The Tectonics of Digital Curation Symposium - May 25-26, at MIT, Camrbidge, MA - Join us

["Julie Martin" <jmartin@xxxxxxxxx>]

ATTN: DIGITAL-COPYRIGHT DISCUSSION GROUP -

At the session on Copyright and Intellectual Property, Peter Hirtle of
Cornell University explores what legal protections for digital
preservation currently exist in the law, and what may be reasonable
risks for curatorial institutions to assume as they work to save our
digital heritage.



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JOIN US AT THE NORTHEAST DOCUMENT CONSERVATION CENTER'S

NEWEST DIGITAL EDUCATION PROGRAM

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THE TECTONICS OF DIGITAL CURATION:

A Symposium on the Shifting Preservation and Access Landscape



MAY 25-26, 2010

The Ray and Maria Stata Center

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Cambridge, MA



PRESENTED BY the Northeast Document Conservation Center



HOSTED BY the MIT Libraries



THE TECTONICS OF DIGITAL CURATION explores the sustainability of
cultural collections created for and maintained on the Web. At this
two-day symposium, a diverse faculty of national experts will examine
the forces at play in our increasingly networked society.



TOPICS WILL INCLUDE: divergence and complexity in information
networking; digital preservation repositories; electronic copyright and
intellectual property; collaborative and commercial preservation models;
digital archiving strategies; open access to scholarly communication;
the networked self; preservation of CAD models; and preservation of
community-built digital creations (electronic games).



WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Librarians, archivists, museum professionals, IT professionals, CIOs,
administrators, corporate records & archives managers, scientists,
architects, and scholars - any decision-maker responsible for creating,
managing, or preserving digital resources that are accessed via
networked systems



COST: $325; students: $275

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 14, 2010



FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER: Visit www.nedcc.org



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