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Preserving Your Legacy: Insights from Amanda Meeks of Permanent.org
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In this episode of The Photo Detective, host Maureen Taylor speaks with Amanda Meeks, the Community and Partnerships Manager at Permanent.org. They discuss the recent developments at Permanent.org, focusing on the Legacy Lab, a new program designed to help users create and publish public archives. The Legacy Lab includes an email course that breaks down the archiving process into manageable tasks, emphasizing legacy planning and the importance of preserving history. They also touch on the Byte for Byte program, which offers storage grants for community archiving projects, and the new gifting feature for storage.
Key Points
- Legacy Lab: An email-based course helping users create public archives; includes steps for storytelling, metadata, and legacy planning.
- Byte for Byte Program: Grants 100 GB storage to community archivists and organizations, reviewed biannually.
- Public vs. Private Archives: Users can choose to keep archives private or share them publicly; public archives support Permanent.org’s mission.
- New Features: Storage gifting and collaborative archives with designated payer accounts.
- Copyright Considerations: Users are encouraged to share materials they own the copyright for; measures in place to handle copyright issues.
Related Episodes:
Episode 184: Byte4Byte: Permanent.org’s Grant Program for Non-Profits
Episode 95: How to Save Your Family Archive on Permanent.org
Links:
- Sign up for my newsletter.
- Need help preserving your photos? Check out Maureen’s Preserving Family Photographs ebook
- Need help identifying family photos? Check out The Family Photo Detective ebook
- Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.
About My Guest:
Amanda Meeks is Permanent.org’s community and partnerships manager prior to that, she worked in academic libraries.
She’s a professionally trained librarian and an artist as well as an end-of-life doula. One of her primary responsibilities is managing the Byte4byte grant program.
About Maureen Taylor:
Maureen Taylor, The Photo DetectiveÒhelps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective” by The Wall Street Journal and appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com
Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
I'm thrilled to be offering something new. Photo investigations. These collaborative one-on-one sessions. Look at your family photos then you and I meet to discuss your mystery images. And find out how each clue and hint might contribute to your family history. Find out more by going to maureentaylor.com and clicking on family photo investigations.
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Manage episode 439972316 series 1492193
In this episode of The Photo Detective, host Maureen Taylor speaks with Amanda Meeks, the Community and Partnerships Manager at Permanent.org. They discuss the recent developments at Permanent.org, focusing on the Legacy Lab, a new program designed to help users create and publish public archives. The Legacy Lab includes an email course that breaks down the archiving process into manageable tasks, emphasizing legacy planning and the importance of preserving history. They also touch on the Byte for Byte program, which offers storage grants for community archiving projects, and the new gifting feature for storage.
Key Points
- Legacy Lab: An email-based course helping users create public archives; includes steps for storytelling, metadata, and legacy planning.
- Byte for Byte Program: Grants 100 GB storage to community archivists and organizations, reviewed biannually.
- Public vs. Private Archives: Users can choose to keep archives private or share them publicly; public archives support Permanent.org’s mission.
- New Features: Storage gifting and collaborative archives with designated payer accounts.
- Copyright Considerations: Users are encouraged to share materials they own the copyright for; measures in place to handle copyright issues.
Related Episodes:
Episode 184: Byte4Byte: Permanent.org’s Grant Program for Non-Profits
Episode 95: How to Save Your Family Archive on Permanent.org
Links:
- Sign up for my newsletter.
- Need help preserving your photos? Check out Maureen’s Preserving Family Photographs ebook
- Need help identifying family photos? Check out The Family Photo Detective ebook
- Have a photo you need help identifying? Sign up for photo consultation.
About My Guest:
Amanda Meeks is Permanent.org’s community and partnerships manager prior to that, she worked in academic libraries.
She’s a professionally trained librarian and an artist as well as an end-of-life doula. One of her primary responsibilities is managing the Byte4byte grant program.
About Maureen Taylor:
Maureen Taylor, The Photo DetectiveÒhelps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective” by The Wall Street Journal and appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com
Did you enjoy this episode? Please leave a review on Apple Podcasts.
I'm thrilled to be offering something new. Photo investigations. These collaborative one-on-one sessions. Look at your family photos then you and I meet to discuss your mystery images. And find out how each clue and hint might contribute to your family history. Find out more by going to maureentaylor.com and clicking on family photo investigations.
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