Conservator takes on Digital Preservation

Kevin DriedgerLibrary of Michigan

Conserve and Ingest

WSU NDSA Colloquium

Oct. 23, 2012

I’M A LIBRARIAN I’M A CONSERVATOR

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

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

UseNeglectObject creation

CompromiseHumility

NBF_Corrupted_small 240 by wlef70 on Flickr

Institutional context deconstructedCopies are copiesLoses on emotion but wins on

funding

De-ghettoize physical and digital preservation

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

preserve?”

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