Persistence of Memory

I’ll bet you all thought I died.  Not yet!  The month of December got away from me completely.  If anyone suggests going to a conference in December I recommend against it!!!

The conference was great and I had fun with Becky Simmons, RIT archivist, and folks I met there.  It was “Persistence of Memory: Sustaining digital collections.” put on in Chicago by NEDCC.

There was much too much for me to share in this blog so I’ll give you some quotes and recommend such conferences.

Paul Conway, U of Mich

• It’s the end of preservation as we know it, and I feel fine.
• The death of the microfilm industry in near.

Bernard Reilly, Center for Research Libraries

• Diversification: how many ways can the same content be “sold”

Simon Tanner, King’s College London

• · Goal: to make our institution feel like the Wichita Lineman: “I want you more than need you, and I need you for all time.”

David Liroff, Public Service Media

• · “If you continue to play by the old rules you will fail…but the new rules haven’t been written.”

• · “If humans are achieving global consciousness, we are it’s memory”

I’ll try be be more blog regular in the new year.  Have a great year!!

Persistence of Memory Conference

I’m planning on attending the Persistence of Memory Conference in December. It is in Chicago and presented by th Northeast Document Conservation Center. It sounds like it will be right on target for those things I chew on when I can’t sleep. What to do about all those VHS and 3/4in tapes, audio, stuff born digital, converted to digital… How are we going to make sure they won’t just going to disappear down a black hole?

Any of you planning on attending? I’ve reserved a room, I could change it to a double if someone wants to share!