A Conservator takes on Digital Preservation Kevin Driedger Library of Michigan 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 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?)
Values of Conservation Authenticity Reversibility Documentation
Challenges of Conservation Use Neglect Object creation
Lessons of Conservation Compromise Humility NBF_Corrupted_small 240 by wlef70 on Flickr
Digital Preservation Difference Institutional context deconstructed Copies are copies Loses on emotion but wins on funding
Closing words De-ghettoize physical and digital preservation Don’t neglect the least of these Always ask “What are we to preserve?”
thank you Kevin Driedger Library of Michigan driedgerk@michigan.gov 517.373.9440 @kevindriedger www.facebook.com\Conservation.at.LM www.librarypreservation2.blogspot.com