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 "Digital Archives: Current Opportunities and Future Trends" Webinar

Online
30/11/2022
30/11/2022

Webinar Objectives​

  • ​Describe ways in which new computing technologies such as artificial intelligence and machine learning open opportunities and pose challenges for cultural heritage institutions
  • Investigate specific technical solutions for preserving materials such as social media records, documents in cloud services, email, and others.
  • Engage with colleagues in community organizations to describe the value of digital archives partnerships.

Webinar​ Speaker​

Prof. Dr. Christopher Prom 

  • Acting Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation – Arts, Humanities and Related Fields. In addition, he is:
  • Associate Dean for Digital Strategies and Academic Affairs, University of Illinois Library
  • Fellow of the Society of American Archivists and previously served as its Publications Editor
  • Currently directing two grant projects: Email Archives: Building Capacity and Community and Email Archiving in PDF: From Initial Specification to Community of Practice 
  • Advisory board member, COVID Tracking Project Archives (https://covidtracking.com/ ).
  • An archivist with 20+ years’ experience working with digital records and systems​

Target Audience

  • Academic librarians, archivists and curators
  • Government records professionals
  • Library and information science students​

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