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Protected: California Rare Book School: Technology of Electronic Records
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Doldrums
The doldrums are more politely known as the Intertropical Convergence Zone and in maritime lore, they are the period of the voyage where the ship drifts in dead air and still seas. In the doldrums, one waits (and waits, and waits) for the wind to change or a current to pass, and then leaps to action…
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Performance Capture in Preservation
Performance capture is one of the lively topics confronting preservation professionals in libraries, archives, and museums right now. My major encounter with this problem was at UCLA Library, where we had a strategic plan that led to an actual performance capture report and the hiring of a real live person to work on the issues it framed.…
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Recruitment and Intellectual Community
The talk I gave to Jean-François Blanchette’s class this month has turned out to be a twofer. I wrote earlier about the framework I have been toying with for thinking about preservation, but I was actually invited that day as a “guy who hires people”, and asked to talk about what I look for and how libraries are thinking about assembling their workforce. Dr. Blanchette’s…
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A Framework for Preservation
I had the pleasure of speaking with a class taught by Jean-François Blanchette last week. It was such a good experience that I’m getting two posts out of it, in fact. In this one, I want to give some scope to an idea that I mentioned to them in passing. It’s become a standard part…
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Cited in Future of the Book
Well, Christmas has come early for me. I’ve been quoted in the November 13 edition of the Future of the Book. Nothing says geek-chic like a nod from Future of the Book, in my opinion. FofB is the brainchild of Gary Frost, and is one of the great blogs from the time before blogs were so called. Gary is…
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Infopeople Webinar: Fundamentals of Digital Preservation
On Thursday, December 8, I’ll start a series of webinars on core issues in digital preservation for Infopeople, a library services group in California that is supported by the California State Library and the California Preservation Program. Dec. 8 is the first installment in a four-part series. The presentation on December 8th gives a framework for critical thinking about digital…
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METRO Webinar on Digital Preservation
On Monday, October 24, I’ll be giving a webinar on core issues in digital preservation for METRO, a library services group in New York. The presentation gives a framework for critical thinking about digital preservation, rather than giving a list of interesting acronyms and specific technologies. The webinar actually starts with a trip back in time through…
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Unusually Effective: Policy, Evidence, and Strategy in Collection Management
On October 20, 2011, I’ll be the guest speaker for the UCLA GSE&IS Colloquim Series, in a talk I’ve called “Unusually Effective: Policy, Evidence, and Strategy in Collection Management.” I’ll talk about some of the ways that UCLA Library’s Preservation Department is engaged with the issues at stake in stewardship of the printed record and…
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AMIGOS Digital Preservation Conference: Core Issues in Digital Preservation
On August 12, 2011, I’ll be part of an Amigos Library Services web-conference, “Digital Preservation: What’s Now, What’s Next?“. My section is at 11:00 Central (12 Eastern, 9 Pacific) and it’s one of my favorite things to teach, “Core Issues in Digital Preservation.” I’ve been using the story of decoding Linear B as a way to make the…
