NORASIST Presents

Digital Preservation Basics:
How to Ensure Long-Term Access to Your Digital Assets

By:

Dr. Karen Gracy
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University

Time and location:

Monday, April 7, 2008, 6 p.m.
Hosted by Ernst & Young, 925 Euclid Ave. Suite 1300, Cleveland, Ohio 44114-1476
(northeast corner of E.9th St. and Euclid; Convenient parking at nearby Huntington Garage)
Detailed directions are provided below.

Program description:

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As we digitize more and more of our collections and records, and continue to amass large quantities of born-digital resources, we face a critical challenge: how do we maintain access to all of these materials in the face of rapid hardware and software obsolescence, and other technological, legal, and economic barriers to preservation. This presentation will help you understand the critical problems of digital preservation, identify the risks to your digital collections, and begin to devise short- and long-term strategies for keeping your collections accessible into the future.

Karen F. Gracy is an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. She teaches coursework in the area of digital preservation and archiving. She is the author of Film Preservation: Competing Definitions of Value, Use, and Practice, an ethnographic study of the moving image archiving community, which was published by the Society of American Archivists in 2007.

Registration:

Send reservations to Athena Salaba asalaba@kent.edu | 330-672-0023
School of Library & Information Science, Kent State University
314 Library, PO Box 5190, Kent, Ohio 44242-0001

Reservations are essential. Deadline is noon Friday, April 4, 2008:

Name:
Organization:
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( ) Meeting only - free
( ) Meeting and dinner (Sandwiches, Potato Salad, Cole Slaw, beverages)
Food preference: ( ) vegetarian
( ) $12. for members
( ) $9 for students, retired or between jobs
( ) $15 all others
Make checks payable to NORASIST.

Directions

Getting to Ernst & Young:
Address:
Ernst & Young LLP
1300 Huntington Building
925 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Main Phone: 1.216.861.5000
Area Map

Reception is located on the 13th floor

There are three banks of elevators, people should take the 12 - 17 bank of elevators to the 15th floor. We will meet everyone at the 15th floor and escort them to the conference room. We will be there from 5:45 - 6:30 so anyone arriving after 6:30 will need to call Ed Dale on cell - 216-965-1199. If someone is not in the elevator lobby, please wait a moment until the escort arrives.

The Huntington Bank Parking lot costs $5 after 3:00 on normal nights. It is connected to the E&Y office by a underground walkway. The address of the parking lot is 947 Chester Ave. One note if you are using Google maps, Euclid Ave.is under construction. Traffic is one way only and that is eastbound. If possible, come to downtown Cleveland on Route 2 (Shoreway), exit at East 9th, turn left onto Chester and then park. That way you avoid the Euclid construction where it crosses East 9th. For everyone coming from Kent - Take Route 43 to I-480 to I-77 to East 9th, then turn right on to Chester. Or you could take the Ohio Turnpike to I-77 to East 9th, if you prefer. That will mean moving through the construction but it cannot be helped.

To get to the EY building from the Huntington parking lot, take the elevator to the basement. Turn right out of the elevator. Walk through the tunnel. Then through the revolving door, across the mall and up the escalator. It is all a straight shot from the elevator, just giving landmarks so people will know they are on the right path. Now use the elevator marked 12 -17 to go to the 15th floor. It is all covered and connected, so it will keep you out of the weather.

Another parking option is ihe Statler parking garage, only $3.25 after 5, but it is on Euclid Ave. If you are coming from the south, take East 9th to Euclid. The Statler garage is just before the next light on the left side. To get to E & Y from the Statler, walk out to Euclid, turn right towards East 9th. The office is the nice building at 925 Euclid with the brass revolving doors.