> Hey George-- > Could we get a short ³high points² write-up of this for The Charleston > Report?? Would need by October 10th...sorry. > > Also, maybe this would make a good In the Field report for TCA?? > > Catch you in a minute. > Becky > > The Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries and the University of Colorado at > Boulder are co-sponsoring a lecture by Paul Conway from the School of > Information at the University of Michigan on their IMLS funded research on the > quality and usefulness of preserved digital content done through large scale > digitization projects. Seating is limited so be sure to RSVP if you are > interested. > > Where: University of Colorado at Boulder, UMC 245 (University Memorial Center) > When: Friday, October 7, 2-4pm > Cost: Free > RSVP to: Geri Virtue ([log in to unmask]) > Campus Map: http://www.colorado.edu/campusmap/map.html?bldg=UMC > > > Validating Quality in Large-Scale Book Digitization: Early Research Findings > > Digital archives accept and preserve digital content for long-term use. > Increasingly, stakeholders are creating large-scale digital repositories to > ingest surrogates of archival resources or digitized books whose intellectual > value as surrogates may exceed that of the original sources themselves. > Although digital repository developers have expended significant effort to > establish the trustworthiness of repository procedures and infrastructures, > relatively little attention has been paid to the quality and usefulness of the > preserved content itself. This presentation outlines the design and early > findings from a two-year project that is designed to test measures of quality > for digital content preserved in HathiTrust, a large scale preservation > repository. The presentation concludes with comments on the implications of > assessing archival quality within a digital preservation context. The > collaborative project is supported by a grant from the Institute of Museum and > Library Services. > > > Paul Conway is associate professor in the School of Information at the > University of Michigan. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His > research encompasses the digitization of cultural heritage resources, > particularly photographic archives, the use of digitized resources by experts > in a variety of humanities contexts, and the measurement of image and text > quality in large-scale digitization programs. He has extensive research, > teaching and administrative experience in archives and preservation fields and > has made major contributions over the past 30 years to the literature on > archival users and use, preservation management, and digital imaging > technologies. He has held positions at the National Archives and Records > Administration (1977-87; 1989-92), the Society of American Archivists > (1988-89), Yale University (1992-2001), and Duke University (2001-06). In > 2005, Conway received the American Library Association's Paul Banks and > Carolyn Harris Preservation Award for his contributions to the preservation > field. He is a Fellow of the Society of American Archivists. > > > > George Machovec > Interim Executive Director > Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries > 3801 E. Florida, Suite 515 > Denver, CO 80210 > [log in to unmask] > (303) 759-3399 x.101 > > -- PLEASE NOTE NEW MAILING ADDRESS -- Rebecca Lenzini The Charleston Company 6180 East Warren Avenue * Denver CO * 80222 [log in to unmask] 303-282-9706 Voice 303-886-4621 Mobile 303-282-9743 Fax Email secured by Check Point