PARS session on compression

Lossy or Lossless?
A File Compression Strategies Discussion and Debate
American Library Association
Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS)
Midwinter Meeting Discussion Group
Sunday, January 31, 1999
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Philadelphia Marriot - Room 310
1201 Market Street

All are welcome to join Cornell's Oya Rieger and panel of
distinguished colleagues for presentations, discussion and debate on
file compression strategies for the storage of digital files at the
PARS Reformatting Midwinter Discussion Group session, Sunday,
January 31st, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Room 310 of the
Philadelphia Marriot.

The complete panel  roster is:

    Carl Fleischhauer
    Technical Coordinator
    National Digital Library Program, Library of Congress

    Peter Hirtle
    Assistant Director
    Cornell Institute for Digital Collection, Cornell University

    Joy Paulson
    Head, Reformatting and Replacement Services
    Preservation Division, University of Michigan Library

    Steven Puglia
    Preservation and Imaging Specialist
    National Archives at College Park

    Oya Rieger
    Digital Projects Librarian
    Olin Library, Cornell University

    Louis H. Sharpe III
    President
    Picture Elements, Inc., Boulder, Colorado

The first half of the session will consist of brief panelist
presentations, followed immediately by discussion and debate, with
time for audience questions.   A hand-out with the list of panelists
and contact information will be available.  If you have any
questions about the session, please feel free to contact the group
moderator
    Walter Cybulski
    National Library of Medicine
    301-496-2690
    walter_cybulski [at] nlm__nih__gov

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