Digital Preservation Planning: Where were You, Where are You, and Where do You Want to Be? (Kathryn Michaelis, Emory University Libraries)Digital preservation planning requires periodic assessment and updating of needs, workflows, and environments. We will discuss practical strategies for evolving your institution’s digital preservation program as collections expand, and we will explore some foundational practices that will make scaling up or pivoting a digital preservation program simpler in the long run.
Kathryn Michaelis is the Digital Preservation Program Manager at Emory University Libraries. She has previously worked at Georgia State University and the University of Mississippi. Kathryn earned an M.S. in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is an active member of the National Digital Stewardship Alliance and the Academic Preservation Trust (APTrust).
Making It Work: Practical Digital Preservation for Small-to-Medium Academic Libraries (Josh Hogan, Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library) This presentation will provide a very brief overview of the Digital Preservation program at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, a medium-sized academic library serving four HBCUs. This program was developed by a collaborative team assembled from across the library and involving the IT department. Drawing on the team’s experience and activities, the presentation will discuss challenges faced, solutions discovered, and lessons learned. The presenter will also discuss practical advice and tips for building an appropriate and sustainable Digital Preservation program for smaller academic libraries.
Josh Hogan is the Assistant Head of the Digital Services Department at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library. In this role, he is heavily involved with the library’s digital preservation and web archiving efforts. Prior positions include Metadata Librarian, Manuscript Archivist, and Instruction Librarian.