[PADG:1225] Time's Running Out - NEDCC's Digital Preservation Conference Deadline is Nov. 10

["Julie Carlson NEDCC" <jcarlson@xxxxxxxxx>]

Apologies for cross-postings.

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HOW WILL YOUR INSTITUTION MANAGE AND PRESERVE DIGITAL ASSETS
OVER THE LONG TERM?
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The Northeast Document Conservation Center presents:
PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY: STEWARDSHIP OF DIGITAL ASSETS

December 5-6, 2006
The Marriott University Park Hotel
Tucson, Arizona

LEARN ABOUT EVOLVING BEST PRACTICES FOR DIGITAL PRESERVATION
FROM LEADING EXPERTS IN THE FIELD:

Priscilla Caplan, Florida Center for Library Automation
Tom Clareson, PALINET
Paul Conway, University of Michigan
Robin Dale, RLG - Programs, OCLC Office of Programs & Research
Clifford Lynch, Coalition for Networked Information
Richard Pearce-Moses, Arizona State Library & Archives
Katherine Skinner, Emory University
Robert P. Spindler, Arizona State University Libraries
Simon Tanner, King's College London
Helen R. Tibbo, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elizabeth Yakel, University of Michigan

TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
Preservation in the age of Google, use requirements and user needs, metadata 
for preservation, assessing risks for digital collections, and stewardship 
of digital assets in the twenty-first century.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:  Friday, November 10, 2006

CONFERENCE COST:  $325

For complete conference information and to register online, visit NEDCC's 
Web site: www.nedcc.org

This conference is co-sponsored by Amigos Library Services; Arizona State 
Library, Archives and Public Records; Balboa Art Conservation Center; and 
OCLC Western Service Center.

Partial funding of this conference is provided by the Institute of Museum 
and Library Services. NEDCC gratefully acknowledges support for its field 
service activities by the National Endowment for the Humanities.