Digital Preservation in the Canadian Landscape

Association of Canadian Archivists Pre-conference
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Tuesday, June 8, 2010

9:00 a.m.	–	9:10 a.m.	Welcome and introductions Doug Rimmer, Library and Archives Canada
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
9:10 a.m.	–	9:45 a.m.	Dilemma, Dreams and Direction A Decade of Action (pdf) Keynote address by Martha Anderson, Director of Program Management, National Digital Information Infrastructure Program, Library of Congress
PARTNERSHIPS, COLLABORATION AND NETWORKS
9:45 a.m.	–	10:15 a.m.	Two Canadian Implementations of LOCKSS: COPPUL (Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries) and Synergies (pdf) Speaker: Mark Jordan, Simon Fraser University
10:15 a.m.	–	10:45 a.m.	Archivematica and Related Archival Partnerships (pdf) Speaker: Peter van Garderen, Artefactual Systems Inc.
10:45 a.m.	–	11:00 a.m	Coffee break
11:00 a.m.	–	11:30 a.m.	Preserving Provincial Government Documents (pdf) Speaker: Peter Ellinger, Legislative Assembly of Ontario
11:30 a.m.	–	12:00 p.m.	The Outlook for a Canadian Digital Preservation Strategy (pdf) Speaker: Ron Walker, Canadiana.org
12:00 p.m.	–	1:00 p.m.	Lunch
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
1:00 p.m.	–	1:30 p.m.	Force on Sustainable Digital Preservation and Access (pdf) Keynote address by Dr. Francine Berman, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Co-chair of the Blue Ribbon Task
PROJECTS AND LESSONS LEARNED
1:30 p.m.	–	2:00 p.m.	Towards a Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) (pdf) Suzanne Provost, Centre d'archives de Québec et des archives gouvernementales, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ)
2:00 p.m.	–	2:30 p.m.	Building a Trusted Digital Repository Miriam McTiernan, Archives of Ontario
2:30 p.m.	–	3:00 p.m.	Building and Preserving a Photographic Image Collection (pdf) Louise Renaud, Canadian Museum of Civilization
3:00 p.m.	–	3:15 p.m.	Coffee break
3:15 p.m.	–	3:45 p.m.	The Sustainability of Digital Media (presentation) (handout) Speaker: Kimberley Flak, Canadian Conservation Institute
3:45 p.m.	–	4:15 p.m.	Digital Archiving Initiatives: An international perspective (pdf) Speaker: Mark Evans, Tessella Inc.
4:15 p.m.	–	5:00 p.m.	Panel and audience discussion: what we have heard; what it means; and what are we going to do about it? Chair: Doug Rimmer, Library and Archives Canada