In early November 2018 I was fortunate to be able to keynote an excellent meeting in Montreal focusing on developments in digital preservation strategy across Canada. The report from this meeting is now available at:
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AtRN2_report_EN.pdf
or in French at
http://www.carl-abrc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/AtRN2_rapport_FR.pdf
Below I reproduce a short announcement providing a bit more information on the meeting
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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Thursday, March 28, 2019. – The @Risk North 2: Digital Collections forum held last November provided a crucial opportunity for stakeholders across Canada to discuss investments and capacity for digital preservation initiatives in Canada’s memory institutions. The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Qué bec (BAnQ), and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) are pleased to announce the release of a report that presents the themes and outcomes from this event. This Report provides a critical overview of the topics discussed and opportunities identified to further strengthen Canada’s digital preservation capacity and initiatives.
Attendees and presenters at @Risk North 2 included representatives from libraries, archives, museums, and community organizations, whose presentations and insights brought to the forefront the need for increased resources and collaboration to sustain a small but active community of practitioners. Key themes ranged from the inherent changing nature of archiving in this digital age to assessing and defining acceptable risk when working with digital collections.
CARL’s Digital Preservation Working Group – a multi-stakeholder group with representation from BAnQ, the Canadian Council of Archives, Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL), CRKN, LAC, Scholars Portal / Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL), CARL, and several Canadian research libraries – looks forward to advancing the recommendations from this forum.
