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** Apologies for cross-posting** 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 [log in to unmask] Meghan Banach Bergin Coordinator, Bibliographic Access and Metadata Unit, University of Massachusetts Amherst