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Friday, August 17 • 2:00pm - 3:00pm
507 - Pop Up: Digitization IS/NOT Preservation [ROOM CHANGE]

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“Digitization is not preservation” is an oft repeated mantra on social media, a quick-fire response from heritage professionals to media stories declaring that at-risk materials have been digitally reformatted and thereby preserved. As recently as April of 2018, the cries went out on Twitter, when Google announced the release of high-resolution scans of 25 at-risk historical sites (which mimicked a similar outcry in 2016 when Google announced the release of high-resolution scans of art works). This session will allow practitioners to present their own approach to the issue, through case-studies and reasoned debate about the current state of best practice on whether digitization is, could be, or should be a means of preservation.

This session is intended for practitioners of all experience levels who have some responsibility for digitization, preservation, or providing access to collections.  The session will be a lighting talk format followed by questions and discussion.
Speakers
avatar for Snowden Becker

Snowden Becker

Program Manager, Moving Image Archive Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Snowden Becker manages UCLA's MLIS program. She researches, teaches, and writes about how audiovisual materials are integrated into our larger cultural heritage.
avatar for Tre Berney

Tre Berney

Director, Digitization and Conservation Services, Cornell University Library
avatar for Maureen Callahan

Maureen Callahan

Sophia Smith Collection Archivist, Smith College
Maureen Callahan is the steward for the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History at Smith College, where she provides collection development, instruction, and stewardship for records of people changing the world on behalf of women and other gender minorities.
avatar for Fletcher B. Durant

Fletcher B. Durant

Librarian (Preservation), Smathers Libraries, University of Florida
Fletcher Durant is the Preservation Librarian at the University of Florida Smathers Libraries. His work focuses on the preventive conservation of library and archival materials, the sustainability of cultural heritage, and risk management. He is a trained book and paper conservator... Read More →
avatar for Siobhan Hagan

Siobhan Hagan

Project Manager, Memory Lab Network, DCPL
Siobhan was born and raised in Maryland and holds her M.A. in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation (MIAP) from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She has worked in a variety of collecting organizations throughout her career, including the UCLA Library, the National Aquarium, and... Read More →
avatar for Frances Harrell

Frances Harrell

Senior Preservation Specialist, NEDCC
avatar for Julia Kim

Julia Kim

American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
avatar for Mark Matienzo

Mark Matienzo

Collaboration & Interoperability Architect, Stanford University Libraries
Mark A. Matienzo is the Collaboration and Interoperability Architect for the Stanford University Libraries, serving as a technologist, advocate and facilitator cross institutional projects.
avatar for Andrew Robb

Andrew Robb

Special Projects Officer, Library of Congress
avatar for Sarah Werner

Sarah Werner

Independent Librarian, Independent Librarian
I’m a book historian and digital media scholar based in Washington, DC. I worked at the Folger Shakespeare Library for nearly a decade as Undergraduate Program Director and as Digital Media Strategist. Now I explore how early printed books were made and how they are represented... Read More →

Friday August 17, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Washington 4, [Exhibition Level] Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley Road NW, Washington, DC 20008
  Education Session, Partially Recorded

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