California Preservation Program http://calpreservation.org/cpp Helping preserve heritage collections Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:25:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Collaborating on disaster preparedness in Tuolumne County http://calpreservation.org/cpp/348 http://calpreservation.org/cpp/348#comments Thu, 25 Oct 2012 20:29:52 +0000 CPPEditor http://calpreservation.org/cpp/?p=348 The Union Democrat in Sonora, Tuolumne County, ran an article October 24, 2012, on a California Preservation Program workshop for County record keepers, cultural institution officials, and emergency managers on collaborating to improve disaster preparedness and response (Sonora workshop) .

]]> http://calpreservation.org/cpp/348/feed 0 Cunha/Swartzburg Award http://calpreservation.org/cpp/173 http://calpreservation.org/cpp/173#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 22:41:00 +0000 CPPEditor http://calpreservation.org/cpp/?p=173 The California Preservation Program was honored to receive the 2011 George Cunha and Susan Swartzburg
Award for Collaborative Preservation. The award reflects years of work by many people across the State of California and throughout the national preservation community. You can read the full press release from the American Library Association News and Press Center.

The Citation, sponsored by LBI: The Library Binding Institute, and the 2011 Steering Committee at their fall meeting at the California State Library in Sacramento, CA:

 

]]> http://calpreservation.org/cpp/173/feed 0 California Audiovisual Preservation Project http://calpreservation.org/cpp/203 http://calpreservation.org/cpp/203#comments Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:15:35 +0000 CPPEditor http://calpreservation.org/cpp/?p=203 About

In partnership with nineteen libraries and archives listed below, the California Preservation Program is undertaking a one-year (October 2010-September 2011) project to provide digitization and access services for historic California audiovisual recordings to serve as a prototype for an ongoing program. The goal is to develop a sample online database of film, video and audio recordings. The database will provide “glimpses and whispers” of our state’s rich audiovisual heritage with the implication that there is much more to be mined and discovered. We must save our audiovisual heritage before it is too late; historical recordings are threatened by fragile physical condition, format obsolescence and the lack of playback equipment.

The Project seeks to gather best archival practices for moving image and sound preservation and establish low-cost, practical, standards to help organizations move from the analog age to the digital age. Storage of files for preservation and access will be provided by the Internet Archive and the Online Archive of California for teaching, research and study. Funding was received from the California State Library and the Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program at New York University.

Partner Libraries and Archives

Services

  • Guidance on creation of good digital collections following NISO recommended practice
    • Intellectual property best practice
    • Descriptive, rights and technical metadata standards
    • File format recommendations for long-term preservation and access
    • Quality assurance for new files
  • Coordinating and funding digitization with vendors
  • Facilitating storage of files and associated metadata via third party repositories
  • Recommending practices for digital audiovisual collection care and preservation

History

Contacts

Director: Barclay Ogden, California Preservation Program,bogden@calpreservation.org

Coordinator: Pamela Vadakan, California Preservation Program,pamelajean@berkeley.edu

]]> http://calpreservation.org/cpp/203/feed 0 Californians Connecting to Collections Project http://calpreservation.org/cpp/207 http://calpreservation.org/cpp/207#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:19:14 +0000 CPPEditor http://calpreservation.org/cpp/?p=207 Developing a culture of preservation management

About

In partnership with the organizations listed on the right, the California Association of Museums and the California Preservation Program are undertaking a three-year (April 2010-March 2013) statewide preservation information, education, and training project for California heritage institutions. The project is a test bed for an ongoing service, with a goal to develop a self-sustaining culture of preservation management. Funding was received from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

Services

History

Contacts

Project Coordinators:

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