Joint RLG and NPO Preservation Conference

Guidelines for Digital Imaging
28 - 30 September 1998

MONDAY, 28 SEPTEMBER

Conference opening and welcome
Vanessa Marshall, Director, National Preservation Office, UK

Keynote address
Guidelines Versus Guidance for Digital Imaging: the Opportunity Before Us
Anne R. Kenney, Associate Director for Preservation, Cornell University, US

Conference scope and objectives
Robin Dale, Program Officer, Research Libraries Group, US

Guidelines for Selection
Moderator:
Julia Walworth, Special Collections/Rare Books, University of London, UK

Selection Guidelines for Preservation
Janet Gertz, Director for Preservation, Columbia University, US

Guidance for Selecting Materials for Digitisation
Paul Ayris, Director of Library Services, University College, London, UK

Questions and Discussion
Julia Walworth

Close of Day Comments
Vanessa Marshall

Opening comments
Robin Dale

Guidelines for Preparation
Moderator:
Alison Horsburgh, Head of Preservation Services, National Archives of Scotland, UK

Preparation of Materials for Digitization
Ann Swartzell, Senior Preservation Program Officer, Harvard University, US

Protecting the Physical Form
John McIntyre, Head of Preservation, National Library of Scotland, UK

Questions and discussion
Alison Horsburgh

Guidelines for Image Capture
Stephen Chapman, Preservation Librarian for Digital Initiatives, Harvard University, US

Guidelines for Image Capture: a UK Perspective   [Powerpoint presentation. Full paper to come.]
Jane Williams, Technical Advisory Service for Images, UK

Questions and discussion
Robin Dale

Midday Comments
Nancy Elkington, Program Officer, Research Libraries Group, US

Small group discussions

Close of Day Comments
Vanessa Marshall

Opening comments
Vanessa Marshall

Small group reports

Questions and discussion
Julia Walworth, Alison Horsburgh, Robin Dale

Issues and Approaches to Preservation Metadata
Michael Day, Research Officer (Metadata), UKOLN, University of Bath, UK

Issues and Approaches to Digital Archiving
Margaret Hedstrom, Associate Professor, School of Information, University of Michigan

Final questions and discussion
Robin Dale

Canadian Overview
Karen Turko, Head of Preservation Services, University of Toronto, Canada

Closing International Reaction Panel Address: an Australian Perspective
Colin Webb, Manager of Information Preservation, National Library of Australia

 

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