In celebration of Preservation Week 2016, join UT Libraries staff members to learn how to preserve your media-based collections and digital files. Many of us have items of personal significance such as photographs, research, correspondence, home video, and more saved on media formats or as digital files.  These formats and files can deteriorate or become obsolete over time, rendering the content inaccessible. In this session learn how to mitigate the problems of deterioration and obsolescence and how to plan for the long term safekeeping of your content.      

April 28, 1:00-2:30 – Learning Lab 3 in PCL

Caring for Your Personal Collections: Preserving Media and Digital Content

We will cover: 

• basic preservation recommendations for physical media formats such as VHS tapes, floppy disks, and CDs.
• tips for preparing and organizing your personal media collection for ongoing and future use, including transfer to digital format
• guidelines for managing personal digital files and preserving them for posterity

Taught by UT Librarians: Wendy Martin, Anna Lamphear and Jessica Trelogan