Session

Topics & Readings

1 - June 6 Review of syllabus and course requirements.

Preservation Management – What’s it all about

and definitions

• Life expectancy / inherent vice
• History of Preservation / Conservation / Restoration fields
• Libraries, Archives & Museums

View Slow Fires (video) in class

Discussion:

• How do we balance the ideals of the field with realities of budgets and staffing?
• How has the field of preservation changed since “Slow Fires” was filmed?
• Are the subjects and causes it promotes still relevant?

2 - June 8

PRESENTATION TOPICS DUE

Preservation Management and Administration

• Mission Statements & Preservation Policies

• Coordinating Project, budgets,
• Preservation / conservation organizations & information sources
• Ideal vs. Real

Readings

• Ritzenthaler, Chapter 1 “Archives Preservation”, Chapter 2” Implementing a Preservation Program” in Preserving Archives & Manuscripts 2^nd Edition

• Roosa, Mark. “Some thoughts on the Race against Time and Inherent Vice: Library Preservation in the Late Twentieth Century.” In Who Wants Yesterday’s Papers? Essays on the Research Value of Printed Materials in the Digital Age. Edited by Yvonne Carigan, et.al. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 2005 (e-reserve)
• Clareson, Tom. “The Next Wave of Statewide Preservation Planning” Archival Products NEWS 15 No. 1 (2008) www.archival.com
• Wilson, William K “Environmental Guidelines for the Storage of Paper Records” NISO TR01-1995 http://www.niso.org/publications/tr/
• Teper, Thomas H. "Current and Emerging Challenges for the Future of Library and Archival Preservation." Library Resources & Technical Services (LRTS) 49 No.1 (2005): 32-39. (available on Kentlink)
• Nadal, Jacob. “Developing a Preservation Program for the UCLA Library” Archival Products News 16 No. 1 (2009):1-4 www.archival.com

BACKGROUND READING

•  NEDCC’s Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a Manual. (PLAM): #1:1,5-8 Planning and Prioritizing http://www.nedcc.org 

• Banks & Pilette: 
  • Chapter 1:  “Defining the Library Preservation Program: Policies and Organization.” Carolyn Clark Morrow
  • Chapter 3: “Preservation Program Planning for Archives and Historical Records Repositories,” by Christine Ward and
  • Chapter 4: “Programs, Priorities, and Funding / Margaret Child, Laura J. Word

3 - June 13

Building & Collection Surveys / Assessment

• Environmental and preservation issues
• Pest management
• Historic Preservation (physical buildings – NPS – SOS)

View Murder in the Stacks video in class

 IPI Videos – HVAC

Readings

• Ritzenthaler Chapters 4 & 5 “Causes of Deterioration and Damage” and “Creating a Preservation Environment” in Preserving Archives & Manuscripts 2^nd Edition
• Library of Congress. “Paper and Its Preservation: Environmental Controls.” Preservation Leaflet No. 2: A National Preservation Program Publication. 1983 (e-reserve)
• Hughes, Susan. “Managing the Preservation of Library and Archive Collections in Historic Buildings.” Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library http://www.bl.uk/blpac/publicationsleaf.html
• Miller, Mary “Archivist, Assess Thyself: On-line Tools for Preservation Assessment.” MAC Newsletter 35 No. 3 (Jan 2008): 25-26 (e-reserve)
• Brown, Karen E.K. “Use of General Preservation Assessments.” LRTS 50 No. 1 (Jan 2006): 58-72 (available through KentLink)
• Carmicheal, David W. “Rescuing Irreplaceable Records from Capitols to Closets.” Archival Products News 16 No. 1 (2009): 5-8 www.archival.com

BACKGROUND READING

• Heritage Health Index – Summary Report of A Public at Risk: The Heritage Health Index Report on the State of America’s Collections (2005) - http://www.heritagepreservation.org/hhi/
• NEDCC’s Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a Manual. (PLAM): #1:8, 2:1-4,6 #3:10,11 http://www.nedcc.org 

• Banks & Pilette
  • Chapter 2: “Preservation Programs in High-use Library Collections.” Sara R. Williams,
  • Chapter 7: “Environment and Building Design,” Paul N. Banks, and
  •  Chapter 10 “Library and Archives Security” by Richard Strassburg

4 - June 15

PAPER TOPICS DUE

Disaster response and contingency planning

Surveying collections for disaster prevention and prioritization

QUIZ #1 Due June 20

Readings

• Ritzenthaler Chapter 8 pages 254-299 “Water and Mold Damaged Records through Emergency Preparedness and Response” ONLY in Preserving Archives & Manuscripts 2^nd Edition
• Cox, Richard J. “Introduction to Special Section: Archival Insecurities.” Library & Archival Security 22 No. 1 (2009): 3-4 [available through Kentlink]
• Cox, Richard J. et.al. “A Different Kind of Archival Security: Three Cases.” Library & Archival Security 22 (2009): 33-60 [available through Kentlink]
• Kahn, Miriam Disaster Response and Planning for Libraries (2^nd Ed) – Sections 1&2. (on Reserve)
• “Invasion of the Giant Mold Spore” by Sandra Nyberg SOLINET Leaflet no. 5, November 1987, updated 2008 now available online at http://cool.conservation-us.org/byauth/nyberg/spore.html  
• Winick, Stephen “Help for Haiti: Library Leads Efforts to Restore Laws, Culture”  Library of Congress Information Bulletin 69 No. 4 (April 2010): 76-77 (available through KentLink)
• Fleischer, S. Victor and Mark J. Heppner. “Disaster Planning for Libraries and Archives: What You Need to Know and How to Do It.” Library& Archival Security 22 No. 2 (2009): 125-140 (available through Kentlink)
• Floods: The Awesome Power (NOAA) www.weather.gov/om/brochures/Floodsbrochure_9_04_low.pdf

BACKGROUND READING

• NEDCC’s Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a Manual. (PLAM): #3:1-9 Emergency Management http://www.nedcc.org
• CONSERV-O GRAMS http://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html
•  Banks & Pilette:  Chapter 9: “Preservation Management: Emergency Preparedness,” by Sally A. Buchanan
•  Matthews, Graham “Disaster Planning - REDS all over the land?” NPO e-Journal No. 4 (May 2006) available at http://www.bl.uk/blpac/journal/4/content.html
• “A summer at Salisbury House: The protection of a small library during renovations” Archival Products News (2005) V12 no 4 available at www.archival.com
• Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared. Special Report of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs S. Rept. 109-332 [Y 1.1/5:109-322] READ Executive Summary and  INTRODUCTION p 1-35 (on e-reserve)
• AIC Disaster Response & Recovery materials http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=593&parentID=491

5 – June 20 -

QUIZ #1 Due

Project Management

• budgets & timelines
• Vendor services.
• Brittle books Programs
• Preservation Issues in Resource Sharing and Interlibrary Loan

Show Preserving the British Library’s C19 Newspaper Collection with Planets: a short film

Readings

• NISO Physical Delivery Recommended Practices http://www.niso.org/workrooms/physdel
• Review the Power Point Presentation on the topic. http://www.niso.org/news/events/2010/resourcesharing/
• Rusbridge, Chris “Excuse Me… Some Digital Preservation Fallacies?” Ariadne Issue 46 (Feb 2006) available at www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue46/rusbridge
• Fenton, Eileen "Preserving Electronic Scholarly Journals: Portico" Ariadne Issue 47 (30-April-2006) Originating URL: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue47/fenton/intro.html
• Burbidge, Duncan "Digitising an Archive: The Factory Approach" Ariadne Issue 47 (30-April-2006) Originating URL: http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue47/burbridge/intro.html
• Puglia, Steven “Digital Imaging – How far have we come and what still needs to be done?” RLG DigiNews 11 no. 1 (April 15, 2007) http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file137.html
• McGovern, Nancy Y. “A Digital Decade: Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going in Digital Preservation?” RLG DigiNews 11 no. 1 (April 15, 2007) http://worldcat.org/arcviewer/1/OCC/2007/08/08/0000070519/viewer/file137.html

BACKGROUND READING

• NEDCC’s PLAM: Section 5, pp.315-353. Leaflets 1-5 http://www.nedcc.org
• Banks & Pillette:
  • Chapter 6: “Issues in Digital Archiving,” Peter S. Graham
  • Chapter 17 “Digitization for Preservation and Access” by  Paula De Stefano
• OCLC Report: Greening Interlibrary Loan Practices http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2010/2010-07.pdf

Links and Readings

The original story on Fox News Chicago: http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/special_report/library-taxes-closed-20100628

Response from the Commissioner of Chicago as reported in the Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/08/fox-news-libraries-chicago

Brewster Kahle "Why Preserve Physical Books?" Internet Archive Blog http://blog.archive.org/2011/06/06/why-preserve-books-the-new-physical-archive-of-the-internet-archive/

6 – June 22

Preservation of Objects

• Textiles
• Objects
• Storage & handling

FIELD TRIP TO KSU MUSEUM 3PM

Readings:

• Given, Lisa M. and Lianne McTavish. “What’s Old is New Again: The Recovergence of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the Digital Age.” The Library Quarterly 80 No. 1 (Jan 2010): 7-32 [available through KentLink]
• Tanselle, C. Thomas. “Libraries, museums, and reading.” Raritan 12 no. 1 (Summer 1992) 63-83. Avail through KentLink
• Preventive conservation for endangered collections 2010. Cultural Heritage Protection Handbook N°5. Handling of Collections in Storage, Paris: UNESCO, 1 June, 2010. http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2010_en/events_en/06_01museumstorage_en.shtml (ICCROM and UNESCO continue developing methodologies and related didactic tools on collections documentation and storage re-organization for smaller museums.)
• Shelley, Marjorie “Textiles” Chapter 6 and “Costumes” Chapter 7 in The Care and Handling of Art Objects (NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987): 50-57, 58-63. (e-reserve)
• Caring for Your Treasures – AIC – READ: Metal, Painting, Glass, Textiles, and Furniture -  http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=497

• Preventive conservation for endangered collections (UNESCO Publication) http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0018/001879/187931E.pdf

Ohio Historical Society Collections Blog (2 June 2011) "Making it Shine" talks about polishing silver objects  http://ohiohistory.wordpress.com/2011/06/02/making-it-shine/

7 – June 27

Conservation Treatments

• General Collections vs. Special Collections treatments
• Decisions / Triage
• Hands on exercise 
• Evaluating products

View – How to Operate a Book

What can we learn from the gutter of Jefferson's Bible ? - National Museum of American History (Smithsonian)

Readings

• Ritzenthaler Chapter 10 “Conservation Treatments” and Appendix D “Basic Preservation Procedures” in Preserving Archives & Manuscripts 2^nd Edition
• Stuhr, Rebecca, Jean Reavis, and Sheryl Bissen “Integrating Library Preservation into the Daily Operations of a Small College Library.” Archival Products News 9 No. 1 (2002):3-8 http://www.archival.com/newsletters/index.shtml
• Martyniak, Cathleen. “When Preservation Moves Off Campus: Trends and Effective Practices in ARL Libraries.” LRTS 54 No. 4 (Oct 2010): 183-199 (available through KentLink).
• Greene, Mark A and Dennis Meissner “More Product Less Process” American Archivist 68 (Fall/Winter 2005): 208-263 (available on Kentlink through JSTOR)

Discussion:

How do preservation procedures in Ritzenthaler complement and contrast with processing recommendations in Greene & Meissner’s “More Product Less Process”?

• Look at NEDCC’s online course Preservation 101 http://unfacilitated.preservation101.org/loggedin.asp

Discussion:

• What do you think about the organization of the website?

• Would you use this for training at your institution?

• Talk about the site’s strengths and weaknesses?

• What would you change, add, or delete? And why?

 BACKGROUND READING

• NEDCC’s PLAM: section 4, pp.249-313. Leaflets 1-11 www.nedcc.org
• Banks & Pilette:
  • Chapter 8:  “Collections and Stack Management,” Duane A. Watson;
  • Chapter 13: “The Conservation of General Collections,” by Jan Merrill-Oldham and Nancy Carlson Schrock.

 Digital Images and Conservation work

• Jefferson's Bible - online images at the Smithsonian http://americanhistory.si.edu/JeffersonBible/the-book/

8- June 29

Quiz #2 - July 6

Selection for treatment and reformatting

• Contactor vs. In house

• Copyright
  • Microfilm
  • Digital
  • Paper

• Fair use / preservation options

Readings

• Ritzenthaler, Chapter 9 “Copying and Reformatting” in Preserving Archives & Manuscripts 2^nd Edition

• Baker, Nicholson Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper NY: Random House, 2001. READ CHAPTERS 1,4,10,34 (book on reserve) and review rebuttals to the book as found at the following links:

  • Don't Fold Up: Responding to Nicholson Baker's Double Fold by Richard J. Cox American Archivist (April 18, 2001) http://www.archivists.org/news/doublefold.asp

  • “Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate: Double Fold and the Assault on Libraries” by James M. O'Toole Review essay published in American Archivist (Vol. 64, No.2 / Fall-Winter 2001) www.archivists.org/periodicals/aa_v64/review-otoole-aa64_2.asp

  • Pavelka, Karen L. “Double Trouble or More: A Response to Double Fold.” Libraries & Culture 37 No. 3 (August 2002): 249-255. [available through KentLink]

  • Ward, Robyn. “Nicholson Baker Redux.” Oregon Library Association Quarterly 16 No. 1 (Spring 2010): 5-8 [Available through Kentlink]

  • And SAA’s response to the book www.archivists.org/statements/council-doublefold.asp

  • Cox, Richard Vandals in the Stacks – review

Discussion

Is Double Fold out of date? Should we continue to look at the underlying issues that prompted Baker to write his book? What are some of the naysayers discussing?

• Hahn, Trudi Bellardo. “Impacts of Mass Digitization Projects on Libraries and Information Policy” Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 33 No. 1 (Oct/Nov 2006): 20-24 http://www.asis.org/Bulletin/Oct-06/hahn.htm l  (available through KentLink)

• Copyright Resources Project – Look at flowchart, public domain and fair use sections http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/copyright_project/copyritetoolbox/copyritetoolbox.php

• Of Copyright, Men & a National Library: Copyright in the Library of Congress 125th Anniversary    http://www.copyright.gov/history/125thanniversary.pdf

• Bound By Law? Tales from the Public Domain www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics

Discussion

Why is it important to understand copyright as it pertains to libraries and archives? Why do you think Ritzenthaler (and Banks / Pilette) spend so little time discussing this issue?

BACKGROUND READING

• NEDCC’s Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a Manual. (PLAM): #1:3 Planning and Prioritizing http://www.nedcc.org

• Banks & Pilette: 
  • Chapter 12:  “Selection for Preservation,” by Carolyn Harris and
  •  Chapter  5: “Planning for Preservation in Libraries,” Jutta Reed-Scott

Links

Pace, Andrew K. "Printing in the Library." American Libraries, , Vol. 38 Issue 9, (Oct 2007):47-48 (available through KentLink)

Eisenberg, Anne. "Electronic Papyrus: The Digital Book, Unfurled." New York Times 6 July 2008 http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/06/technology/06novelties.html

Library of Congress – "Preserving Our Digital Heritage: The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program 2010 Report" http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/library/resources/pubs/docs/NDIIPP2010Report_Post.pdf   - READ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ONLY

Creative Commons Licensing (an alternative to traditional copyright) http://creativecommons.org/about/

Ted Talks - Larry Lessig about copyright and creative commons licensing http://creativecommons.org/about/ and http://www.ted.com/talks/larry_lessig_says_the_law_is_strangling_creativity.html

9 – July 4

NO CLASS

10 – July 6

Case Study #2 – Due

Collections Maintenance

• Processing
• Bindery
• Storage (short & long term)

JOINT SESSION WITH TECHNICAL SERVICES CLASS

View video about binding and repairs in class

Readings

• Silverman, Randy “Can’t Judge a Book without Its Binding” Libraries & the Cultural Record, Vol. 42, No. 3, (2007): 291–307. (available through KentLink – EJC)
• ANSI/NISO/LBI Standard for Library Binding http://www.lbibinders.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=112538
• Rebsamen, Werner. “’Mouse Trap’ Bindings.” New Library Scene 21 no. 1 (March 2002): 1-4 (available on KentLink)
• Connaway, Lynn Silipigni, Edward T. O’Neill, and Chandra Prabha. “Last Copies: What’s the Risk?” College & Research Libraries 67 No. 4 (July 2006): 370-379 http://crl.acrl.org/content/67/4.toc   
• Marcum, Deanna B. The Future of Preservation.”  Keynote Address for March 8. 2006 at Symposium “The 3-D’s of Preservation: Disasters, Displays, Digitization.” http://www.loc.gov/library/reports/

• Verheyen, Peter, Carolyn Davis, and Debra Olson. "Storage of Architectural Materials at the Syracuse University Library" The Book and Paper Group Annual 22 (2003) 131-137 available at works.bepress.com/peter_verheyen/2/ 

BE PREPARED TO DISCUSS what you think about the storage ideas.  Do you think they are practical?  Could a small institution incorporate these procedures or are they suitable for large collections only?  Could records centers and archives use these techniques?

BACKGROUND READING:

• Banks & Pilette:
  • Chapter 14: “Commercial Library Binding,” by John F. Dean.

Links

·        Swiss Fort Knox http://news.discovery.com/tech/digital-genome-stored-in-swiss-fort-knox.html

·        Publishers Bindings Online http://bindings.lib.ua.edu/

·        US Government Printing Office - Bindery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMiwjKzWKrw

11 – July 11

Exhibits and Displays

• Best practices vs. reality
• Selection, mounting &  reproductions

View Shedding Light on the Case

Quiz 3 distributed – due July 18

Readings

• National Park Service Museum Handbook Part III Chapter 7: Using Museum Collections in Exhibits (335K) Read Sections H & I http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/publications 
• Higginbotham, Barbra Buckner. “The Influence of Rare Books, Documents, Manuscripts, and Works of Art on Paper” in Our Past Preserved: A History of American Library Preservation 1876-1910 Boston MA: G.K. Hall & Co., 1990 (e-reserve)
• Leonard, Kathryn. “Shelter and Sanctuary: Customizing Protective Enclosures” Archival Products NEWS 13 No. 3 (2006) www.archival.com
• Bendix, Caroline “Damaged books” Preservation Advisory Centre, British Library http://www.bl.uk/blpac/publicationsleaf.html
• Cloonan, Michele V. “The Moral Imperative to Preserve” Library Trends 55 No. 3 (Winter 2007): 746-55. (Available through KentLink)
• Pearson, Dvaid, John Mumford, Alison Walker. Bookbindings British Library Preservation Advisory Centre2006, 2010 http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/index.cfm?ct=search.home

BACKGROUND READING

• NEDCC’s Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: A Manual. (PLAM): #2:5 http://www.nedcc.org
• Banks & Pilette:
  • Chapter 16 “Special Collections Conservation” by Eleanore Stewart, and
  • Chapter 11:  “Exhibition Policy and Preparation,” by Roberta Pilette.

An Interview with Yasmeen Khan, Senior Rare Book Conservator at the Library of Congress (12/07/2011 by Francisco Macías)  http://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/12/an-interview-with-yasmeen-khan-senior-rare-book-conservator-at-the-library-of-congress/

12 – July 13

Book Binding – Book structure in Action  

FIELD TRIP to  HF Group in Chesterland OH – meet at bindery 1:30pm SHARP

Readings:

• Ritzenthaler Chapter 6 and 7 “Handling Archival Materials” and “Storing and Housing Archival Materials” in Preserving Archives & Manuscripts 2^nd Edition

BACKGROUND READING

• NEDCC’s Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a Manual. (PLAM): #7: Conservation Procedures http://www.nedcc.org  

13 - July 18

Quiz 3 due

Non Paper / Non Print Preservation

• Photographs
• Sound Recordings,
• Film

View Save our Sounds video

CCAHA _ Race against Time videos

Intro to Photo Conservation – George Eastman House

Readings

• Ritzenthaler Chapter 3 “Archival Materials as Physical Objects” in  Preserving Archives & Manuscripts 2^nd Edition
• E. Roldão, L. Pavão, "The Conservation and Preservation of a Photographic Print: The 'Panoramic View of Constantinople'", e-Conservation Magazine, No. 14 (2010) pp. 70-79, http://www.e-conservationline.com/content/view/898[MBK16] 
•  “ A Project Embracing Digital Media Preservation: Tradition Becomes less Traditional” Archival Products News (2005)  12 no 2 available at www.archival.com
• Katherine Pennavaria. “Non-print Media Preservation: a guide to resources on the web" C&RL News (September 2003) v64:8 p529-533 (available through KentLink)
• Caring for Your Collections – Library of Congress Preservation Directorate http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/  READ - Motion Picture Film, Cylinders & Discs, and Photographs.
• Wilhelm, Henry chapter 1,9,16 in Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures 1993 http://www.wilhelm-research.com/book_toc.html 
• Christensen, Lance. “From Discovery to Recovery: The Electronic Transfer of the J.R. Walker Native American Cylinder Record Collection.” ARSC Journal XLI No. 1 (2009): 21-39 (available though Kentlink)

BACKGROUND READING

• NEDCC’s Preservation of Library & Archival Materials: a Manual. (PLAM): #5 Photographs http://www.nedcc.org 
• Banks & Pilette:
  • Chapter 18: “Preservation of Information in Non-paper Formats” by  Eleanore Stewart, Paul N. Banks
• Patton, Christopher Ann “Whispers in the Stacks.” American Archivist. 53 no. 2. (Spring 1990): 274-280 (available through KentLink)

14 – July 20

Non Paper / Non Print Preservation

• Maps
• Scrapbooks
• Works of Art on paper, canvas
• Sculpture

Readings:

• Eisloeffel, Paul. “Digitizing Sound Recordings and Moving Images” Parts 1-3 MAC Newsletter 2006
• Caring for Your Treasures – AIC – READ – Photographs, Matting and Framing, and Documents and Works of Art on Paper http://www.conservation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.ViewPage&PageID=497
• Ogden, Sherelyn. “Preservation Options for Scrapbook and Album Formats” Book and Paper Group Annual,  Vol. 10, (1991): 149-163 http://aic.stanford.edu/sg/bpg/annual/v10/bp10-14.html
• Clarke Rachel. “Preservation of Mixed Format Archival Collections: A Case Study of the Ann Getty Fashion Collection at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.” American Archvist 72  (Spring/Summer 2009): 185-196. (available through Kentlink and on SAA website)
• Behler, Anne, Beth Roberts, and Karen Dabney. “Circulating Maps Collections at Pennsylvania State University: Preservation Challenges and Solutions.” DttP: Documents to the People 34 No. 4 (Winter 2006): 33-36 (available through Kentlink)
• Kowal, Kimberly C. and John Rhatigan. “Rare Map Materials Made Digital: Scanning and Metadata to Archiving and Access.” ICBC 39 No. 3 (July/Sept 2010): 57-62 (available through KentLink)

Watch:

·         Jessica Helfand http://video.cooperhewitt.org/scrapbooks-and-self-works-jessica-helfand-and-rebecca-johnson-melvin   (1hr 38 min)

·         Jessica Helfand introduces the Scrapbook of Marybelle Harn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLz4_7lq9-U

Jessica Helfand's scrapbook blog: http://www.thedailyscrapbook.com/

OPTIONAL:

• Preservation of Scrapbooks & Albums – Library of Congress Preservation Directorate http://www.loc.gov/preserv/care/scrapbk.html

15 – July 25 RESEARCH PAPER DUE

Digitization and Digital Preservation

• Reformatting
• Replacement

Iron Mountain (video)

Library of Congress – Digital Preservation

LOC Video Why Digital Preservation is Important for Everyone

Readings:

• Institutional Repositories, Long Term Preservation and the changing nature of Scholarly Publications May 26, 2011
• Analyzing the Persistence of Referenced Web Resources with Memento May 22, 2011
• Preserving repository content: practical tools for repository managers May 5, 2011
• Digital Preservation Console - Feasibility Study April 28, 2011

Discussion: Which articles will be most useful for your career in librarianship and archives?

• Hedstrom, Margaret L, Christopher A. Lee, Judith S Olson, and Clifford A Lampe. “’The Old Version Flickers More’: Digital Preservation from the User’s Perspective” American Archivist 69, no.1 (Spring/Summer 2006): 159-186.(available through KentLink)
• Zorich, Diane M. “Defining Stewardship in the Digital Age” First Monday 12 No 7 (July 2007) http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/index 
• Bee, Robert. “The Importance of Preserving Paper-Based Artifacts in a Digital Age.” The Library Quarterly 78 No. 2 (2008): 179-194 [available through KentLink]

BACKGROUND  READING:

• Banks & Pilette:

• Chapter 15:  “Preservation Microfilming and Photocopying,” by Eileen F. Usovicz and Barbara Lilley.

16 – July 27

FINAL EXAM

Digitization and its place in Preservation

Review of Preservation issues and practices

Final Exam part one in class; take home part due July 29.

Reading:

• Library Trends 54 No 1, 56 No. 1 and 57 No. 1 – Read 1 article from each issue. (available through KentLink)
• Conway, Paul. “Digitization in the Age of Google” Library Quarterly 80 No. 1 (Jan 2010): 61-79 (e-reserve)
• Waters, Donald and John Garrett. “Preserving Digital Information, Report of the Task Force on Archiving of Digital Information” pub63 CLIR, May 1996. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/reports.html
• Oya Y. Rieger Preservation in the Age of Large-Scale Digitization, A White Paper” pub141 CLIR, February 2008. http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/reports.html

BE PREPARED TO discuss the issues in the articles and the volume of Library Trends. Why they are these issues important? How can you incorporate the concepts discussed in the articles to real life? And into smaller preservation programs?

• Watch webcast of David M Levy 2/14/2005: “Reading from the fixed page to movable electrons” (91 minutes) found at www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/index.php
• Abby Smith Rumsey "But Storage is Cheap!... Preservation in the Age of Abundance" – The Challenge of Born Digital Materials. Yale University Preservation Lecture Series 17 March 2011 http://www.library.yale.edu/about/departments/preservation/pres_lect_series.html

BE PREPARED TO discuss what David Levy and Abby Smith Rumsey say. Why is it important for Preservation Librarians and Archivists to be aware of these issues?

• CONSERV-O GRAMS (Digital materials) #22-5 http://www.nps.gov/museum/publications/conserveogram/cons_toc.html

 FYI

Library Conservation & Scholarly Communication Library of Congress Information Bulletin  (30 Jun 2011)  LOC Webcast from Feb 2011 (55 minutes)  Donald J. Waters characterizes the changes in scholarly communication and discusses the challenges and opportunities for creating a more robust environment for heritage conservation in research libraries.