This much-needed webinar will address how to go about preserving our digital heritage for the future. The Ohio Museums Association will host Caring for Digital Collections: Taking Steps Now to Ensure Future Access.
Date: Monday, September 23, 2024
Time: 10 – 11 a.m. ET
Location: Online
Cost: $10 OMA members; $15 non-members
From OMA: Museums are essential institutions that we trust to steward, preserve, and care for our collective cultural heritage — but the collections and heritage of tomorrow are being created today in digital formats. How can museums ensure that the digital collections they are creating and collecting today continue to be available and accessible in the future?
The simple answer is: Start now. Don’t wait. Whether you are digitizing your physical collections to increase access or creating digital assets in the form of virtual programming, almost all museums have some amount of digital materials that are in need of care and preservation.
Even with a full-time staff of one or two people, there are steps that museums can take to start caring for the valuable digital materials in their collections. This webinar will provide an overview of these initial steps, and will include:
- An overview of digital preservation concepts and challenges
- How to create an inventory to know what digital materials you have
- Basic strategies to protect and preserve digital collections
- Resources to learn more and help you get started
Register here.
Registration deadline is September 20, 2024.
