This Talk will take place in English exclusively on Zoom. Registration is not required to attend.
Abstract: 

At NC State University Libraries, the Special Collections Research Center leverages an integrated system of locally developed applications and open-source technologies to facilitate the long-term preservation of digitized and born-digital archival assets. These applications automate many previously manual tasks, such as creating access derivatives from preservation scans and ingest into preservation storage. They have allowed us to scale up the number of digitized assets we create and publish online; born-digital assets we acquire from storage media, appraise, and package; and total assets in local and distributed preservation storage. We will discuss our iterative approach to deploying these tools, the functionalities of each application, and sustainability considerations of managing in-house applications and using Academic Preservation Trust, a consortial effort, for offsite preservation.

 
Speaker: Dr. Thea Klaeboe Aarrestad | ETH Zürich
Shelly Black is the Digital Archivist at North Carolina State University Libraries where she manages the day-to-day operations of acquiring, processing, and providing access to born-digital collections. Shelly was selected as a 2020 American Library Association Emerging Leader, and is the recipient of the 2021 Society of American Archivists Brenda S. Banks Award and a 2022 Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network Microgrant. She co-chaired the SAA Archivists & Archives of Color Section Steering Committee 2021-2023 and was elected to the BitCurator Consortium Executive Council in 2023.
Brian Dietz is the Lead Librarian for Collections Stewardship & Discovery in the Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries. Brian has contributed to the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the Libraries’ digital archival and preservation workflows. He has shared his experience and perspective on this work with colleagues in various professional forums. He has been a member of the BitCurator Consortium Executive Council and Forum and Program Committees; was a co-lead and editor of the Digital Library Federation’s Born-Digital Access Working Group’s “Levels of Born-Digital Access”; and is a member and contributor to the Digital Archival Transfer, Ingest, and Packaging Group.
The Zentralbibliothek Zurich, the CERN Scientific Information Service, and AILIS (Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists, Geneva) jointly organize the Library Science Talks. A programme of talks for 2025 can be found on the AILIS website.