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Come meet Gail and colleagues! The annual meeting of the Society of American Archivists, held in late summer in different cities throughout the country, includes a wide array of informative education sessions, pre-conference workshops, networking opportunities, special events, exhibits, and tours of local repositories. Geography is a principal factor in selecting potential host cities. (With a national membership, it is important for SAA to move systematically around the country, from region to region.) Other important factors include access and affordability for attendees and SAA’s commitment to diversity, social responsibility, and sustainability in all aspects of conference planning.

As digital records and new forms of historical documentation proliferate in the archival landscape, we explore new techniques for carrying out our work, and pioneer the use of new systems and tools

iPRES 2019 will bring you to the Netherlands from 16 to 20 September 2019
The conference will bring together scientists, students, researchers, archivists, librarians, providers, and other experts to share recent developments and innovative projects in a wide variety of topics in digital preservation from strategy to implementation, and from international and local initiatives. Year on year the debate and research profiled at iPRES have moved digital preservation from a technology driven niche specialism of experts to a global challenge with the community to match.

The report summarizes the results of the 2017 survey, including both broad trends and detailed information captured in the survey about 89 organization respondent’s fixity practices.

Latest research from The Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM), Digital Preservation: Is your approach to long-term digital information failing the business? New report by John Mancini, Chief Evangelist at AIIM, based on an extensive survey of its member which include information managers, content & document management owners and business users.
A few of the conclusions:
+ Digital preservation is seen as vital by business and information professionals for ensuring that long-term digital information can be used intelligently and efficiently
+ C-Suite and IT lack understanding and commitment
+ Traditional IT strategies focused on back-ups and archiving are just not good enough to release the potential value that is now trapped in long-term digital information
+ Digital Preservation is emerging as a critical Intelligent Information Management capability that requires dedicated commitment
Download your free copy of the AIIM eBook

Archivists from around the country and the world will convene at ARCHIVES 2017, SAA’s Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, July 23-29. We're participating in the Research Forum all-day Tuesday and will be meeting with clients, prospects and partners. Contact us if you're going - let's talk digital archives!

Come talk to us about our services. Join Gail and Kathleen in Pasadena, South CA. The Society of California Archivists, formed in 1971, is a professional association devoted to the support and development of individuals and institutions that collect, care for, and provide access to the documentary heritage of California and adjoining areas.

Gail will be presenting a poster on the Web Archiving Environmental Scan and will participate in the Preservation Storage workshop. Join her there! iPRES is the longest standing digital preservation conference in the world. This important event brings together key theorists, researchers and practitioners to explore the latest trends, innovations, policies and practices in digital preservation.  iPRES 2016 will attract participants from leading institutions, projects and initiatives from all around the world.