[PADG:1890] ALCTS/PARS Reformatting DG

["Walter Cybulski" <CYBULSKW@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

[Note: 
Apologies for cross-postings to other lists.] PARS REFORMATTING 
DISCUSSION GROUPFeaturing Nancy Gwinn, Director, Smithsonian Institution 
LibrariesSaturday January 25th, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.Pennsylvania Convention 
Center, Room 102-A [PRE]SERVING TWO MASTERS?Are you 
microfilming and digitizing the same material?  Are you wondering 
ifboth will always be necessary?  Thinking of digitizing only but 
wondering ifit's safe?  Some institutions have decided that the 
creation of digitalfiles is a valid preservation option, making it no longer 
necessary tocreate analog microfilm backups; some would like to provide 
digital accesswithout abandoning microforms; others insist that digitization 
is only anaccess medium and continue to microfilm research materials for 
preservationpurposes.  Is it now possible to declare that a 
high-quality digital file isa preservation master?  If so, why?  
If not, why not?  What's your currentposition on these issues?  
Please join Nancy Gwinn, Director, SmithsonianInstitution Libraries, in open 
discussion about these reformatting issuesat the Midwinter ALA/ALCTS PARS 
Reformatting Discussion Group session onSaturday, January 25th, from 2 p.m. 
to 4 p.m. in the Pennsylvania ConventionCenter, Room 102-A. For 
additional information please contact:Walter CybulskiChair, ALCTS/PARS 
Reformatting Committee301-496-2690<A 
href="">walter_cybulski@xxxxxxxxxxx