[PADG:2023] Re: Suddenly Seeking Substance

["Lorraine Olley" <lolley@xxxxxxx>]

Lorraine Olley
Executive Director
Library Administration & Management Association
American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago IL 60611
312-280-2156
lolley@xxxxxxx
www.ala.org/lama

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Here's a fun question (at least I think the answers could be fun for
everyone):
I have a list of preservation readings that I generally recommend for 
different circumstances.  Now, though, I'm seeking the best readings I
can 
find for a special use.   Here's the background:

Seeking:  a couple of great but short readings (7 or 8 pages total,
taken 
together).  These can come from anywhere, as long as they do the job:

Audience:  Northwestern University Library, Board of Governors who will

participate in small group discussion about preservation this June.

Two topics:  (also could be one reading that covers both topics):
1) Preservation---overview, issues, trends---the state of preservation
today
2) Digital and preservation (why, what, issues, challenges, trends).

Goal:  Introduce the subject(s) (maybe include: goals, challenges
issues 
and trends).  1) be readable, 2) understandable and  3) interesting and

moving 4) stimulate active interest in preservation.

The readings are my one crack at influencing this discussion.  I will
not 
be present during the exercise.  I have been asked to recommend one or
two 
readings for a packet, to be mailed in advance---for Board members to 
prepare for the meeting and discussion.  Preservation is one of maybe
two 
or so topics that will be discussed by one small working-group.  I'd
like 
their discussion to be made more productive by the quality of the
readings 
they receive.

Can you recommend some readings that will be understandable to a 
well-educated library board who are not librarians themselves.  I want
to 
engage their minds and capture their hearts---that's all.

What are some of your favorites?
Tyra Grant
Head, Preservation Department
Northwestern University Library
phone: 847/491-4672