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Kovels.com Business Directory Just Updated with Listings of Interest to Collectors

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Friday, August 6, 2021

The Kovels.com Business Directory has just been updated with more clubs; museums; conservators; matching, appraisal and repair services; parts suppliers; and other businesses of interest to collectors.

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  • The Kovels.com Business Directory has just been updated with more clubs; museums; conservators; matching, appraisal and repair services; parts suppliers; and other businesses of interest to collectors.
  • Kovels also encourages readers to submit new listings to the Directory, which compliments all the other useful information available on their website.
  • Terry Kovel and Kim Kovel provide collectors and researchers with up-to-date information on antiques and collectibles.
  • Also included is the digital edition of Kovels On Antiques & Collectibles Newsletter with 47 years of archives.

UOVO Appoints Caroline Page-Katz President & COO

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Wednesday, August 4, 2021

NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --UOVO, the premier provider of storage and services for art, archives, and valued collections, is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline Page-Katz as President & COO.

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  • NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --UOVO, the premier provider of storage and services for art, archives, and valued collections, is pleased to announce the appointment of Caroline Page-Katz as President & COO.
  • Prior to UOVO, she served as Vice President, Head of Logistics at Christie's where she ran the auction house's comprehensive logistics division.
  • In 2015, Ms. Page-Katz joined UOVO as Vice President, Special Projects, becoming Chief Operating Officer a year later.
  • "We are thrilled to share the news of Caroline's promotion to President & COO.

Castle Biosciences Presents New Data Demonstrating DecisionDx®-SCC Complements Current Risk Assessment Methods in Patients with Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck

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Friday, July 23, 2021

DecisionDx-SCC is Castles prognostic 40-gene expression profile (GEP) test for patients diagnosed with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), designed to use a patients tumor biology to predict individual risk of metastasis for patients with SCC and one or more risk factors.

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  • DecisionDx-SCC is Castles prognostic 40-gene expression profile (GEP) test for patients diagnosed with high-risk cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), designed to use a patients tumor biology to predict individual risk of metastasis for patients with SCC and one or more risk factors.
  • The data further demonstrate that Castles DecisionDx-SCC test can provide clinicians with additional information on a patients metastatic risk to help them make more informed choices about their treatment and follow-up care.
  • All SCC tumor specimens were tested with DecisionDx-SCC and analyzed using Kaplan-Meier for metastasis-free survival (MFS) and Cox regression for risk of regional/distant metastasis.
  • DecisionDx-SCC is a 40-gene expression profile test that uses an individual patients tumor biology to predict individual risk of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma metastasis for patients with one or more risk factors.

Long Island University Unveils Groundbreaking Project Offering Public Access To Digital Historic Documents

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Thursday, June 3, 2021

BROOKVILLE, N.Y., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Long Island University's Palmer School of Library and Information Science announced today the opening of "Digitizing Local History Sources," a groundbreaking five-year project and website offering the public access to over 51,000 images from 40 participating historical societies across Long Island.

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  • BROOKVILLE, N.Y., June 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Long Island University's Palmer School of Library and Information Science announced today the opening of "Digitizing Local History Sources," a groundbreaking five-year project and website offering the public access to over 51,000 images from 40 participating historical societies across Long Island.
  • Ranked among the "Best Archival Science Programs" in the country by U.S. News & World Report, the Palmer School offered 105 master's and doctoral students the ability to digitize the documents since the project launched in 2017.
  • "Students of the Palmer School have become world-renowned archivists, historians and librarians," said Long Island University President Kimberly R. Cline.
  • "I am proud that Long Island University can offer them a unique experiential learning opportunity that will forever preserve the history of our beloved Gold Coast region and beyond."

Virtual Forum on Archiving the Black Web Scheduled for April 29-30

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Thursday, April 15, 2021

ATBW Forum will facilitate acritical dialog about the challenges and opportunities of documenting culturally relevant yet highly ephemeral web-published content by and about Black people.

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  • ATBW Forum will facilitate acritical dialog about the challenges and opportunities of documenting culturally relevant yet highly ephemeral web-published content by and about Black people.
  • These conversations will catalyze the work of ATBW, which is to create infrastructure and framework for the future of documenting the web presence of Black history and culture.\nRegistration for the forum is required.
  • Space is limited and priority will be given to library and archival registrants working at institutions whose missions prioritize collecting content about the Black experience.
  • Our vision is a nation where museums and libraries work together to transform the lives of individuals and communities.

Shutterstock Launches The Vault, One of the Largest Photo and Video Archive Collections in the World

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

The physical location of The Vault is in an Iron Mountain facility in London, with a significant number of photographs digitized and made available on Shutterstock Editorial.

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  • The physical location of The Vault is in an Iron Mountain facility in London, with a significant number of photographs digitized and made available on Shutterstock Editorial.
  • The Vault houses archival content through a rich blend of Shutterstock-owned collections, as well as strategic alliances with world-class global partners, including AP, Associated News, and ITV.
  • The Vault is managed by Greg Watts at Shutterstock, who leads a team of archivists that catalogue and preserve the content.
  • Headquartered in New York City, Shutterstock has offices around the world and customers in more than 150 countries.

"3,000 Faces of COVID" A Christmas Tribute To Families Who Have An Empty Chair

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

The collage is a collection of photos, randomly selected from their archives, the video contains all the photos in the collage.

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  • The collage is a collection of photos, randomly selected from their archives, the video contains all the photos in the collage.
  • Todd explained: "When we started, we saw a need for a single entity to collect and archive all the victim's information.
  • It has been successful and now, on January 1st, we will officially become a non-profit organization to continue with our mission.
  • We will also have unique data that might be of interest for researchers, media, or other organizations"
    These December Christmas Tributes are only the beginning.

IMT Joins the Active Archive Alliance

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Tuesday, August 25, 2020

BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Active Archive Alliance announced today that Integrated Media Technologies, Inc. (IMT) has joined the organization, which promotes modern strategies to solve data growth challenges.

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  • BOULDER, Colo., Aug. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The Active Archive Alliance announced today that Integrated Media Technologies, Inc. (IMT) has joined the organization, which promotes modern strategies to solve data growth challenges.
  • IMT joins a growing number of industry-leading storage and IT vendors that support the use of active archiving strategies, technologies and use cases to unlock the value of archival data.
  • "We are pleased to welcome IMT to the Active Archive Alliance," said Peter Faulhaber, chairman of the Active Archive Alliance and President and CEO of FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc. "The fast pace of data growth is increasing demand for active archives as organizations seek ways to cost-effectively manage digital archives while keeping archival data accessible and secure.
  • Interested in joining the Active Archive Alliance?

Lucidea’s Archival CMS & Digital Preservation Solutions at Virtual SAA/CoSA 2020

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Friday, July 31, 2020

Chat with Lucideas experts at their Virtual Exhibit Booth to see how powerfully and easily their archival collections management solutions enable researchers and the public to connect with the precious materials (traditional, digitized, and born-digital) archivists work hard to preserve.

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  • Chat with Lucideas experts at their Virtual Exhibit Booth to see how powerfully and easily their archival collections management solutions enable researchers and the public to connect with the precious materials (traditional, digitized, and born-digital) archivists work hard to preserve.
  • Theyll demonstrate the powerful and versatile capabilities of ArchivEra , CuadraSTAR SKCA, and Eloquent Archives that make them a valued technology partner in the archives community, and walk you through their digital preservation solution.
  • At Lucideas virtual exhibit booth, you can download whitepapers, read client success stories, and watch webinarsand dont forget to enter their drawing to win an iPad.
  • For further information about any of Lucideas collections management products, phone 604 278 6717 or email [email protected] with your questions.

Quantum Joins the Active Archive Alliance

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Monday, July 20, 2020

Quantum joins a growing number of industry-leading storage and IT vendors that work together to elevate new active archiving strategies, technologies and use cases to unlock the value of archival data.

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  • Quantum joins a growing number of industry-leading storage and IT vendors that work together to elevate new active archiving strategies, technologies and use cases to unlock the value of archival data.
  • "We are pleased to welcome Quantum to the Active Archive Alliance," said Peter Faulhaber, chairman of the Active Archive Alliance and President and CEO of FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc. "The fast pace of data growth is spurring increased interest in active archive solutions as a way to cost-effectively manage digital archives while maintaining fast access to the data.
  • Quantum brings a legacy of active archive solutions that enrich the Alliance membership's range of innovative active archive solutions for intelligent data management."
  • Interested in joining the Active Archive Alliance?