PARS Reformatting Discussion Group

Pars Reformatting Discussion Group
Featuring Nancy Gwinn, Director, Smithsonian Institution Libraries
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 102-A
Saturday January 25, 2003 2-4 pm

[Pre]Serving Two Masters?

Are you microfilming and digitizing the same material?  Are you
wondering if both will always be necessary?  Thinking of digitizing
only but wondering if it's safe?  Some institutions have decided
that the creation of digital files is a valid preservation option,
making it no longer necessary to create analog microfilm backups;
some would like to provide digital access without abandoning
microforms; others insist that digitization is only an access medium
and continue to microfilm research materials for preservation
purposes.  Is it now possible to declare that a high-quality digital
file is a preservation master?  If so, why?  If not, why not? What's
your current position on these issues?  Please join Nancy Gwinn,
Director, Smithsonian Institution Libraries, in open discussion
about these reformatting issues at the Midwinter ALA/ALCTS PARS
Reformatting Discussion Group session on Saturday, January 25, 2003
from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room
102-A.

For additional information please contact:

    Walter Cybulski
    Chair, ALCTS/PARS Reformatting Committee
    301-496-2690
    walter_cybulski [at] nlm__nih__gov


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