MAY 2007 - NATIONAL PRESERVATION MONTH
Living in a City of Bits
digital preservation of our cultural heritage

May 18, 2007
UNCA's Ramsey Library
Whitman Room
9:15am - 1:00pm
Free (please RSVP hwykle@unca.edu)

PROGRAM
9:00-9:30 Morning refreshments
9:30 Welcome - Jim Kuhlman, Director
9:35 Introduction - Helen Wykle, Special Collections
9:40 Kevin Cherry - NC ECHO
10:30 Break and Luke Withrow - Hands-on Demonstration
11:00 Paul Jones - IBIBLIO -- presentation wiki
12:00-1:00 Panel Discussion - Questions
Brandy Bourne - Web Services Librarian, D. H. Ramsey Library - presentation
    Jeff Brown - Information Technology Services User Support Manager
Neil Thomas - GIS Specialist and Developer
Norah Sinclair - Instructional Technology Facilitator, Asheville City Schools
Mark Sidelnick - Education Dept., UNCA
Sarah Judson - History Dept., UNCA
Bryan Sinclair - Associate University Librarian for Public Services, D.H. Ramsey Library (Moderator)
Luke Withrow -
Technology Support Analyst, D.H. Ramsey Library

HISTORY
HAPPENS
HERE

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NC Department of Cultural Resources: History Happens Here (including podcasts) »

This digital preservation management workshop will address those who intend or who think they may be inclined to implement a digital preservation program at their library, cultural institution, archive, history society, city planning office, or other cultural institution. Kevin Cherry, Chair of the state NC ECHO advisory board will discuss the state-wide digitization project and Paul Jones, creator of the UNC Chapel Hill IBIBLIO site --- "the largest 'collection of collections' on the Internet," will discuss management, content, and preservation issues related to this ambitious North Carolina digitization project. The workshop will include a hands-on demonstration of new technology and software and a panel of experts including an educator, media center coordinator, historian, web designer, and GIS developer, who will lead a public discussion of local questions, issues, and concerns and will share their personal experiences with digitized local cultural heritage materials. The workshop is intended to provide a forum to stimulate conversation and critical awareness of the technological realm that is now charged with preserving and recording our physical context. It is hoped that this workshop will offer practical advice for those responsible for the oversight of the growing body of digital information.
7 May 2007