VRA Conference Minneapolis 2024

Practicing digital preservation in a mindful way is critical for institutions to ensure that they are safeguarding their digital assets for future generations of researchers. Being “mindful” includes creating institutional policies around digital preservation that identify what should be preserved, why, and where. These policies should inform staff practices and workflows, including those concerning digitization and access. However, policies and practices can vary greatly across institutions due to differences in institutional priorities, resources such as staff availability and knowledge, and type of digital assets an institution holds.

Through a series of 7-minute lightning talks, session attendees will learn about different strategies that a variety of institutions have taken to advocate for, craft, and implement digital preservation policies and/or practices, and the successes and challenges of digital preservation endeavors. Talks featured in this session include both large and small institutions at various points in their digital preservation journey.

Summer Shetenhelm, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Kendall Aughenbaugh, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
Scott Kirycki, University of Notre Dame
Ellen LeClere, Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University
Grant Mandarino, Providence Archives