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Preservation of Digital Media, Digitized and Online Collections
Preservation Awareness Project
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| Date/Time: | Tuesday, October 25, 2011; 9:30am – 3:30pm |
| Location: | Exhibit Room Broome County Public Library 185 Court St, Binghamton NY |
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Members: $30 Registration Deadline: Tuesday, October 18 |
| Audience: |
Librarians and library staff from all types of libraries. |
| Support: | Funded in part by a grant from the New York State Discretionary Grant Program for Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials. |
Participants will learn the latest techniques, standards, and best practices to ensure their digital collections will be preserved using the best possible techniques with current technologies. Reformatting/remastering in a digital age will also be covered. The viability and longevity of tapes, CDs, etc. and their players, viewers, and sustainability will be explored, as will backup copyright considerations.
Follow the links below to register for additonal workshops in this series.
Presenters:
Danielle Mericle is the Digitization Lab Coordinator for the Digital Consulting and Production Services Unit at the Cornell University Library Digital Scholarship Services division. In addition to overseeing the creation of digital content for Olin Library, she serves as project manager for many of University’s grant projects. She has conducted numerous digitization workshops and presented papers at Digital Library Federation, ALA, and the National Archives of Peru. Previously, she worked as the primary photographer for New York Public Library’s Digital Unit, working on such diverse projects as Making of America II, Utopia, and Performing Arts in America, 1875-1923. Danielle Mericle holds an MFA from Syracuse University, and has taught photography at a number of institutions, including Alfred University, Syracuse University, and Ithaca College.
Fiona Patrick is Project Coordinator for Digital Consulting and Production Services at the Cornell University Library Digital Scholarship Services Division. She oversees multiple digital collection projects and a range of initiatives including the Cornell Daily Sun newspaper digitization and the Library's Print-on-Demand program. Her background includes workflow planning, budgets, managing outsourced relationships, and marketing and promotion of digital collections. She has a BA in history and an MS in library science.
Disasters & Quiet Catastrophes Series: Prevention and Recovery Related Sessions
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Recovery of Wet Materials Tuesday, 11/8/11 Michele Brown, Michele Hamill Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
This workshop will include instruction and hands-on practice in techniques for salvaging wet library materials. Particular concerns of recovering wet books, paper documents, and photographic materials will be demonstrated and through hands-on exercises. For more information go to: http://scrlc.org/WetMaterials |
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Planning the Work, Working the Plan Tuesday, 11/29/11 Barbara Eden, Michele Brown BCPL, Binghamton, NY |
In this workshop participants will create their own Disaster Plan to take back to their library on a flash drive for implementation. Templates, coaching, and hands-on plan development will assist attendees in preparing for “next steps” back at the library. For more information go to: http://scrlc.org/PlantheWork |
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