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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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About me I’m a librarian I’m a conservator
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More about me I’m a cataloger/metadater I’m a digitizer
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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?)
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Values of Conservation
Authenticity Reversibility Documentation
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Challenges of Conservation
Use Neglect Object creation
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Lessons of Conservation
Compromise Humility NBF_Corrupted_small 240 by wlef70 on Flickr
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Digital Preservation Difference
Institutional context deconstructed Copies are copies Loses on emotion but wins on funding
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Closing words De-ghettoize physical and digital preservation
Don’t neglect the least of these Always ask “What are we to preserve?”
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thank you Kevin Driedger Library of Michigan
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