A Conservator takes on Digital Preservation

A Conservator takes on Digital PreservationKevin DriedgerLibrary of Michigan

Conserve and IngestWSU NDSA Colloquium

Oct. 23, 2012

About me

I’M A LIBRARIAN I’M A CONSERVATOR

More about me

I’M A CATALOGER/METADATER I’M A DIGITIZER

Preservation/Conservation/Curation

Preservation is a core principle of collecting institutions

A history of developing administrative and technical practices to preserve collections of various media

Digital material is just another medium to preserve (or is it?)

AuthenticityReversibilityDocumentation

Values of Conservation

Challenges of ConservationUseNeglectObject creation

Lessons of Conservation

CompromiseHumility

NBF_Corrupted_small 240 by wlef70 on Flickr

Digital Preservation Difference Institutional context deconstructedCopies are copiesLoses on emotion but wins on

funding

Closing words

De-ghettoize physical and digital preservation

Don’t neglect the least of theseAlways ask “What are we to

preserve?”

thank youKevin DriedgerLibrary of Michigandriedgerk@michigan.gov517.373.9440@kevindriedgerwww.facebook.com\Conservation.at.LMwww.librarypreservation2.blogspot.com