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ARL Endorses Digitization as an Acceptable Preservation Reformatting Option

Home / Project Briefing Pages / CNI Fall 2004 Project Briefings / ARL Endorses Digitization as an Acceptable Preservation Reformatting Option

December 3, 2004

William A. Gosling
ARL Preservation Committee
University Librarian
University of Michigan

Sherry Byrne
Preservation Librarian
University of Chicago

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has endorsed digitization as an accepted preservation reformatting option for a range of materials. This endorsement is a result of the work of the ARL Preservation Committee. William Gosling, University Librarian at the University of Michigan and Chair of the ARL Preservation Committee will lead an interactive discussion about the Committee’s work. Staff at the University of Chicago and the University of Michigan developed a position paper entitled, “Recognizing Digitization as Preservation Reformatting Method” <http://www.arl.org/preserv/digit_final.html>. This paper invites us, as a community, to revisit our practices, compare our viewpoints, assess impacts, and develop a consensus regarding the use of digitization as one of several reformatting options to preserve and provide access to library resources. It is the goal of this session to further this discussion and continue building consensus around this important issue.

Handout (Word document)

http://www.arl.org/preserv/digit_final.html

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Filed Under: CNI Fall 2004 Project Briefings, Digital Curation, Digital Preservation, Special Collections
Tagged With: CNI2004fall, Project Briefings & Plenary Sessions

Last updated:  Tuesday, April 30th, 2013

 

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