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Extending the Reach of Digital Preservation Practice

DigCurV 2013Mary MolinaroUniversity of Kentucky Libraries

or…how do you know what you don’t know?

+Scenario

+Scenario

Good collections – interesting things

Creating images

Link to website from Facebook

Webpage with digital content linked

+So what is the problem???

How are the images scanned? Do practices adhere to standards?

How are they preserving the digital content?

How will this be sustainable?

You don’t know what you don’t know…

University of Kentucky William T Young Library

Library of Congress

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Greene County Historical Society

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+Framing the Problem

Conversations among digital preservation community members

Library of Congress engaged in the conversations

Needs assessment survey

+The survey

868 Respondents

Libraries -40%Archives - 34%Museums - 16%Historical So-cieties - 4.5%Research Groups - ,9%

+The Survey

868 Respondents

Academic Institu-tions - 48.3%

County/Municipal Gov't - 9.6%

Fed Gov't - 7.7%

State Gov't - 6.7%

Other - 25.5%

+What they want…

In person, hands on workshops

Small workshops near home

Half day to one day

+The challenge

How do you get practical training to people close to home when it will be most

useful for them?

+Digital Preservation Outreach and Education (DPOE) Mission

To foster national outreach and education about digital

preservation by building a collaborative network of

instructors and partners to provide training to individuals and organizations seeking to

preserve their digital content.

+Challenges Facing Digital Preservation

Lack of awareness

Lack of organizational policy and planning

Limited educational resources

Lack of funding

+Baseline DPOE Curriculum

Identify - what digital content do you have?

Select - what portion of that content will be preserved?

Store - what issues are there for long term storage?

Protect - what steps are needed to protect your digital content?

Manage - what provisions are needed for long-term management?

Provide - what considerations are there for long-term access?

+Managing Content Over Time

+Overall DPOE Activities

1: Define Education Needs

2: Review Existing Curricula

3: Promote Core Principles

4: Grow Trainer Base

5: Evaluate Delivery Options

6: Develop Outreach Materials

7: Promote Digital Preservation Education Opportunities

+1. Define Educational Needs

84% report that it is important or very important for digital content to remain accessible for 10+ years

Only 33% report they have full time or part-time staff dedicated to digital preservation.

+2. Review Existing Curricula

+3. Promote Core Principles

Audience

Content

Instructors

Events

+4. Growing the Trainer Base

+Regional Networks

+Level of Trainers

Topical – knowledgeable about a specific topic

Utility – able to present on multiple topics

Anchor – able to organize and manage event and lead presenter, able to revise curriculum

+5. Evaluate Delivery Options

Small Workshop,

In-person focused only on training

Large Workshop, in-person with opportunities for networking

Online webinar

Online self paced course

+6. Develop Outreach Materials

+ Event/Training Planning Guide

+Curriculum Topic Sheets

+7. Promote Training Opportunities

+Target Audiences

+Impact

“The course content was very practical – I was immediately able to think of ways in which it applies to my current job…I also appreciated that the course didn’t try to cover too much ground, rather it focused on small steps that can actually make a difference.”

SUCCESS!

+In summary…

Encourage good practice

Raise awareness

Develop a national network with a mix of all roles

Bring basic training to wherever it needs to be

+In summary…

Collaborate with training providers

Build, evolve, strengthen accessible curriculum

Promote shared community events using calendar

Questions and Discussion

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