NARA Preservation Conference

"2012 A Preservation Odyssey: Paths to the Future"
William McGowan Theater
National Archives Building
7th Street and Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC.

Friday, October 19, 2012

Doors open at 8am (Registration and check-in).

Program: 9am 5:30pm
Reception: 5:30-6:30pm

The conference web page is

    <URL:http://www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/2012/>

This page links to an Registration Form and other useful
information.

The standard registration fee is $125.00. Students may register at
the $75.00 rate.

The Keynote Speaker will be Mr. David M. Rubenstein. He is a noted
American philanthropist and is co-founder of The Carlyle Group.

The final speakers and topics are:

    Introduction
    Doris Hamburg
    Director of Preservation Programs
    National Archives and Records Administration
    College Park, MD

    Environment and Storage technology
    Ronald D. Weiss
    President
    Arkival Technology Corporation
    Nashua, NH

    John Faundeen
    EROS Center Archivist
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Sioux Falls, South Dakota

    Conservation: Big and Small
    Amy Lubick
    Senior Paper Conservator and Conservation Digitization
    Coordinator
    Sara Shpargel
    Senior Photograph Conservator
    Susan Page
    Senior Paper Conservator
    National Archives and Records Administration
    College Park, MD

    Reformatting
    Brad Lawrence
    Computer Science Lead
    Kennedy Advanced Visualization Environments
    Digital Image Analysis Facility
    Kennedy Space Center, FL

    Outreach
    Nancy E. Kraft
    Head of Preservation and Conservation
    University of Iowa Libraries
    Iowa City, IA

    Beth Doyle
    Head of Conservation Services Department
    Duke University Libraries
    Durham, NC

In another exciting development, a special Public Program has been
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Friday, October 19 in the McGowan Theater
(following the NARA Preservation Conference). The program will be
titled Film Preservation in the Digital Age, and is sponsored by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. AMPAS will be sending
Josef Lindner, Preservation Officer at the Academy Film Archive,
whose presentation is based on their "Film-to-Film" project
(http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/2012/20120507a.html), and
other efforts of the Academy's Science and Technology Council.

We are also excited to feature the following exhibitors, whose
support helps make this conference possible:

    Kathabar Dehumidification Systems, Inc.
    Buffalo, New York
    <URL:http://www.kathabar.com/>

    Arca Search
    Elk River, Minnesota
    <URL:http://www.arcasearch.com/main/>

    Backstage Library Works
    Provo, Utah
    <URL:http://www.bslw.com>

    The Crowley Company
    Frederick, Maryland
    <URL:http://www.thecrowleycompany.com>

    Northeast Document Conservation Center
    Andover, Massachusetts
    <URL:http://www.nedcc.org/home.php>

    Digital Library Systems Group
    Boca Raton, Florida
    <URL:http://www.dlsg.net>

Please do not hesitate to call or write me with any questions or
requests for further information.

Thank you,

Richard Schneider
Preservation Conference Coordinator
301-837-3617


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