Hello everyone, Just wanted to announce a course highlight from California Rare Book School that might interest you. This August, from August 6-10 we are offering "Library and Archives Preservation in the Digital Age" taught by Mark S. Roosa. Check out the course description and apply using the application on our website here: http://www.calrbs.org/admissions/
Description: The role of library and archives preservation has changed dramatically since its inception in the 1960s. While cultural institutions continue to provide care for physical objects, they are increasingly seeking ways to make representations of physical collections available to wider audiences via digital platforms. This class examines from a theoretical and practical perspective how preservation programs are responding. Students will critically examine ways in which both traditional and emergent preventive and remedial preservation approaches are being applied to protect and provide sustained access to collections and how these approaches have fostered new collaborations, workflows, and concerns. Through, readings, discussion, site visits to select cultural institutions in the Los Angeles area (the Getty Research Institute, The Huntington Library, The Packard Humanities Center/UCLA Film and Television Archives, UCLA Preservation Center), and presentations by visiting practitioners, students will become familiar with ways in which institutions are managing the preservation of collections; key criteria used for selecting items and collections for digital conversion; and technical approaches used to carry out preservation and conservation work. Topics to be covered include, the role of the conservator and the conservation lab in the digital era; preservation guidelines, standards and approaches for media preservation; preservation guidelines for digital conversion; the role of science in preservation; new directions in preserving sound recordings; environmental management of purpose-built preservation spaces; contracting out for and evaluation of third party preservation services; and strategies and sources for funding preservation activities. Students will also learn how to align preservation concerns with organizational priorities, including methods for gathering and presenting evidence to support development of a well-balanced, sustainable preservation program. Instructor: Mark S. Roosa is Dean of Libraries at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California where he directs libraries on the Malibu campus and throughout the Los Angeles area. Prior to joining Pepperdine, Dr. Roosa was Director for Preservation at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC, where he was responsible for the activities of the Preservation Directorate’s five divisions and two special programs which together provided care for more than 128 million items in a myriad of formats. Prior to moving to Washington, Dr. Roosa served as Chief Preservation Officer at The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California where he directed a program to care for an extensive collection of rare books, manuscripts, photographs and works on paper pertaining to American History and Literature, Western Americana and the History of Science. Before joining the Huntington, Dr. Roosa was Preservation Officer at the University of Delaware Library. During that time he co-authored, Preservation Program Models: a Study Project and Report for the Association for Research Libraries. Dr. Roosa maintains a life-long passion for libraries, research, learning and preservation of the cultural record as embodied in books, films, photographs, sound recordings and other media. Dr. Roosa received his PhD from UCLA in 2015 and holds a bachelor’s degree in Music from the University of Minnesota; his MLIS is from the University of California, Berkeley, and his post graduate certification in preservation administration from Columbia University. In 2006, Mr. Roosa was a UCLA Senior Fellow. Nicole McKeon Project Manager California Rare Book School (CalRBS) Telephone: (310) 794-4138 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
