Invited Talk given to the Iowa Writer's Workshop in April 2016

1. 4.Fileformat
Proprietary
Standard
3.Digital
Preservation
Not saved
Original format,
original device
Migrated to
current, widespread
technology
5.Security
Personal device
Cloud
Offsite hard drive
1.Copyright
You created
this content
You did not
create this
content
7.Privacy
Family
Colleagues
2.Physical
Preservation
High
temperature,
humidity, light
Low
temperature,
humidity, light
6.
Organization
I’m not organized
I have a system
8.Privacy
management
Permissions
Restrictions
Deposit Timing
Not your
copyright
The Most Valuable Thing You Own:
What to consider when compiling your literary collection
Your
copyright

2. Resources:
How to learn more about preserving your literary collection
Copyright
• U.S. Copyright Office: http://www.copyright.gov/
• University of Iowa’s Copyright LibGuide: http://guides.lib.uiowa.edu/copyright
• Public Domain: http://copyright.cornell.edu/resources/publicdomain.cfm
Physical Preservation
• Mary Lynn Ritzenthaler, Preserving Archives and Manuscripts, Second edition, Chicago, IL: Society of American Archivists, 2010.
• Library of Congress, Care, Handling, and Storage of Works on Paper: http://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/paper.html
Digital Preservation
• Library of Congress, Digital Preservation: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/
• Library of Congress, Personal Digital Archiving: http://goo.gl/pZu87N
• Digital Preservation Network: http://dpn.org/
• Proprietary vs. Industry Standard file types: https://www.asdk12.org/staff/tryon_peter/pages/a_officePrograms/fileTypes.htm
Organization
• Theodore R. Schellenberg, Principles of Arrangement, National Archives Staff Information Paper No. 18 (1951): http://goo.gl/iu7oDi
• Jefferson Bailey, “Disrespect des Fonds: Rethinking Arrangement and Description in Born Digital Archives,” Archive Journal Issue 3 (Summer
2013), http://goo.gl/rBWLdK
• Kathleen di Roe, Arranging and Describing Archives and Manuscripts, Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005.
Privacy & Privacy Management
• Sara S. Hodson, Jackie Esposito, Privacy: A Selected Bibliography, Society of American Archivists (1995): http://goo.gl/Dbd4T6
• Sara S. Hodson, “In Secret Kept, In Silence Sealed: Privacy in the Papers of Authors and Celebrities,” American Archivist 67 (Fall/Winter 2004),
194-211.