I’ll be speaking on November 16 at Digital Asset Management Los Angeles 2010. I’m going to talk about the way the cultural heritage sector evaluates systems, focusing on our inevitable need to make a transition between technological platforms. I think this can create a dynamic where vendors are trying to sell best of breed technology,…

On September 9 (11:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time , GMT-07:00), I gave a presentation about the preservation review methods that are in development at UCLA Library as part of an OCLC Research Webinar, entitled “Managing Collections in the Networked Environment: New Analytic Approaches.” Constance Malpas hosted this panel, which featured Helen Look (University of Michigan), Zack Lane…

Here’s a quicktime movie of the slides from the presentation for the Preservation Administration Discussion Group at ALA Annual 2010, in Washington, D.C. Click the space bar to advance through the quicktime slides, or watch the whole thing drift by on youtube, below:

I will be giving two presentations at the ALA Annual Conference in Washington, DC. On June 25, I’ll be giving a presentation at the Preservation Administration Interest Group. PAIG meets from 1-5 in the Mayflower Renaissance, Colonial Ballroom. I’m on the agenda for around 3:30. The talk is “From Survey to Audit,” on the work…

On May 14, the California Preservation Program (CPP) and the Library Binding Institute (LBI) held a workshop on library binding at the Arcadia Public Library, in Arcadia, CA. I attended to speak briefly about preservation and work with people during the afternoon hands-on session. Commercial binding is the gateway service to other preservation and conservation services in libraries. I had…