What: ISIS TechTuesdays featuring Paolo Mangiafico
When: November 14, 2006, 12:00-1:15 PM
Where: John Hope Franklin Center 240, Duke. Derm, NC
Why:

You probably have somewhere in a box photographs and letters left to you by your grandparents, and scholars have always counted on libraries and archives to preserve and provide access to documents and other media for study. Will future generations be able to see and use the terabytes of “born digital” data that our society is creating now? What will it take to make sure that digital materials are preserved and usable beyond the short lifespan of current technologies?

Paolo Mangiafico, Digital Project Consultant with Duke University Libraries, will discuss the opportunities and challenges of digital preservation, and what libraries, archives, and universities are doing to meet them.