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A Conservator takes on Digital Preservation Kevin Driedger Library of Michigan Conserve and Ingest WSU NDSA Colloquium Oct. 23, 2012
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Kevin Driedger Library of Michigan. A Conservator takes on Digital Preservation. Conserve and Ingest WSU NDSA Colloquium Oct. 23, 2012. About me. I’m a librarian. I’m a conservator. More about me. I’m a cataloger/ metadater. I’m a digitizer. Preservation/Conservation/ Curation. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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A Conservator takes on Digital PreservationKevin DriedgerLibrary of Michigan
Conserve and IngestWSU NDSA Colloquium
Oct. 23, 2012
About me
I’M A LIBRARIAN I’M A CONSERVATOR
More about me
I’M A CATALOGER/METADATER I’M A DIGITIZER
Preservation/Conservation/Curation
Preservation is a core principle of collecting institutions
A history of developing administrative and technical practices to preserve collections of various media
Digital material is just another medium to preserve (or is it?)
AuthenticityReversibilityDocumentation
Values of Conservation
Challenges of ConservationUseNeglectObject creation
Lessons of Conservation
CompromiseHumility
NBF_Corrupted_small 240 by wlef70 on Flickr
Digital Preservation Difference Institutional context deconstructedCopies are copiesLoses on emotion but wins on
funding
Closing words
De-ghettoize physical and digital preservation
Don’t neglect the least of theseAlways ask “What are we to
preserve?”
thank youKevin DriedgerLibrary of [email protected]@kevindriedgerwww.facebook.com\Conservation.at.LMwww.librarypreservation2.blogspot.com
