Preservation Administration Interest Group (PAIG)

ALA Midwinter 2015

Preservation Administrators Interest Group Meeting Agenda
McCormick Place West W180
Chicago

Saturday, January 31, 2015
8:30-11:30am

    8:30 - 8:35         Welcome

    8:35 - 8:50         Jeanne Drewes
                        Chief of Binding and Collections Care in the
                        Preservation Directorate at the Library of
                        Congress in the United States
                        Update from the Library of Congress

    8:50 - 9            Annie Peterson
                        Preservation Librarian at Tulane
                        University
                        Update on Preservation Statistics

    9 - 9:25            Amanda Eisemann
                        PSAP: Promoting Preservation and
                        Conservation through Self-Assessment

                        Bio: Amanda Eisemann will be graduating with
                        a MLS and certificate in special collections
                        and in data curation this May from the
                        University of Illinois' Graduate School of
                        Library and Information Science

    9:25 - 9:50         Scott W. Devine and Tonia Grafakos
                        Arabic Manuscripts at Northwestern:
                        Conservation, Research, and the Changing
                        Role of Preservation Services

    Abstract: The       Umar Falke Collection is the largest of the
                        four Arabic manuscript collections held by
                        the Herskovits Library of African Studies
                        and consists of over 3,000 19th and early
                        20th century manuscripts.  This presentation
                        will summarize materials analysis research
                        which grew out of a multi-year preservation
                        needs assessment survey

                        Bios: Scott W. Devine is the Marie A.
                        Quinlan Director of Preservation and
                        Conservation at Northwestern University
                        Library, where he has worked since 2006.

                        Tonia Grafakos is the Chief Conservator at
                        Northwestern University Library, where she
                        has worked since 2008

    9:50 - 10           Break - 10 minutes

    10 - 10:20          Janet Gertz
                        E-journal Preservation

                        Abstract: Discussion of definitions of
                        different levels of e-journal preservation
                        and updates on the Cornell/Columbia Project

                        Bio: Director of the Preservation and
                        Digital Conversion Division of Columbia
                        University Libraries since 1988.  A former
                        chair of PARS and Banks-Harris award winner

    10:20 - 10:40       Peggy Griesinger
                        Choosing and Implementing Metadata Standards
                        for Specialized Material Types

                        Abstract: This talk will detail efforts by
                        the Museum of Modern Art's Media
                        Conservation Department to reevaluate
                        current institutional documentation
                        practices for recording information about
                        the museum's time-based media collection

                        Bio: Peggy Griesinger is the National
                        Digital Stewardship Resident at the Museum
                        of Modern Art, currently working on
                        developing metadata best practices for the
                        museum's new digital repository

    10:40 - 11          Vicky Steeves
                        Scientific Data: A Needs Assessment Journey

                        Abstract: The presenter conducted a needs
                        assessment surveys for scientific datasets
                        to look at storage, management, and
                        preservation needs.  The presenter will
                        discuss the development of that survey and
                        the primary results from interviewing 50+
                        American Museum of Natural History (AMNH)
                        scientists

                        Bio: Vicky Steeves is the National Digital
                        Stewardship Residency at the AMNH, where she
                        is working on the preservation of scientific
                        research and collections data

    11 - 11:25          Robert Schnare
                        Terrorism and its Potential Impact on
                        Academic Libraries

                        Abstract: The intent of this paper is to
                        inform academic libraries of the potentials
                        facing them from terrorism both domestic and
                        foreign.   It will discuss steps that can be
                        taken to heighten awareness of this problem;
                        steps that can be taken to try and safeguard
                        the building, the patrons and the library
                        staff

                        Bio: Robert Schnare is a retired
                        Professor/Library Director from the Naval
                        War College, Newport, RI.  His former
                        positions were Director of Special
                        Collections at the US Military Academy at
                        West Point, NY and Reference Librarian in
                        Archives, History and Genealogy at the
                        Connecticut State Library in Hartford CT

    11:25 - 11:30       Announcements

Laura McCann
Conservation Librarian
Barbara Goldsmith Preservation and Conservation Department
New York University Libraries


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