The next installment of Fundamentals of Preservation runs May 16-June 10. You can contact me for more information through the comment form (nothing is posted publicly; it just sends me an email) or you learn more and register for the course at the ALCTS website. I co-developed Fundamentals of Preservation with Karen Brown (SUNY Albany) as part of the…

On May 11, I’ll be co-leading “Audio Archives 101: Identification, Organization, and Preservation,” the pre-conference workshop for ARSC 2011. The conference is in Los Angeles, downtown at the Westin Bonaventure. Audio archives are a fascinating part of the library, archive, and museum sector. As a preservation librarian, the media in these collections pose a lot…

I co-developed Fundamentals of Preservation with Karen Brown (SUNY Albany) as part of the ALCTS continuing education series. This course is part of the three-course series that makes up the Library Support Staff Certification Program Collection Management elective. Fundamentals of Preservation was recently mentioned in the American Libraries Winter Digital Supplement (Pages 11-12) on e-learning. You can contact me for…

Here are the slides from “What To Do Before You Digitize, a Roadmap for Smaller Institutions.” You can download them in grayscale (best for black & white printers; 6.8MB PDF) or download in color (9.8MB PDF), and as a youtube video: Some additional resources we discussed during the session: Peter Hirtle’s guide to copyright and…

On Wednesday, March 3, I’ll be at History San Jose to give a workshop on the basics of digital preservation. This workshop is being given as part of the California Association of Museums conference and is the public test-run for a new digital preservation curriculum that the California Preservation Program is developing. For workshop attendees,…