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TITLE: Preservation Tools and Training in the Digital Age: NEDCC in the 21st Century
SPEAKER: Ann Russell
EVENT DATE: 05/08/2008
RUNNING TIME: 60 minutes
DESCRIPTION:
Ann Russell, executive director of the Northeast Document Conservation Center, presented a lecture as part of the Topics in Preservation Science series sponsored by the Library's Preservation Directorate.
The presentation began with a brief review of current challenges in the preservation field. Russell then described the Northeast Document Conservation Center's (NEDCC) new initiative to produce new training and tools to address these challenges. These include the development of a new methodology to survey the preservation needs of digital collections; a new online course entitled Preservation 101; and dPlan, the online disaster tool. Also on the horizon is CoStep, a guide to cooperative statewide disaster planning. In closing Russell offered recommendations about needs for leadership and funding to advance preservation in the digital age.
Speaker Biography: Ann Russell is executive director of the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
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SERIES: Topics in Preservation Science