Education
UPCOMING CONFERENCES
Description
Persistence of Memory Conference
November 28-29, 2007
Seattle, WA
Photograph © Seattle Pictures
A conference presented by the
Northeast Document Conservation Center
Co-sponsored by OCLC Western Service Center
What is Persistence of Memory? This conference, taught by a faculty of national experts, addresses the question of digital longevity. Institutions are rapidly acquiring collections of digitized and born-digital resources. Without intervention, these materials will not survive even a single human career. This two-day conference will highlight evolving best practices for digital preservation to help you with the life-cycle management of your institution’s collections.
Conference topics will include:
- Preservation in the Age of Google
- The All-Important Metadata
- Surveying Digital Preservation Readiness
- Trusted Digital Repositories
- Getting Content into a Repository
- Preserving Audio
- Preserving Video
- Preserving Digital Art
- External Partnerships
- Business Models for Preservation
- Stewardship in the 21st Century
Who should attend? Librarians, archivists, museum professionals, information technology professionals, and administrators responsible for managing and preserving digital resources.
Who are the faculty?
- Liz Bishoff, University of Colorado, Boulder
- Tom Clareson, PALINET
- Paul Conway, University of Michigan
- Robin Dale, University of California, Santa Cruz
- Jim Gemmell, Microsoft Next Media Research Group
- Andy Kolovos, Vermont Folklife Center
- Kirsten Neilsen, California Digital Library
- Richard Rinehart, UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- Katherine Skinner, Emory University
- Sarah Stauderman, Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Simon Tanner, King's College London
What does the conference cost? $350
When is the registration deadline? Friday, November 9, 2007
What is the difference between the Persistence of Memory conference and the Stewardship of Digital Assets workshop? Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets is a two-day conference for an audience of around 250 people. The conference will be presented in a lecture format, and there will be Q&A sessions after each presentation. There will be an opportunity to confer one-on-one with the eleven speakers during breaks and at the reception. The size of the conference will allow you to meet and network with colleagues from similar institutions who share the same challenges. The subject matter will cover Big Concepts in digital preservation and will include several case studies. The conference presents an overview of the current digital preservation landscape. Stewardship of Digital Assets is a two-day workshop for four groups of 35 people each, and will be offered in four locations around the country in 2007-2008 – Philadelphia, PA; Morrow, GA; Dallas, TX; and Tacoma, WA. The focus will be on very practical elements of digital stewardship. Interaction with the four faculty members and small group discussions are integral components of this program. This nuts-and-bolts workshop will help you plan for the preservation of your digital assets and is especially useful to those who are already knee-deep in a digital project. |
Partial funding of this conference is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. NEDCC gratefully acknowledges support for its field service activities by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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