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C&RL News December 2011  700

Jane Hedberg is senior preservation program officer 
at Harvard University Library, e-mail: jane_hedberg@
harvard.edu; fax: (617) 496-8344

IPI digital print workshop
The Image Permanence Institute (IPI) at the 
Rochester Institute of Technology will con-
duct a workshop, “Aesthetics, Craft, and Care 
of the Fine Art Digital Print,” from July 30 to 
August 3, 2012, in Rochester, New York. This 
five-day workshop is intended to provide a 
basic introduction to all aspects of digital 
prints and will cover the history and applica-
tion of digital print technologies, the fine art 
ink jet printing process, color management 
theory, calibration of monitors and printers, 
the effects of different software settings and 
imaging workflows on the quality of digital 
prints, and digital print identification. This ba-
sic understanding will provide the underpin-
ning for recommended handling, enclosure, 
display, and storage techniques. The instruc-
tors are Ryan Boatright and Caroline Barcella 
of the Atelier Boba in Paris, France. Presenters 
include Jim Reilly and Doug Nishimura of IPI.

The workshop costs $1,595, which covers 
course materials, lunches and breaks, but not 
travel and housing. Class size is limited to 
15 participants. For more information, go to 
https://www.imagepermanenceinstitute.org 
/imaging/fine-art-digital-print-workshop.

IU media blog
The Indiana University Bloomington (IU) Me-
dia Preservation Initiative (MPI) has launched 
a blog about its progress toward preserving 
IU nonprint media holdings. The initiative is 
building on two reports that identified the 
preservation challenges and possible solu-
tions, Media Preservation Survey (published 
in 2009) and Meeting the Challenge of Media 
Preservation: Strategies and Solutions (pub-
lished in 2011). The blog currently describes 
the MPI organization and recent activities.

To access the blog go to http:// 
mediapreservation.wordpress.com/.

Preserving digitized books
Portico, a digital preservation service pro-
vided by ITHAKA, and the Cornell Univer-
sity Library have published Preservation of 
Digitized Books and Other Digital Content 
Held by Cultural Heritage Organizations. 
The 72-page report is the result of a grant 
from “Advancing Knowledge: The IMLS/
NEH Digital Partnership” to determine if the 
steps we are taking to protect our digital 
content are sufficient. Portico and Cornell 
analyzed prior reports and interviewed 
staff at organizations involved in creation 
of digital content. 

Some major themes emerged from the 
research: partnerships to create digital content 
are common, access to high-resolution master 
files is not usually straightforward, connection 
of metadata to master files can be tenuous, 
content management processes and controls 
are often weak, and organizations often do 
not have digital content sustainability plans 
in place. 

The report goes on to offer advice for pre-
preservation analysis and planning, imple-
mentation of backup and byte-replication, 
and digital preservation, along with a refer-
ence model for an Open Archival Information 
System, a management model for cultural 
heritage organizations, and implementation 
choices.

The report is available as a free PDF 
at www.portico.org/digital-preservation 
/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/NEH-IMLS-D 
-book-model.pdf.

Viewshare.org
The Library of Congress (LC) announced a 
new domain name for its instance of open 
source Recollection software. The new site 
incorporates additional functionality and re-
flects an increasing commitment by LC to this 
platform for providing customizable access to 
local digital content.

For more information, go to http:// 
viewshare.org/. 

P r e s e r v a t i o n  N e w sJane Hedberg