in the multimedia team competition.

Congratulations to all the outstanding students--and faculty--who made this another memorable year for the College of Communications.