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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@ala.org.
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on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.