The 12th annual Best Practice Exchange (BPE) was hosted by The Edward M. Kennedy Institute, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, the State Library of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Archives on November 6-8, 2017. The theme for the 2017 conference was Balancing Preservation and Engagement.
Presentations
Connecticut Digital Archive: Implementation at the Connecticut State Library; Allen Ramsey, Assistant State Archivist, Connecticut State Library
The Digitization Dash: The Push to Digitize Government Records and How You Can Help Now; Allen Ramsey, Assistant State Archivist, Connecticut State Library
Just Drop the Keys to the Server On Your Way Out the Door; Tyler Cline, Digital Archivist, University of North Carolina Charlotte
Navigating Divergent Workflows for Digital Records at a University Archives; Valerie Collins, Digital Repositories and Records Archivist, University of Minnesota
Survey Results from Recent National Digital Stewardship Alliance Projects; Carol Kussmann, Digital Preservation Analyst, University of Minnesota Libraries
Transforming Online Mail with Embedded Semantics (TOMES); Camille Tyndall Watson, Digital Services Section Head, State Archives of North Carolina
Program Committee
- Alix Quan, State Library of Massachusetts, co-chair
- Veronica Martzahl, Massachusetts Archives, co-chair
- Beth Shields, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Bonnie Weddle, New York State Archives
- Christian Skipper, Maryland State Archives
- Dorothy A. Davis, Alabama Division of Archives and History
- Jim Kammerer, Montana State Library
- Kelly Eubank, State Library of North Carolina
- Linda Avetta, Pennsylvania State Archives
- Rae Gifford, Utah State Archives
Sponsors
- Legal Information Preservation Alliance (LIPA)
- LYRASIS
- Minisis, Inc.
- Preservica
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