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The ALCTS PARS Digital Preservation Interest Group invites speakers to
participate at the Digital Preservation Interest Group session at the ALA
Midwinter Meeting in Seattle on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013 from 8:30-10:00 AM.

The mission of the ALCTS PARS Digital Preservation Interest Group is to
serve as a venue for discussing the preservation management of digital
assets whether commercial, born-digital or converted from analog formats.

Presentation topics should be of current interest to technical services
librarians, preservation librarians, digital librarians, and archivists.

Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

Digital preservation planning

Digital preservation of special formats such as social media, digital
humanities projects, websites, research data, email, etc.

Digital preservation tools and systems

Collaborative digital preservation efforts

Digital preservation strategies such as format migration, replication, or
emulation

Digital preservation best practices

Trusted Digital Repository certification

The economics of digital preservation

Training for digital preservation job responsibilities

Digital preservation challenges

Digital preservation success or failure stories

Presentations should be approximately 15-20 minutes in length.  Additional
time will be allowed for questions and discussion.

Please send abstracts of proposals to co-chairs by Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.
 If you have questions, please contact us.  We look forward to hearing from
you!

Digital Preservation Interest Group Co-Chairs:

Sibyl Schaefer
Assistant Director, Head of Digital Programs, Rockefeller Archive Center
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Meghan Banach Bergin
Coordinator, Bibliographic Access and Metadata Unit, University of
Massachusetts Amherst