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Meg Miner

2013

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Shining A Light On The Digital Dark Ages, Meg Miner Sep 2013

Shining A Light On The Digital Dark Ages, Meg Miner

Meg Miner

“What is digital preservation?” “Why should I worry? Storage options are cheap and everywhere!”
This is the spirit of the responses digital preservationists typically hear if not the actual words. Following a year of interviews and investigations, I can attest that our community shares these beliefs. Personal and institutional practices of collecting digital objects often indicate that people are unaware of the fragility of digital media and unconcerned about longevity of access.
IWU is one of five participating institutions researching digital preservation options for small- to medium-sized college and university libraries. Our involvement as part of a two-year National Leadership …

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Digital Data Capture For Small And Mid-Sized Institutions, Lynne Thomas, Meg Miner Aug 2013

Digital Data Capture For Small And Mid-Sized Institutions, Lynne Thomas, Meg Miner

Meg Miner

While many larger institutions are making headway on digital preservation, medium-sized and smaller-sized institutions have struggled to make similar progress. And yet, readiness concerning digital materials is essential as more hard drives and CDs arrive from donors and old media formats become obsolete. This panel describes the strategies that small and medium-sized institutions are implementing as a result of a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Digital POWRR, or, Preserving (digital) Objects with Restricted Resources, involves five Illinois academic institutions investigating campus-wide preservation of digital objects.

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