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Three Legs, Two Documents, and Five Stages: Developing Your Organizational Response to Digital Preservation Requirements

A presentation on Digital Preservation Management

Library and Archives Canada is pleased to invite you to a presentation on Digital Preservation Management by two staff from Cornell University Library. Details concerning this event are listed below.

When: August 11th 2005 at 9:30 a.m until 11:00 a.m.

Where: Auditorium, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa, Ontario KIA 0N4

Who: Anne R. Kenney and Nancy McGovern

Anne R. Kenney is Associate University Librarian for Instruction, Research, and Information Services (IRIS) in Cornell University Library. For over fifteen years, she has led research focusing on digital imaging and digital preservation. She is the co-author of the award-winning Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (Research Libraries Group, 2000) and Digital Imaging for Libraries and Archives (1996). Anne is a fellow and past president of the Society of American Archivists, and served on the RLG/OCLC Working Group on the Attributes of a Trusted Digital Repository, and on the National Science Foundation/European Union Working Group on Digital Preservation. Anne currently serves on the Joint Committee on Cuban Libraries and Archives.

Nancy McGovern heads the Research Department, serves as Cornell's first Digital Preservation Officer (DPO), and as co-editor of RLG DigiNews. She initiates and manages research projects; develops products and services; and explores ways to integrate research techniques and processes to support library planning initiatives and operations. She has over 15 years of experience in digital preservation practice and research. Nancy is working on her PhD in digital preservation at University College London.

Content: Three Legs, Two Documents, and Five Stages: Developing Your Organizational Response to Digital Preservation Requirements. Anne Kenney and Nancy McGovern discuss key ingredients, perspectives, and developmental stages of an organization's digital preservation program. Their presentation reflects core components of the digital preservation workshop developed at Cornell University Library. There are no prerequisites for the presentation, but attendees might want to take a look at the Cornell tutorial (available in English only) : www.library.cornell.edu/iris/tutorial/dpm/index.html.

Language of the presentation: In English with simultaneous translation; slides will be in both English and French.