1. WALLOT-SYLVESTRE SEMINARS Play it again Sam: An international response to digital amnesia
Ingrid Parent, University of British Columbia
Ottawa, April 19, 2017

2. Poster credit: Warner Bros. ; Source: http://www. movieposterstudio
Poster credit: Warner Bros.; Source: etail.aspx?ItemNumber=310

3. “Can we play it again, Sam?”

4. Number of people—7 Billion Number of fish--??
Number of Internet users—3 Billion
Amount of data--??
istock photo, credit: Ig0rZh

5. Source: https://www. businessinsider. com

6. We are at the incunabula period of the digital age
T. Scott Plutchak
University of Alabama
We are at the incunabula period of the digital age

7. NMC Horizon Report, Library edition, 2017
 Trends:
Research data management
Valuing the user experience
Patrons as creators
Rethinking library spaces
Cross-institutional collaboration
Evolving nature of the scholarly record
Digital preservation???

8. Snapshot of preservation activities
Open Preservation Foundation Digital Preservation Coalition Digital Preservation Network National Digital Stewardship Alliance NESTOR Scholars Portal canadiana.org PORTAGE
iPres IIPC ISO PREMIS JHOVE Internet Archives PORTICO InterPARES COPPUL Digital Preservation Network

11. Underlying Assumptions About Preservation:
Digital documentary heritage is the primary means of knowledge creation and expression;
We have not yet found sustainable economic solutions to achieve "continuity of content";
Preservation is a shared responsibility between public and private sectors;
Main parties are Governments, Memory Institutions and the ICT Industry;
UNESCO has the convening power to bring these three parties to the table.

12. Platform to Enhance the Sustainability of the Information Society Transglobally (PERSIST)

13. PERSIST created three task forces:
Content Task Force
Policy Task Force
Technical Task Force

15. Selection decisions to be based on:
Significance
Availability
Sustainability

16. Challenges/Conclusions
A change of mindset is needed.
“Attitudinal change has fallen behind technological change. Digital evolution has been too rapid and costly for governments and institutions to develop timely and informed preservation strategies.” (UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage in the Digital Age. November 2015)

17. Challenges/Conclusions
A change of mindset is needed.
The ICT industry must be at the table.

18. Challenges/Conclusions
A change of mindset is needed.
The ICT industry must be at the table.
Governments at all levels must implement appropriate policy frameworks.
Finding sustainable solutions to safeguard the digital output of public and private sectors requires close collaboration among governments, industries, memory institutions, creators and consumers.

19. Sir Arthur Doughty Published in "The Canadian Archives and its Activities", King's Printer, 1924
Of all national assets, archives are the most precious; they are the gift of one generation to another and the extent of our care of them marks the extent of our civilization.

20. Thank you | Merci