The Preservation Administrators Interest Group (PAIG)
Saturday, January 9th, 8:30 – 11:30am.
Co-Chairs : Laura McCann & Kate Contakos
Location: Boston Convention & Exhibit Center Room 160AB
Schedule:
8:30 – 8:35 – Welcome
8:35 – 8:45 - Annie Peterson -Preservation Services Librarian, Lyrasis – PARS Chair Report
8:45 – 9:00 - Jeanne Drewes - Chief, Binding & Collections Care Division/ Deacidification Program; Acting Director, Preservation Directorate – Update from the Library of Congress
& Report on Standards
9:00 – 10:00 Digital Preservation Projects and Initiatives
Project Updates from the National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) Program in Boston
Alexandra Curran, Jeffrey Erickson, Alice Prael, Stefanie Ramsay, Julie Seifert- National Digital Stewardship Residents
Dodging the Memory Hole: Saving News (Savenews.org)
Liz Bishoff - owner and principal consultant for The Bishoff Group -
Discussion/Questions
10:00 – 10:10 Break
10:10 – 10:25 - Highlighting Local Preservation Initiatives: Boston Area
Outreach at the Boston Athenæum
Dawn Walus - Chief Conservator at the Boston Athenæum
The Medford Historical Society Civil War Photographs Digitization Project
Jay Hurd - Educator/Interpreter - Concord Museum
10:25 – 11:25 Disaster Preparedness & Response Initiatives
The Current State of Cultural Heritage Emergency Networks
Lori Foley- Emergency Management Specialist - FEMA/Smithsonian Institution
Outreach for Emergency Preparedness: Harvard Library’s Reactive and Proactive Strategies
Priscilla Anderson and Theresa Smith - Harvard Library Preservation Services
Discussion
11:25 – 11:30 Announcements
Kate Contakos: PAIG is seeking a new co-chair for 2017