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C&RL News January 2012  50

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

Digital conference
The Northeast Document Conservation Center 
(NEDCC) will present “Digital Directions—
New Foundations: Creation, Curation, Use” 
June 13–15, 2012, in Boston. 

The three-day conference is the latest in-
stallment in the series that began in 1996 as 
“School for Scanning.” Keynote sessions will 
examine the past and future of digital collec-
tions care. Foundation sessions will review 
tools and technologies. Focus sessions will 
explore standards, best practices, workflows, 
and interfaces. The conference will also 
provide opportunities for networking and a 
showcase for vendors.

As of this writing (and may be subject to 
change), the conference registration is $625 
until March 15, $655 from March 16 to May 
15, and $685 through June 1. For more infor-
mation or to register, go to www.nedcc.org 
/eblasts/DD2012.html.

Data curation report
The Center for Informatics Research in Science and 
Scholarship has prepared a final report about the 
Data Curation Research Summit held December 
9, 2010, in Chicago. The Institute of Museum and 
Library Services (IMLS) sponsored the summit to 
build awareness of current research projects and 
problems, advance scholarship and practice in the 
curation of research data, and foster collaborations 
among researchers. 

The 25-page report provides a synopsis of 
the presentations and the group discussions. It 
also summarizes the themes that emerged dur-
ing the summit, including library and archival 
foundational concepts, data representation and 
interoperability, scientific data practices, gov-
ernance and policy, and trust and publishing. 

Clifford Lynch of the Coalition for Net-
worked Information made the closing ob-
servations.

The report is available free-of-charge as a 
pdf or Word document at http://www.ideals.
illinois.edu/handle/2142/28355.

AV artifacts
The Stanford Media Preservation Lab, New 
York University, and the Bay Area Video 
Coalition have created a wiki called the “AV 
Artifact Atlas.”

The reference guide contains terminology, 
explanations, and examples of problems 
encountered in playback and reformatting 
of audio and video content. It is intended 
to help with the diagnosis and solution of 
technical problems.

The wiki is accessible at http://preserva-
tion.bavc.org/artivactatlas/. Contributors are 
welcome and may send content or comments 
to avaa-contact@lists.stanford.edu.

NEDCC Webinars
NEDCC will offer a series of collection care 
Webinars in winter and spring 2012. “Environ-
mental Control and Monitoring” will be held 
January 26, “Collections Security” February 
7, “Mold Outbreaks and How to Cope with 
Them” February 28, “Care and Handling of 
Paper-Based Materials” March 15, “Care and 
Handling of Oversize Paper Artifacts” March 
27, Care and Handling of Multimedia Col-
lections” April 5, and “Risk Assessment for 
Disaster Planning” April 17. In addition, there 
will be two free Webinars, “Writing Your NEH 
Preservation Assistance Grant” March 22 and 
“Disaster Planning” May 1. Each Webinar runs 
from 2:00-4:00 p.m. EST.

The Webinars cost $95 each, unless 
otherwise indicated. For more informa-
tion or to register, go to www.nedcc.org 
/education/training.calendar.php. 

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