Slides from Brad's Personal Digital Archiving proposal from SWAG's May 2014 meeting

1. PERSONAL DIGITAL
ARCHIVING
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND (ATTEMPTED) ANSWERS

2. WHAT IS PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVING?
• Reframing online presence as
archival materials
• Advising on best practices for
selection and preservation
• Assisting with digitizing,
metadata, etc.

3. WHY PERSONAL DIGITAL ARCHIVING?
• Encourage preparation of
“manuscript” materials for
archives
• Raise awareness of digital
issues
• Promote library/archives as a
community resource!
…Plus it’s my ALI project.

4. WHO ARE THE KEY PLAYERS?
• The facilitators:
• You, the archivists
• Library staff in related fields
• Volunteer staff
• The audience(s):
• Your institutional community
• The general public
• ???

5. WHEN IS ALL THIS HAPPENING?
• Depends on a number of
factors:
• Smaller local events vs. multi-
institution
• Informational vs. Instructional
focus
• Outside experts for speakers?
• Level of advertising/advocacy
• Simpler will happen sooner!
• Aiming for a Sept/Oct UWM

6. HOW CAN I GET INVOLVED?
• Join the planning committee
• Formality of which TBD
• Suggest some subject
experts/interested parties
• Host an event at your own
institution
• Suggest some topics!

7. WHERE CAN I GET MORE INFO?
• NDSA Personal Digital Archiving Site:
• http://digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/
• Paradigm Project guidelines for creators of personal archives:
• http://www.paradigm.ac.uk/workbook/appendices/guidelines.html
• Personal Digital Archives Conference 2014:
• http://visions.indstate.edu/pda2014/

8. OTHER QUESTIONS?