Description
Digital content is created and collected by everyone, not just libraries and archives. Keeping digital content viable requires not only energy use, but also refreshing the digital storage media and technologies. This webinar will explore the energy consumption and e-waste generated in current preservation infrastructures and actions, and review the environmental impact embodied in the full lifecycle of these infrastructures. It will include recommendations for actions and policies to mitigate digital preservation’s impact on the environment.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this webinar, attendees will be able to:
1. be aware of their
individual and organizational practices that could adversely impact the
environment;
2. have ideas on how to change their practices..
Presenters
Linda Tadiac is Founder/CEO of Digital Bedrock, a managed digital preservation service that helps libraries, archives, museums, producers, studios, artists, and individuals preserve their digital content. She is also a Lecturer in UCLA’s Department of Information Studies, teaching a course on Digital Asset Management. She was previously an adjunct professor in NYU’s Moving Image Archiving and Preservation program. Her over 35 years’ experience includes positions at HBO, ARTstor, the Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, and Pacific Film Archive. Linda consults and lectures on digital asset management, audiovisual and digital preservation, metadata, and the impact of digital preservation on the environment. She is a founding member and former President of the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA), and is currently on the National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Coordinating Committee. Linda is the recipient of the 2021 SMPTE James A. Lindner Archival Technology Medal.
Tech Requirements
Core Webinars are held in Zoom. Speakers or a headset for
listening to the presentation are required. You may interact with the presenter
and ask questions through text-based chat. Closed captioning is available in
the Zoom platform. The webcast will be recorded and the link to the
recording shared with registrants shortly after the live event.
Contact
For
registration questions, please contact Mia Blixt-Shehan
(mblixtshehan@ala.org).
If you have a question or need to make arrangements for special assistance or
additional accessibility, please contact Mia Blixt-Shehan
(mblixtshehan@ala.org).
