"DIGITAL DEMANDS: PRESERVATION AND ACCESS ISSUES"
Statewide Teleconference on Digital Technology
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Wednesday, August 12, 1998 7-9:30 PM
(Using C-band satellite, Galaxy 6 [G6], transponder
11)
I. INTRODUCTION (by Fran D. Westcott, NC Agency for Public Telecommunications)
- 5 minutes
II. DIGITAL DEMANDS: OVERVIEW (by Rhoda Channing, Director, Wake
Forest University Library) - 10 minutes
III. ISSUES IN ELECTRONIC FILE MANAGEMENT (by Drusilla Simpson, Information
Systems Archivist, NC Division of Archives and History) - 18 minutes
*Lifecycles of records - developing reformatting strategies
*Standards - how to find and implement emerging standards
*File management issues we all face
*Questions to ask vendors
IV. GUIDELINES AND INDEXING STANDARDS: THE LAW, ACCESS, AND LEGALITY
(by Lee Mandell, Director of Research, NC League of Municipalities) - 15
minutes
*Public databases
*Legal exigencies
*Access and copying
V. THE WORLD WIDE WEB AND PUBLIC HISTORICAL RECORDS (by Paul Jones,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) - 18 minutes
*Records become publications - implications
*Public records become wrapped, annotated, and recontextualized by
private providers
*How to provide authenticity, authority, and context
*Quality - what is it and how to provide it
*Searching and retrieval
*Preservation - link rot, format rot, and media rot
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VI. BRIEF COMMENTS (Fran Westcott) - 1 minute
VII. SUMMARY OF FIRST HOUR (Rhoda Channing) - 3 minutes
VIII. INTRODUCING THE INTERACTIVE SEGMENT (Fran Westcott) - 1 minute
IX. OPEN LINE INTERACTION - Question and Answer Period - 72 minutes
(An "800" telephone number will appear on the screen;
participants are invited to call in with questions)
(A website,
with bibliography, audiovisuals, and other
background on this conference will be available)
(THE TELECONFERENCE WILL END AT 9:30 PM; videocassettes
will be made available at a nominal fee)
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT BOYD D. CATHEY, NC DIVISION OF
ARCHIVES AND HISTORY, 109 E. JONES STREET, RALEIGH, NC 27601; TEL. (919)
733-3952; E-MAIL: bcathey@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us