The Association of Southeastern Research Libraries is hosting a series of webinars on Digital Preservation in April. You are invited to join colleagues in Ellis 4F51A to view them.
Preservation Planning and Overview of PREMIS for Beginners
Tuesday, April 2, 10:00-11:00 am
Ellis 4F51A
Topics:
* Formulating a digital preservation plan
* What to consider during planning and first steps for implementation
* Basic introduction to PREMIS, the Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata
Forbearing the Digital Dark Age: Capturing Metadata for Digital Objects
Tuesday, April 9, 10:00-11:00 am
Ellis 4F51A
Topics:
* Metadata for digital photos, documents, audio-video, tabular data, and GIS data
* Categories of metadata, metadata standards, metadata capture strategies, and metadata software tools
Management of Incoming Born-Digital Special Collections
Tuesday, April 16, 10:00-11:00 am
Ellis 4F51A
Topics:
* Getting started with managing born-digital archives
* Assessing collection
* Developing a management plan
* Putting basic policies in place
* Setting up an accessioning workflow
Using FITS to Identify File Formats and Extract Metadata
Tuesday, April 30, 10:00-11:00 am
Ellis 4F51A
Topics:
* Introduction to file formats and technical metadata
* Demo of the File Information Tool Set (FITS)