Wednesday, June 10, 2020

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Caring for Originals During Digitization Projects

Are you planning a digitization project at your institution? Have you considered the implications of such a project on the physical materials that you will be digitizing? It is important that strategies for preserving originals be included in planning digitization projects. This class explores the ways digitization provides an opportunity to stabilize, re-house and repair materials being digitized. We will discuss care and handling techniques to ensure that the original objects are not damaged during the digitization process. This class will discuss selecting equipment and setting up spaces for digitization with the physical preservation of originals in mind.

Presenter: Annie Peterson

Annie Peterson is Preservation Services Librarian at LYRASIS. Before joining LYRASIS, Annie Peterson was the Preservation Librarian for the Howard-Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane University. She has an MLIS from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She has a range of experience in preservation and conservation that provides a strong base for helping the archives, historical societies, libraries and museums that we reach through LYRASIS digital and preservation services. In 2016 Annie was awarded the Esther J. Piercy Award from ALCTS, an award that is given to recognize the contribution to areas of librarianship included in library collections and technical service by a librarian who has shown outstanding promise for continuing contribution and leadership.