The National Digital Stewardship Residency

Lauren Work
National Digital Stewardship Resident
PBS

Julia Blase
National Digital Stewardship Resident
The National Security Archive

The National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) is an initiative of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and the Library of Congress to identify and advance the skills of new professionals in the digital stewardship field. The project briefing will open with an overview of the residency, detailing its goal of developing future leaders while addressing emerging challenges in digital stewardship. The residents will then present their individual projects, each of which showcases how the NDSR program is accomplishing its goals. Julia Blase is working with the National Security Archive to analyze current digital asset collections and systems and then to design an improved digital content management strategy for future implementation. Lauren Work is developing selection criteria and creating a digitization workflow for at-risk media at PBS while also working to implement future digital preservation policy changes. The individual presentations will discuss common issues in digital initiatives within cultural heritage institutions, such as the need for any project to be supported by definitive policies for connecting institutional assets to the broader mission in a digital world.

Lauren Work’s Digital Preservation Project Blog:
http://workindigital.wordpress.com/

Julia Blase Digital Preservation Project Blog:
http://jblaseportfolio.wordpress.com/

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