Webinars & WorkshopsThe following formats, Occasional Lecture Series and Workshops, are regularly organized and offered by the MARAC Education Committee. Workshops and other educational programming are offered online via Zoom, in person, and the day before in-person conferences. Other educational proposals are welcome and will be considered – they do not need to fit into the proposed structure. Proposals for new educational offerings are always welcome! The Education Committee follows the MARAC Privacy and Confidentiality Policy for all communications with instructors and participants. Upcoming EventsTITLE: Preserving Digital Collections When: July17, 10:30 am-12:00 pm EST
Where: Virtual (MARAC Zoom) Instructor: Katherine Fisher, Emory University Cost: $20.00 Registration: The workshop has reached capacity. To be placed on a waitlist, contact [email protected]. Workshop Description:
In this webinar, digital archivist Katherine Fisher will review the basics of digital preservation, introduce key principles to guide archivists' decisions and actions, and outline practical advice for stewarding digital content regardless of source or format. Topics include the building blocks of digital information, threats to digital content, common misconceptions about digital preservation, standards and models that inform digital preservation practice, and preservation-related considerations at each stage of archival collection development and management. Archivists who are just beginning to work with digital content will improve their foundational knowledge and gain a clearer sense of next steps. Those with more digital archives experience or more mature digital preservation programs will be able to clarify their preservation goals, evaluate their current practices, and identify places to improve. Please note that this workshop will not be recorded, so please plan to attend live.
Recommended Pre-reading: Trevor Owens, The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation, LIS Scholarship Archive, chapters 3 (“Understanding Digital Objects,” pp. 26–38) and 4 (“Challenges and Opportunities of Digital Preservation,” pp. 39–49). Attendees who have access to the final, published version of the book (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018) should note that the recommended chapters are numbered 2 and 3.
About the Instructor: Katherine Fisher is head of digital archives at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, & Rare Book Library, where she oversees acquisition, processing, preservation, and access for born-digital collections and provides leadership and expertise in digital preservation across Emory Libraries. Prior to joining Emory in 2020, she worked as digital preservation archivist at Georgia State University Library and digital publishing specialist at the University of Hawai‘i Press. Katherine is a former chair of the Society of American Archivists' Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) Subcommittee and a frequent instructor for the Georgia Archives Institute and the Northeast Document Conservation Center’s Digital Directions training conference. She holds an MLIS from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and a PhD in English from the University of Michigan.
Questions? Contact Elizabeth Wilkinson at [email protected] Webinars 45-90 minutes, lecture-based instruction with 10-30 minutes of Q&A
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