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ALCTS webinar: Preserving Digital Collections: An Overview

This session is part 3 of a 3-part series, Library Preservation Today, sponsored by the ALCTS Preservation & Reformatting Section (PARS)

Date: Wednesday, March 16, 2016

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1pm Central, and 2pm Eastern time.

Description: Session 3 of Library Preservation Today will be a primer to digital library preservation, assuming little or no background in protecting and ensuring access to both born digital and digitized collections, including text, images, and AV collections. The presentation will provide tools to begin extending the useful life of library collections.

Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this series, attendees will:

1. Value preservation as a formal library function, and how it reflects and supports the institutional mission

2. Appreciate the primary role of preventive care, including good storage conditions, in extending the useful life of collections; and

3. Understand some of the challenges in preserving digital content and what the implications are for the future of scholarship.

Who should attend? Those who work in smaller to medium sized libraries, archives and historical societies.

Presenter: Peter Verheyen, Research and Emerging Issues Analyst at Syracuse University Library comes from a bookbinding and rare book conservation background. He worked as a conservator in private practice and at Yale and Cornell University libraries. In 1995 he established the conservation lab at the Syracuse University Libraries and served as Head of Preservation and Conservation until 2013. Verheyen was involved in digitization activities at Syracuse and managed many projects in the Special Collections Research Center.

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Participant Each ($) Entire Series ($)

ALCTS Member $43 each; $103 for series (save $26)

Non-member $59 each; $142 for series (save $35)

Group rate (members/non-members) $99/$129 each; $238 (save $59)/$310 for series (save $77)

International $43 $103 (save $26)

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:

http://www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinar/031616

ALCTS webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org. For all other questions or comments related to the webinars, contact Julie Reese, ALCTS Events Manager at 1-800-545-2433, ext. 5034 or alctsce@ala.org.

Posted on behalf of the ALCTS Continuing Education Committee.