HomePrioritization for preservation, conservation and digitization (full)
Preservation Advisory Centre/RLUK Seminar
Tuesday 23 February 2010
British Library Centre for Conservation
96 Euston Road, London NW1 2DB
Location Details
“There’s so much [to preserve / conserve / digitize] … people need skills in how you select the right materials … how you make the decisions and what you have to bear in mind” Focus group research into preservation training needs, June 2009.
In all organisations, and especially in cash straightened times, priorities have to be established. Organisations have to choose what is most important to protect and make available to use (prioritize collections) and choose which preservation actions will most effectively achieve their aim of long-term access to collections (e.g. prioritize boxing, cleaning, digitizing). This event looks at methodologies in use in different organisations, to prioritize what should be preserved, conserved or digitized and looks at how to establish which actions are most important.
In this seminar you will learn what others are doing and share experiences. It includes talks on the use of risk assessment methodologies; the Preservation Assessment Survey, the British Library’s preservation prioritization system; the digitization selection system at Amsterdam City Archives, and examples of approaches to prioritization used by some UK libraries.
Programme
| 9.30 | Registration |
| 10.00 | Welcome and introduction Caroline Peach, Preservation Advisory Centre |
| 10.15 | Risk Assessment as a collection management tool at The National Archives, Jess Ahmon, Preservation Officer |
| 10.45 | The Preservation Assessment Survey: Prioritising collections and preservation actions Julia Foster, Database Development Officer |
| 11.15 | Break |
| 11.30 | The British Library's preservation prioritization system Sandy Ryan, Preservation Surrogacy Manager |
| 12.00 | Discussion and sharing of experiences |
| 12.30 | Lunch |
| 13.30 | Prioritzing for digitization at the Stadsarchief, Amsterdam (Amsterdam City Archives) Marc Holtman, Project Leader Digitization |
| 14.00 | Approaches to preservation prioritization at King's College London Katie Sambrook, Special Collections Librarian |
| 14.30 | How prioritizing preservation can work in practice: a case study from the University of Birmingham Marie Sviergula, Conservator |
| 15.00 | Break |
| 15.30 | Discussion and sharing of experiences | 16.00 | End |