Digitization & Preservation Symposium August 25, 2010

WebJunction is hosting a two-hour symposium that will feature four presentations on current trends and practical approaches to library digitization and preservation projects. Our guest panelists will address:

* Designing a digital preservation system using a framework that includes all stakeholders, from library administrators to archivists to IT workers to vendors.
* The difference between access and preservation tools, and why we need to consider both.
* Harvesting social networking websites for preservation.
* The organizational "long-view" of preservation resources, technology, costs and policies.

Panelists include:

* Sarai Lastra, Vice Chancellor of Information Resources/Director of Virtual Library at Universidad del Turabo, Puerto Rico.
* Sarah McHugh, Statewide Projects Librarian, Montana State Library, including Montana Memory Project.
* Amy Rudersdorf, Director of the Digital Information Management Program, State Library of North Carolina and lecturer at San Jose State University, School of Library & Information Science.
* Taylor Surface, Senior Product Manager, Digital Collection Services, OCLC.

Official Website: http://www.librarylearning.info/events/?eventID=10628