1. A Conservator takes on Digital Preservation
Kevin Driedger
Library of Michigan
Conserve and Ingest
WSU NDSA Colloquium
Oct. 23, 2012

2. About me
I’m a librarian
I’m a conservator

3. More about me
I’m a cataloger/metadater
I’m a digitizer

4. 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?)

5. Values of Conservation
Authenticity
Reversibility
Documentation

6. Challenges of Conservation
Use
Neglect
Object creation

7. Lessons of Conservation
Compromise
Humility
NBF_Corrupted_small 240 by wlef70 on Flickr

8. Digital Preservation Difference
Institutional context deconstructed
Copies are copies
Loses on emotion but wins on funding

9. Closing words De-ghettoize physical and digital preservation
Don’t neglect the least of these
Always ask “What are we to preserve?”

10. thank you
Kevin Driedger Library of Michigan