Episode 118 Kristen Gwinn-Becker HistoryIT

About this episode

Kristen Gwinn-Becker discusses the intersection of history and technology, emphasizing the importance of preservation and digitization.

This installment of the podcast features Kristen Gwinn-Becker from History IT . The fellas speak with Kristen about the love of history, how rare it is to find someone who is a “history nerd” and a “tech nerd” all rolled into one and passion for preservation. Digitization is so much more than documents and even 3D scanning doesn’t involve “scanning” (one of the dirtiest words in archiving). Kristen also talks about how she considers herself and people like her as “History Savers”! FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM LINKEDIN

People in this episode

Host: Chris DeCristofaro

Guest: Kristen Gwinn-Becker

Topics covered

• history
• technology
• digitization
• preservation
• 3D scanning

Keywords

• history
• technology
• digitization
• 3D scanning
• preservation
• history nerd
• tech nerd

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History IT

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