What I wish I knew about digital preservation: Collaboration and Networking Edition
Date and Hour: June 9th 2021 / 14:00 - 15:30 CET
Language: English. Interpretation to other languages will not be provided for this webinar but we will be able to accept questions in Spanish and French.
In collaboration with the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
Collaboration and Networking, explores how networking and collaboration enable us to empower archives and the profession to help us achieve our goals and objectives for the profession and our institutions through the support of allied professions while helping other sectors and the general public understand what we do.
Webinar Summary
The Digital Preservation Coalition and ICA are reprising the successful webinar ‘What I wish I knew about Digital Preservation’ focusing on collaboration and networking. The webinar will be a roundtable discussion bringing together experts from around the world to discuss what they knew about digital preservation, in particular about their experiences about the importance of collaboration and networking in achieving digital preservation goals.
Panel
![]() Dr Anthea Seles (host)ICA Secretary General Anthea Seles, as Secretary General, is the senior staff member in the Secretariat, responsible for the line management of all ICA’s paid staff. She co-ordinates the work of ICA officers and bodies on the organization’s major initiatives and manages its relations with external partners. Tasked with upholding ICA’s constitution, she organizes the meetings of the Executive Board and the General Assembly and plays a major role in the planning of Quadrennial Congresses and Annual Conferences. She acts as Director of ICA Publications, both printed and electronic. |
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Speakers
![]() Dr Mirerza González-VélezAssociated Academic Dean of the College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedra Mirerza González-Vélez, Ph.D. is the Associated Academic Dean of the College of Humanities, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras. Co-founder of The Diaspora Project, and lead researcher of the Puerto Rico’s branch of RIPDASA (Red Iberoamericana de Preservación Digital de Archivos Sonoros y Audiovisuales) she has contributed to Caribbean Studies and Digital Humanities teaching and research. At the present time she collaborates as co-director of the Advisory Board of the Digital Library of the Caribbean, and is one of the project leaders of the Archivo de Respuestas a Emergencias de Puerto Rico (AREPR) a freely available Omeka S site that depicts and describes the innovative knowledge production of grassroots community organizations in Puerto Rico in the wake of both natural and man-made disasters funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The project involves collaboration between the University of Puerto Rico-Río Piedras, the University of Puerto Rico-Mayagüez, Michigan State University, and the Digital Library of the Caribbean. |
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Dr Mónica MaronnaUniversidad de la República de Uruguay |
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Q&A Session
Dr Perla Olivia RodriguezResearcher, Institute of Library and Information Research, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
Pamela Vizner OyarceAdjunct Instructor NYU |