[padg] FW: 2009 National Archives Preservation Conference

["Charles Wilt" <cwilt@xxxxxxx>]

US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
2009 Preservation Conference
Thursday, March 26, 2009

Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue

William McGowan Theater - National Archives Building Constitution Avenue
and 7th Street NW Washington, DC


In 2007, the National Archives Preservation Conference focused on the
essential components of the digitization process and on common issues
that would influence reformatting decisions and approaches. It was
geared to benefitting institutions that were contemplating entering, or
may have had just entered, the digitization arena.

This year we are presenting "Digitizing for Preservation and Access:
Past is Prologue."  It will focus on institutional approaches, case
studies, standards and management techniques for projects and programs
that are either underway or already completed. Thus, the discussion has
moved from the experimental and theoretical to examining and learning
from what has already been done.

Our intent is for attendees to leave the conference with an
understanding of what digitizing choices are appropriate for their
institution, based in part on lessons learned and new ground broken by
other institutions, large and small.

The 2009 conference coincides with the 75th Anniversary of the founding
of the National Archives. 

"Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue" will also
feature an exhibit by vendors who provide products and services related
to the conference topic.

The 2009 Preservation Conference Program

Opening Remarks

     Dr. Michael J. Kurtz
	Assistant Archivist, Office of Records Services - Washington, DC

     Additional speaker to be announced.

Keynote Address

     Digitizing for Preservation and Access: Past is Prologue
     Dr. Paul Conway
	Associate Professor, School of Information
	University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Institutional Approaches I

     Doris A. Hamburg
          	Director of Preservation Programs, NARA

     Carl Fleischhauer
	Technical Coordinator - National Digital Library Program
	Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Institutional Approaches II

      Karen B. Weiss
	Information Resources Manager
	Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington,
DC

     Additional speaker to be announced.

Guidelines and Long-term Management

     Michael Stelmach
	Manager of Digital Conversion Services
	Library of Congress, Washington, DC

Archival and Preservation Preparation for Digitizing Records

     Amy Lubick
	Conservator, Document Conservation Division, NARA 

     David Null
	Director, University Archives and Records Management Services
	University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin     

Public Interface / Providing Access

     Daniel Santamaria 
	Assistant University Archivist  - Mudd Manuscript Library
	Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey

     Suzanne Issacs
	Digital Projects Coordinator
	National Archives Experience, NARA

Case Studies in Digitization

     Greg Colati
	Digital Initiatives Coordinator - Penrose Library
	University of Denver, Denver, Colorado

     Mark E. Harvey
	State Archivist
	Archives of Michigan, Lansing, Michigan

     Additional speaker to be announced.

This program is subject to change. Updates to the program will be posted
on the conference web page as they become available. A final conference
agenda will be provided at the Registration Desk on March 26.

Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 - 8:45 a.m. 
Program 8:45 a.m. - 5 :45 p.m. Reception 5:45 - 7:00 p.m.
Morning and afternoon breaks, and a box lunch will be provided. 

Registration Fees: 
$125 Standard Registration
$75 Student Registration

For correspondence, please call Richard Schneider -Conference
Coordinator at 301-837-3617 or write to richard.schneider@xxxxxxxxx
For conference updates, please visit
www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/2009/