This weekly feature is a place to discuss new developments in fields of history and archaeology. This can be newly discovered documents and archaeological sites, recent publications, documents that have just become publicly available through digitization or the opening of archives, and new theories and interpretations.
The Library of Congress released its new Recommended Formats for Long-Term Preservation on Monday and right now a lot of archivists are going over it and seeing what they like/agree with. I of course rushed to the end to see IS TIFF STILL THE WINNER? Spoilers: Yes, TIFF is still the winner for preferred image file format, jpg2000 continues to lag behind. Audio section may hold some thrills and chills for a few people with the firm middle finger it jabs to DRM, otherwise the document is nothing too exciting.
I have been reading "Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, 1839-42" of which the paper back just came out a month or two ago. I am enjoying it and finding it very educational regarding the history of Afghanistan. I was wondering if any people more familiar with that region and time had read it and what they thought about it?