Subject: ALCTS webinar: Digital Preservation: An introduction to the
basic concepts on November 17, 2010
From: "Spidal, Debra" <dspidal_at_wsu.edu>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 08:29:32 -0700
*Apologies for cross/multiple postings*
ALCTS webinar: Digital Preservation: An introduction to the basic concepts
Date: November 17, 2010
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 2pm Eastern, 1pm
Central, noon Mountain, and 11am Pacific Time.
Description: This webinar will discuss the fundamentals of digital
preservation. Upon completion of the webinar, attendees will be able to
define digital preservation, discuss significant threats to digital
materials, describe tools for addressing these threats, explain three
key concepts of digital preservation, and be able to identify sources
for further information on the topic. Intended audience members are
library staff with responsibilities for digital projects and those
interested in getting an introduction of the basics of digital preservation.
Presenters:
Cathy Martyniak has been the Preservation Librarian at the University of
Florida since 1999. She chaired the group that drafted the official ALA
definitions of Digital Preservation. She won a 2008 ALCTS Presidential
Citation for her leadership in bringing the important issues in digital
preservation to the forefront in the Preservation and Reformatting
Section (PARS) and Association for Library Collections and Technical
Services (ALCTS) communities.
Emily Gore is Head of Digital Initiatives and IT at the Clemson
University Libraries. Prior to joining the faculty at Clemson, Emily
managed the statewide digitization program in North Carolina, NC ECHO
http://www.ncecho.org. During the course of her career, Emily has
received over $2 million in external funding to support digital library
initiatives. Emily currently serves as a community board member for the
HubZero Consortium, a sustaining member of the MetaArchive Cooperative,
and as former co-chair of both the ALA Digital Preservation Interest
Group and the ALA Collaborative Digitization Interest Group. She holds
an MLIS from the University of Alabama and a BA from Clemson University
and was recently recognized by Lyrasis as the 2009 NextGen Librarian for
Technology.
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To Register, complete the online registration form at
http://www.ala.org/ala/onlinelearning/reg/webinar.cfm for the session
you would like to attend.
Fees:
Group Rates - ALCTS Members & Non-Members: $99
Individuals - ALCTS Members: $39; Non-Members: $49
Participants outside the United States may register at the ALCTS member
rate.
The one-time fee includes unlimited access to the webinar recording.
For questions about registration, contact Tom Ferren, ALA Senior
Registration Coordinator at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 4293 or tferren_at_ala.org.
Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.
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