Program Schedule

Managing the Intangible: Creating, Storing and Retrieving Digital Surrogates of Historical Materials

Monday, April 30

Welcome and Opening Remarks

• Professor Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States
   
• Dr. Michael J. Kurtz; National Archives, Assistant Archivist, Office of Records Services, Washington, DC, NARA
   
• Doris Hamburg; National Archives, Director, Preservation Programs NARA
   

Keynote Address

Managing the Intangible:

• Steven Puglia, Preservation and Imaging Specialist, Special Media Preservation Laboratory, NARA View Presentation

Project Planning

Criteria for Funding Digital Programs:

• Joyce Ray, Associate Deputy Director for Library Services, Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) View Presentation
• Charles Kolb, Senior Program Officer, Division of Preservation and Access, National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) View Presentation
• Lucy Barber, Director for Technology Initiatives, National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), NARA

Infrastructure to Support Digital Preservation Programs:

• Linda Tadic, Director of Operations, ARTstor View Presentation

Lunch

Digitizing Fundamentals

Creation and Purpose of the Digital Surrogate:

• Jim Lindner, Director, Media Matters View Presentation

Quality Assessment of the Digital Surrogate:

• Chris Lacinak, Adjunct Professor, New York University, Moving Image Archive and Preservation Program
  View Presentation 1 | View Presentation 2 | View Presentation 3

NARA's Electronic Records Archive

• Lee Stang, National Archives, Electronic Records Archives (ERA)
  View Presentation

Digital Preservation Programs and Organizational Change

• Pierre Gamache, Director General, Care of Collection, Library and Archives of Canada View Presentation

Reception at the Marriott Inn and Conference Center

Tuesday, May 1

Static Imaging

Presentation of Case Studies and Panel Discussion:

Moderated by Kevin DeVorsey, Preservation Projects Officer, Preservation Programs, NARA

• Phil Michel, Digital Conversion Specialist, Library of Congress View Presentation
• Alan Newman, Chief of Digital Imaging and Visual Services, National Gallery of Art View Presentation
• Stephanie Ogeneski, Digital Imaging Specialist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution View Presentation
• Quentin Olson, Information Technology Manager, Special Media Preservation Laboratory, NARA
• Jeff Reed, Supervisory Preservation Imaging Specialist (Photography), Special Media Preservation Laboratory, NARA
• Linda Tadic, Director of Operations, ARTstor View Presentation

Panel Discussion

Dynamic Media:

Moderated by Leslie Waffen, Chief of Motion Picture, Sound and Video Branch, NARA

• Sarah Cunningham, Audio Preservation Specialist, Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, NARA
• Michael Hamilton, Supervisory Audiovisual Specialist, Nixon Presidential Materials Project, NARA
• Criss Kovac, Supervisory Motion Picture Preservation Specialist, Special Media Preservation Laboratory, NARA
• Chris Lacinak, Independent Consultant and Adjunct Professor, New York University, Moving Image Archive and Preservation Program
• Jason Love, Supervisory Audio-Video Preservation Specialist, Special Media Preservation Laboratory, NARA
• Greg Lukow, Chief of Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress View Presentation
• Kate Murray, Audiovisual Archivist, Archives and Manuscripts, Hornbake Library, University of Maryland View Presentation
• Quentin Olson, Information Technology Manager, Special Media Preservation Laboratory, NARA

Conclusion of Conference

Exhibitors