[PADG:802] Reformatting Discussion Group Announcement

[jeanann croft <jeanann+@xxxxxxxx>]

Discussion Announcement for ALCTS/PARS – ALA Mid-Winter Conference, San 
Antonio, Texas – January 2006

Too many decisions, too many possibilities:  what gets to be reformatted 
and why, and what happens to the original media.
			
The ALA Mid-Winter Meeting for the PARS Reformatting Discussion Group 
will be held at the Menger Hotel in Ballroom C meeting room on Saturday, 
January 21st from 1.30 – 3.30 p.m.

The Reformatting Discussion Group has invited professionals with 
expertise on the storage of particular media.  They will be discussing 
different strategies for the reformatting and storage of the media they 
are most responsible for and they will also address whether they are 
relying on the digital or analog copy for the master preservation copy. 
 Standards for storage will also be incorporated into the discussion 
where appropriate.  The panelists will discuss how their unique media is 
reformatted and under what circumstances does demand dictate when to 
reformat from the original to another media.  Different perspectives 
will be presented that give unique insights in how reformatting is 
undertaken for complex or fragile print materials, and electronic formats.

This panel will discuss a variety of issues concerning standards, 
storage and the reformatting of different media and what kinds of 
decisions are undertaken for the preservation of hybrid formats as well 
as determining what is still the original.

The panel will feature:

Perspective on Microfilm
Walter Cybulski
Preservation & Collection Management Section
National Library of Medicine

Perspective on Audio
Kathleen (Katie) McCormick
Reference Archivist &
Coordinator for the Oral History Program
Special Collections Dept., J. Murrey Atkins Library
UNC - Charlotte

Perspective on Video
Carlton L. Jackson
Librarian, Non-Print Media Services
University of Maryland

Perspective on Maps
Patrick McGlamery
Information & Technology Services Area Head
University of Connecticut

Perspective on Rare Books
Martin R. Kalfatovic
Head, New Media Office and
      Preservation Services Department
Smithsonian Institution Libraries



Moderators:
Jean Ann Croft					
Preservation Department
University of Pittsburgh
Tel:  412 244-7522
Email:  jeanann@xxxxxxxx

Atalanta Grant-Suttie
ATLIS Preservation Contract
National Library of Medicine
Tel:  301 496-8015
Email: (home) pinewood@xxxxxxxxxxxxx