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Collaboration Key to a Future for Our Digital Memory

June 23, 2010 -- The Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation issued a new report, A Future for Our Digital Memory.
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Library Perspectives on Scientific Data Stewardship

June 23, 2010 -- A recent National Research Council Board of Research Data and Information symposium shared some perspectives on scientific data stewardship.
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Data Conservancy: Help with Grand Research Challenges

June 23, 2010 -- Sayeed Choudhury, associate dean for Library Digital Programs at Johns Hopkins University, talked about Data Conservancy at the Library of Congress on June 7, 2010.
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Jimi Jones: A Necessary Passion for Digital Preservation

June 16, 2010 -- Jimi Jones joins the staff of the Library of Congress, Office of Strategic Initiatives as an IT Specialist (Audio/Visual). 
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Library Staff Visits Middle-School Web Archivists

June 15, 2010 -- Staff from the Library of Congress traveled to Connecticut to visit and interview the teacher and students who contributed to the K-12 Web Archiving program.
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The Second "I" in NDIIPP

June 10, 2010 --Leslie Johnston, NDIIPP manager of technical architecture initiatives, discusses the role that infrastructure plays in digital preservation.
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Creating and Preserving Digital Copies of Historical Collections

June 10, 2010 --Digital Library Specialist Kit Arrington described the process of digitizing the the Library’s holdings in a National Park Service National Center for Preservation Technology and Training podcast.
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CSI Curator

June 10, 2010 -- The Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities hosted the Computer Forensics and Cultural Heritage meeting in College Park, MD, May 14-15, 2010.
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Web Archiving Experts Meet in Singapore

June 10, 2010 -- The annual General Assembly meeting of the International Internet Preservation Consortium was held at the National Library Board, Singapore, May 3-5, 2010.
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Upcoming Event: Best Practices Exchange 2010 Explores Libraries and Archives in the Digital Era

June 7, 2010 -- Digital Preservation conference will be held in Phoenix Sept. 29-Oct.1, 2010. 
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Upcoming Event: The Data Conservancy: A Web Science View of Data Curation

June 2, 2010 -- Associate Dean for Library Digital Programs at the Sheridan Libraries of Johns Hopkins University Sayeed Choudhury will speak at the Library of Congress on June 7, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. 
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Geospatial Data Preservation Clearinghouse

June 2, 2010 -- The National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program will fund development of a geospatial data preservation clearinghouse at the Center for International Earth Science Information Network at Columbia University's Earth Institute.
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