Digital preservation has
certainly been in the news lately! Here
is a recap of some recent news on the subject that might interest you! All of
the mentioned resources are FREE and available to the public.
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Library of Congress has
released “Perspectives
on Personal Digital Archiving.” This is a free and new
e-publication. Described as “a published
compilation of selected blog posts published in The Signal. All of these posts
are written by NDIIPP staff as well as guest bloggers from inside and outside
the Library of Congress. This resource can serve as a primer for the digital
archive novice, as well as a refresher for those with more experience.” Read here for more about this new publication.
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Members of the Web
Science and Digital Libraries Research Group at Old Dominion
University
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Live in NC? Interested
in Digital Preservation? A librarian or interested person?
If so, check out this
free webinar series being offered brought to you by ASERL, the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, these
webinars are targeted toward those preserving digital content as part of their
jobs, but are open to all. They’re presented by professionals from all over the
country.
“Preservation Planning and Overview of PREMIS
for Beginners”
Speaker = Lisa Gregory, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
This webinar is designed to help participants begin formulating a digital preservation plan for their digital collections. Even if you already have files accumulating, planning and implementing basic digital preservation strategies doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Topics to be covered include what to consider during planning, first steps for implementation, as well as a basic introduction to PREMIS, the Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata. The goal will be to help you start thinking about preservation as part of your everyday digital workflow.
DATE: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
REGISTER: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/784245138
Speaker = Lisa Gregory, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources.
This webinar is designed to help participants begin formulating a digital preservation plan for their digital collections. Even if you already have files accumulating, planning and implementing basic digital preservation strategies doesn’t have to be overwhelming. Topics to be covered include what to consider during planning, first steps for implementation, as well as a basic introduction to PREMIS, the Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata. The goal will be to help you start thinking about preservation as part of your everyday digital workflow.
DATE: Tuesday, April 2, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
REGISTER: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/784245138
“Forbearing the Digital
Dark Age: Capturing Metadata for Digital Objects”
Speaker = Chris Dietrich, National Park Service.
Metadata is the key to both discovery and long-term accessibility of digital content. This webinar will address metadata for digital photos, documents, audio-video, tabular data, and GIS data. Topics include categories of metadata, metadata standards for different asset types, metadata capture strategies, and metadata software tools. Links to additional resources for digital preservationists will also be provided.
DATE: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
Speaker = Chris Dietrich, National Park Service.
Metadata is the key to both discovery and long-term accessibility of digital content. This webinar will address metadata for digital photos, documents, audio-video, tabular data, and GIS data. Topics include categories of metadata, metadata standards for different asset types, metadata capture strategies, and metadata software tools. Links to additional resources for digital preservationists will also be provided.
DATE: Tuesday, April 9, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
“Management of Incoming
Born-Digital Special Collections”
Speaker = Gretchen Gueguen,University of Virginia
This webinar will cover the basics of getting started with managing born-digital archives. Through basic techniques and practical suggestions, you will learn how to assess your collection, develop a management plan, put basic policies in place, and set up an accessioning workflow. Simple tools to help you do the job will be reviewed along with guides and other resources to help answer your questions.
DATE: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
REGISTER: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/366765338
Speaker = Gretchen Gueguen,
This webinar will cover the basics of getting started with managing born-digital archives. Through basic techniques and practical suggestions, you will learn how to assess your collection, develop a management plan, put basic policies in place, and set up an accessioning workflow. Simple tools to help you do the job will be reviewed along with guides and other resources to help answer your questions.
DATE: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
REGISTER: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/366765338
“Using FITS to Identify
File Formats and Extract Metadata”
Speaker = Andrea Goethals,Harvard University
After an introduction to file formats and technical metadata, a demo of the File Information Tool Set (FITS) will be given. You will learn what it does, how it differs from other format tools, how to use it, how to customize it and how Harvard is using FITS in different ways. No experience with FITS is necessary but if you would like to try it out in advance you can download it from http://code.google.com/p/fits/
DATE: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
REGISTER: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/305875426
Speaker = Andrea Goethals,
After an introduction to file formats and technical metadata, a demo of the File Information Tool Set (FITS) will be given. You will learn what it does, how it differs from other format tools, how to use it, how to customize it and how Harvard is using FITS in different ways. No experience with FITS is necessary but if you would like to try it out in advance you can download it from http://code.google.com/p/fits/
DATE: Tuesday, April 30, 2013 | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT
REGISTER: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/305875426
Do you have other recent Digital Preservation news? If so, please post a comment!
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