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May 2012  289 C&RL News

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

Digital Dilemma 2
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and 
Sciences (AMPAS) and the National Digital 
Information Infrastructure and Preserva-
tion Program (NDIIPP) have published 
The Digital Dilemma 2. In 2007 AMPAS 
published The Digital Dilemma to explain 
the challenges inherent in preserving digital 
motion pictures created by the major Hol-
lywood studios. 

The Digital Dilemma 2 focuses on the 
challenges inherent in preserving digital 
motion pictures created by independent film-
makers and documentarians. This second set 
of challenges is particularly serious because 
approximately 75 percent of theatrically 
released motion pictures are independently 
produced and their producers typically lack 
the resources of major studios.

Both reports are available as free PDFs at 
www.oscars.org/science-technology/council 
/projects/digitaldilemma2/index.html.

Personal digital archiving
Digital Preservation at the Library of Congress 
(LC) has mounted guidance for, and resources 
about, hosting a Personal Digital Archiving 
Day. The Web site covers how to plan, or-
ganize, publicize, and run an event for the 
general public that can provide information 
about preserving digital files, photos, videos, 
e-mails, and social media accounts. 

It contains a sample event planning 
checklist, templates for flyers, posters and 
press releases, evaluation forms, handouts, tip 
sheets, readings, and demonstration videos.

For more information, go to www. 
digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving 
/padKit/index.html. To let LC know about a 
Personal Digital Archiving Day you held, send 
an e-mail to ndiipp@loc.gov.

LC preservation internships
The Preservation Directorate at the Library 
of Congress (LC) offers a limited number 
of volunteer opportunities and internships 
in collections conservation or preservation 
administration. These opportunities are suit-
able for gaining additional experience before 
beginning a post-graduate library preservation 
program or to fulfill an internship requirement.

The Preservation Reformatting Division 
at LC offers a volunteer Preservation Digital 
Technology Internship in reformatting seri-
als, books, newspapers, photographs, and 
manuscripts using microphotography and 
digital capture. These internships are suitable 
for library science and information technol-
ogy students, graduates, and post-graduates 
to gain additional experience or to fulfill an 
internship requirement.

Either type of volunteer opportunity or 
internship can be full or part-time (but a mini-
mum of 200 hours is generally required) and 
can last from six weeks to six months. There 
is no stipend or compensation. Applications 
are accepted at any time.

For more information, contact Mary Oey, 
preservation education specialist at LC; e-
mail: moey@loc.gov; phone: (202) 707-8345.

Digital prints workshop
The Foundation of the American Institute for 
Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works 
(AIC) and the Museum of Fine Arts Boston 
will present “Identification of Digital Prints: A 
Collaborative Workshop in Photograph Con-
servation” on October 29–November 2, 2012, 
in Boston. This workshop is designed to give 
mid-career conservators an understanding of 
the nature of digital printing, its use in art, and 
the techniques for its preservation.

The registration fee is $500 for AIC mem-
bers and $700 for nonmembers. Enrollment is 
limited to 14, and the application deadline is 
June 1. For more information, go to www.con-
servation-us.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.
viewpage&pageid=1603. 

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