[Eril-l] NEXT WEEK: Best of Core Forum Webinar: Improving Preservation and Metadata Practices for Better Digital Projects: Streamlining a Workflow Preparing Collections for Digitization

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NEXT WEEK: Best of Core Forum Webinar: Improving Preservation and Metadata
Practices for Better Digital Projects: Streamlining a Workflow Preparing
Collections for Digitization

Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025

All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon
Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.

Description:

The session will discuss ongoing work to streamline a workflow for
preparing collections for digitization. In managing the digitization
workflow, preservation staff noted that substantial time was spent on
resolving vendor and staff questions caused by lack of sufficient detail in
the minimal metadata spreadsheets prepared pre-digitization. At the same
time, digitization projects were experiencing setbacks when condition
issues with the original material were not addressed early enough in the
project. It became apparent that improved metadata and preservation
planning would result in a more efficient workflow overall.

Streamlining the workflow has also facilitated goals beyond meeting the
requirements for successful digitization. Revisiting pre-digitization
metadata creation has helped ensure that this work aligns with digital
collections metadata requirements, thereby improving the usefulness of the
spreadsheets beyond managing digitization. Revising the workflow also
offered a chance to incorporate basic preservation activities and advocate
for larger improvements for the original material as part of digitization
projects. The webinar will discuss the collaboration between departments in
Preservation and Cataloging & Metadata Services to improve the digitization
workflow as well as how lessons learned continue to revise the workflow.

Learning outcomes:

At the end of this session:

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   Attendees will learn about a digitization workflow management approach
   that leverages careful preparation for digitization for greater efficiency
   throughout the project.
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   Attendees will gain insight into the importance of advocating for
   appropriate preservation of original materials as part of the digitization
   project workflow and learn helpful strategies for tackling preservation
   concerns during digitization.
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   Attendees will understand strategies to lay the groundwork for quality
   metadata from the beginning of digitization projects.

Who should attend?

The webinar is intended for any library workers--from collections to
cataloging to preservation--with an interest in developing or improving
digitization workflows. Prior experience with digitization projects is not
required.

Presenters:

Melanie Wacker is Head of Digital Resources Metadata at Columbia University
Libraries and works with her colleagues within Columbia University
Libraries to ensure the integration of digital metadata with local and
national systems to enable information discovery. She provides guidance on
best practices, and develops, documents, and maintains standards and
procedures for metadata for digital content generated within the Libraries.
Her other responsibilities include the cataloging of electronic resources
and name (NACO) and subject (SACO) authority work. Melanie is the chair of
the MODS/MADS Editorial Committee, an At-Large-Member and former
(2020/2021) chair of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging Policy
Committee (PoCo), PCC representative to the BIBFRAME Interoperability Group
(BIG), chair of the BIG Interlingua Subgroup, and PCC liaison to the Share
Family Advisory Council.

Morgan Adams is the Mellon Conservator for Special Collections at Columbia
University Libraries, where she treats the rare books, manuscripts, and
works of art on paper to support research, teaching, exhibition and
digitization, and ensure the collections' preservation for generations to
come. Her expertise includes bookbinding history, technical analysis of
paper- and parchment-based objects, and environmental monitoring and
disaster response. Prior to her current position, she worked in the
conservation departments at The Morgan Library & Museum, the New York
Academy of Medicine, New York University, and the University of Michigan.
Morgan is the Program Chair for the American Institute for Conservation
Book and Paper Group (2024-2025).

Brianna Gormly is the Assistant Director for Preservation Reformatting and
Metadata in the Preservation Division at Columbia University Libraries,
where she manages special collections digitization projects as well as
operational brittle books reformatting workflows. She previously worked on
archives and special collections digital projects as the Digital
Initiatives Librarian at Franklin and Marshall College Library. Brianna is
a co-chair of the ALA Core Preservation Outreach Committee (Sept. 2024-Aug.
2026).

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Registration fees for webinar:  Core Member $57.67; ALA member: $71.10;
Non-member $79.00

For additional information and access to registration links, please go to
the following website:

https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1463

Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording
shortly following the live event.

For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling
1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration at ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece at ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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