Events
We Want to Meet You.
We spend a lot of time on the road, spreading the word about the MetaArchive Cooperative. If we’re in your area, we’d be happy to meet with you to learn about your organization’s needs and talk about the advantages of collective digital preservation.
Upcoming Events
Hear members of our Cooperative speak about our work at the following upcoming events:
2012 TxETDA Conference
February 23-24th, 2012
University of North Texas, Denton, TX
Past Events
The following presentations have been made recently by members of our Cooperative. Where possible, links to presentation materials are provided.
2011
2011 MetaArchive Steering Committee Meeting
December 14th, 2011
Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA
Steps Toward International Alignment in Digital Preservation Workshop
November 4th, 2011
iPRES 2011, Singapore
Carrie Daniels (Univ. of Louisville), “Our shared imperative: preserving digital content”, Indiana Online Users Group Fall 2011 Meeting. October 28th, 2011, Indiana Wesleyan University, Indianapolis, IN.
Dwayne K. Buttler, Gail McMillan, and Matt Schultz, Presentation titles forthcoming, PLN Community Meeting 2011, October 24-25, 2011, Simon Fraser University Vancouver Campus, British Columbia.
Tyler Walters, Expanding Capacity and Partnerships Through Authenticity and Trust: The Case of the MetaArchive Cooperative, Proceedings of the 159th ARL Membership Meeting, October 12–13, 2011, Washington, DC.
Katherine Skinner, and Matt Schultz, Library of Congress-sponsored DPOE Baseline Workshop, September 20-23, 2011, Washington, D.C.
Martin Halbert, and Gail McMillan, ETD 2011 Pre-Conference Distributed Digital Preservation Workshop, Sept 16, 2011, Cape Town, South Africa.
Cinda May, Katherine Skinner, and Matt Schultz, Digital Preservation Planning and Policy Creation Workshop, September 1, 2011, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN.
Katherine Skinner, Martin Halbert, Aaron Trehub, Gail McMillan, Tyler Walters, and Dwayne K. Buttler, Poster Sessions: "Open Statement to the Community" and "Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation", Make It Work: Improvisations on the Stewardship of Digital Information First Combined NDIIPP/NDSA Partners Meeting, July 19-21, 2011, Washington, D.C.
Katherine Skinner, Liz Bishoff, and Tom Clareson, Forever is a Long Time: Preservation Planning for Digital Collections, Friday, June 24, 2011, New Orleans
Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation (May 23-25, 2011, National Library of Estonia). See the Conference Site for more information.
Bill Anderson (GA Tech) and Denis Galvin (Rice University), Presentation title forthcoming, (IS & T Archiving Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 16-19, 2011). See the Conference Site for more information.
Martin Halbert, Presentation title forthcoming, (Newspaper Archives Summit, Columbia, MO, April 10-12, 2011). See the Conference Site for more information.
Martin Halbert and Matt Schultz, Framework for Applying OAIS to Distributed Digital Preservation, (Spring CNI 2011, San Diego, CA, April 4-5, 2011).
2010
Plato L. Smith II, "Developing small worlds of e-science: using quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography for education and outreach strategies for engaging research communities within a university" (GL12 2010, Prague, Czech Republic, Dec. 6-7, 2010).
MetaArchive Annual Steering Committee Meeting (October 27, 2010, Boston College).
Private LOCKSS Networks: Community-based Approaches to Distributed Digital Preservation (October 25-26, 2010, Boston College). See the full Event Page for more information.
Bill Anderson, "From Education to Preservation: Emerging Institutional Repository Services in the Scholarship Lifecycle" (ASIS&T 2010, Pittsburgh, PA, October 22-27).
Matt Schultz, Storage Architectures for Digital Collections (Library of Congress, Washington D.C., Sept. 27-28, 2010).
Martin Halbert, Matt Schultz, and Emily Gore, "The Importance of Trust in Distributed Digital Preservation: A Case Study from the MetaArchive Cooperative" (iPRES 2010, Vienna, Austria, September 20, 2010).
David Minor, Mark Phillips, and Matt Schultz, "Chronopolis and MetaArchive: Preservation Cooperation" (iPRES 2010, Vienna, Austria, September 20, 2010).
Katherine Skinner, "Staying on TRAC: Digital Preservation Implications and Solutions for Collaboratives" (August 3-4, 2010, San Jose, CA).
Katherine Skinner, "Trustworthy Repository Criteria, Virtual Organizations, and Infrastructure" (NDIIPP Partners Meeting, Arlington, VA, July 21, 2010).
Matt Schultz, "Politics of Sustainability: Making Distributed Digital Preservation Attractive" (NDIIPP Partners Meeting, Arlington, VA, July 21, 2010).
Tyler Walters, "The Original NDIIPP Partners: Plans for Moving Forward" (NDIIPP Partners Meeting, Arlington, VA, July 21, 2010).
Martin Halbert and David Minor, "Modeling INteractions Between Repositories for the NDSA: Towards a Distributed and Collaborative Framework for Preservation" (NDIIPP Partners Meeting, Arlington, VA, July 21, 2010).
Katherine Skinner, Martin Halbert (moderators), "Creating and Sustaining Successful Community-Based Organizations" (NDIIPP Partners Meeting, Arlington, VA, July 20, 2010).
P. L. Smith II, S. Schwerzel, and T. Weatherholt, "Developing small worlds of e-science: using quantum mechanics, biological science, and oceanography for education and outreach strategies for engaging research communities within a university" (IATUL 2010, Chicago, IL, June 20-24, 2010).
Gail McMillan, Martin Halbert, Bill Donovan, "ETD Preservation Workshop" (13th International Symposium on ETDs, Austin, TX, June 16, 2010). See the full Event Page for registration.
Martin Halbert, "Preservation through Collaboration: Structuring Preservation Cooperatives" (The Tectonics of Digital Curation, Boston, MA, May 25-26, 2010)
Gail McMillan, "ETD Pilot Project for the MetaArchive Cooperative" (Canadian ETD and Open Repositories Workshop, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, May 11, 2010)
Katherine Skinner, Martin Halbert, "Preserving our Collections, Preserving our Missions: Cooperative Strategies for Distributed Digital Preservation" (Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), Spring 2010, Baltimore, MD, April 12-13, 2010)
David Minor (SDSC), Katherine Skinner, "Preservation Frameworks: From Silos to Interoperability" (NIST Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, March 29-31, 2010)
Katherine Skinner, Emily Gore, "The MetaArchive Cooperative: Chronicles in Cooperative Preservation" (NIST Workshop, Gaithersburg, MD, March 29-31, 2010)
Bill Donovan, "From Artifact to Digital: Changes in Preservation Concerns" (Digital Commonwealth Conference, Worcester, MA, March 25, 2010).
Tyler Walters, "Preserving the World's Memory" (ACA@UBC 2010 International Symposium, Vancouver, BC, March 12, 2010)
Martin Halbert, "Distributed Preservation Networks: Challenges and Opportunities" (Texas Heritage Digitization Initiative 2010 Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, February 4, 2010).
Matt Schultz, "Distributed Digital Preservation Self Audit Methods" [pdf] (ALA Midwinter PARS Digital Preservation Interest Group, Boston, MA, January 17, 2010).
2009
Katherine Skinner “Collaborative Distributed Digital Preservation: The MetaArchive Cooperative” (University of North Texas, Denton, TX, December 11, 2009)
Tyler Walters, "Data Curation Program Development in US Universities: The Georgia Institute of Technology Example" [ppt] (International Digital Curation Conference, London, England, December 2, 2009)
Katherine Skinner, “Economics of Digital Preservation” [slideshare] (Museum Computing Network Conference, Portland Oregon, November 12, 2009)
Tyler Walters, “Cooperative Strategies for Digital Preservation“ (Stewardship of Digital Assets Workshop, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., October 27-28, 2009)
Katherine Skinner, "MetaArchive Cooperative: A Collaborative Network for Digital Preservation" [audio/ppt] (“ARL-CNI Fall Forum, An Age of Discovery,” Washington D.C., October 16, 2009).
Jennifer Sutcliffe, Kristen Burgess, and Dan Le, "Preservation, Indivisible: The MetaArchive Cooperative as a Model for Collaborative Distributed Digital Preservation" Georgia Council of Media Organizations Convention, October 7-9, 2009
Tyler Walters, Liz Bishoff, Emily Gore, Mark Jordan and Thomas Wilson "Distributed Digital Preservation: Technical, Sustainability, and Organizational Developments" [pdf] (iPres 2009, San Francisco, October 6, 2009).
Martin Halbert, "Interview with Mike Ashenfelder, Library of Congress" [audio] (Conversations about Digital Preservation, September 25, 2009)
Aaron Trehub, Carrie Daniels, and Richard Pearce-Moses, "Distributed Digital Preservation: Three Working Examples" (Best Practices Exchange (BPE) 2009, New York State, September 4, 2009).
Aaron Trehub, Carrie Daniels, and Diane Butler, "Preserving Data, Building Relationships: Two Experiences with Distributed Digital Preservation" (Society of American Archivists/Council of State Archivists Joint Annual Meeting, Austin, Texas, August 13, 2009).
Rachel Howard, "Distributed Digital Preservation: The MetaArchive Approach." (Ensuring Enduring Access: A Forum on Digital Preservation, Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) Digital Collections Users’ Group, Champaign, IL, July 21, 2009)
Katherine Skinner and Gail McMillan, "Surveys of Digital Preservation Practices and Priorities in Cultural Memory Organizations" (NDIIPP Partners Meeting, Washington, DC, June 24, 2009).
Gail McMillan and Martin Halbert, "Avoiding the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing Collections and Distributed Digital Preservation" (ETD 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, June 11, 2009).
Bill Donovan, "Implementing ETD Submission at Boston College" (ETD 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, June 11, 2009).
WORKSHOP: Martin Halbert, Gail McMillan, and Bill Donovan. "Distributed Digital Preservation for ETDs" (ETD 2009, Pittsburgh, PA, June 10, 2009).
Martin Halbert, "The Digital Calf-Path: Growing and Sustaining Digital Collections" (Digital Directions Fundamentals of Creating and Managing Digital Collections," San Diego, CA, May 27-29, 2009)
Plato Smith, "MetaArchiving Diatomscapes and FSU 'Flying High' Circus Digital Collections: Using Aspects of The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model" (The 4th International Conference on Open Repositories, Atlanta, GA, May 18-21, 2009).
Martin Halbert, Gail McMillan, and Katherine Skinner. "Avoiding the Calf-Path: Digital Preservation Readiness for Growing Collections and Distributed Preservation Networks," Archiving 2009, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2009
Martin Halbert. "Six Years of Digital Preservation: Findings and Activities of the MetaArchive Cooperative", DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise, and Prospects, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2009.
Tyler Walters. "Cooperative Approaches to Digital Preservation" (panel speaker), DigCCurr 2009: Digital Curation Practice, Promise, and Prospects, Chapel Hill, NC, April 2009.
Gail McMillan and Monika Mevenkamp. "Distributed Digital Preservation: The MetaArchive Model" poster at ACRL 14th National Conference, Seattle, WA, March 14, 2009.
Plato Smith. Exploring e-Curation of Diatomscapes via Levels of Digital Curation and The DCC Curation Lifecycle Model - ACRL 14th National Conference, March 12-15, 2009. Seattle, WA.
2008
Katherine Skinner. "Collaborative Adventures in Digital Preservation: Creating and Sustaining External Partnerships" (NEDCC Persistence of Memory, Chicago, IL, Dec. 10, 2008)
Gail McMillan, Martin Halbert, and Mark Stoffan. "Partnerships for Distributed Digital Preservation: The MetaArchive Cooperative." Coalition for Networked Information Fall 2008 Task Force Meeting, Washington, DC, Dec. 8, 2008.
Plato Smith. "The e-Curation of Diatomscapes" - 4th International Digital Curation Conference (Edinburgh, Scotland, December 1-3, 2008)
Plato Smith. P 3 D: Publishing, Publicizing, & Preserving Diatomscapes (SPARC Digital Repositories Meeting 2008 Innovation Fair, Baltimore, MD, November 17-18, 2008)
Aaron Trehub, Rachel Howard, Robert McDonald, Richard Pearce-Moses, and Karen Schneider. "Distributed Digital Preservation Networks: Three Working Examples". Presentation at the 2008 LITA National Forum, Cincinnati, Ohio, October 2008.
Tyler Walters, Stewardship of Digital Assets Workshop: October 14-15, 2008. Tacoma, WA.
Rachel Howard, "Distributed Digital Preservation: The MetaArchive Approach" (Kentucky Council on Archives Fall Meeting, Frankfort, KY, October 2008).
Rachel Howard, "The MetaArchive Project and the MetaArchive Services Group" (LITA panel at Library and Information Technology Association (LITA) National Forum, Cincinnati, OH, October 2008).
Gail McMillan, "Growing the MetaArchive Cooperative: Electronic Theses and Dissertations." Library of Congress Digital Preservation Partners Meeting, Arlington, VA, July 10, 2008.
ETD 2008 Distributed Digital Preservation Workshop: June 4, 2008. Aberdeen, Scotland.
This half-day workshop will provide participants wth information regarding participation in our Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive, which we are hosting in conjunction with the The Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD).
Tyler Walters, "Enterprise Repositories and Federated Archives: The MetaArchive Approach to Distributed Digital Preservation" (Sun PASIG, Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group, San Francisco, CA, 2008
Katherine Skinner, Stewardship of Digital Assets Workshop: May 14-15, 2008. Dallas, TX
Caroline Daniels and Rachel Howard, "Collaborating Over the Long Haul, for the Long Haul: The MetaArchive Experience," (Midwest Archives Conference, St. Louis, MO, May 2, 2008
Katherine Skinner, "The MetaArchive Cooperative: A Collaborative Approach to Distributed Digital Preservation" (National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Digital Preservation Forum: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources, Washington D.C., 2008) Powerpoint Presentation
Tyler Walters, "Digital Sustainability Modeling: From Regional to International Perspectives" (U.S. Dept. of Education - Technical Innovation and Cooperation in Foreign Information Access meeting, hosted and sponsored by the Center for Research Libraries, 2008)
Gail McMillan, Martin Halbert, Aaron Trehub, "Distributed Digital Preservation Networks Across a Region, Across a State: Stretching LOCKSS beyond EJournals" (State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV) Library Advisory Committee (LAC), Newport News, VA, 2008) Powerpoint Presentation segment 1, segment 2, and segment 3
Katherine Skinner, "Collaborative Adventures in Distributed Digital Preservation: The MetaArchive Cooperative and the Educopia Institute" (Archaeoinformatics Lecture Series, 2008) Powerpoint Presentation
Rachel Howard, "The MetaArchive Cooperative: A Distributed Digital Presentation Approach" (Wabash Valley Visions & Voices Board Meeting, Terre Haute, IN, 2008) Powerpoint Presentation
2007
Martin Halbert, Katherine Skinner, Tyler Walters, "New Cooperative Strategies for Distributed Digital Preservation: MetaArchive and Educopia" (CNI Fall Task Force, Washington DC, 2007)
Walters, Tyler. "University Perspectives on Governance: MetaArchive Cooperative and DSpace Foundation," Global Digital Format Registry Governance Workshop, hosted by the National Archives and Records Administration, (invited participant and speaker), November 2007
Katherine Skinner. "Collaborative Adventures: Promoting and Preserving External Partnerships" (NEDCC Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets Conference, 2007)
Martin Halbert, "Overview of Distributed Digital Preservation Networks" (Louisville, KY, 2007)
Delinda Buie and Rachel Howard, "The MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture: An Approach to Digital Preservation" (Midwest Archives Conference, Columbus, OH, 2007) Powerpoint Presentation
Robert McDonald and Tyler Walters, "Sustainability Models for Digital Preservation Federations" (DigCCurr 2007)
2006
Robert McDonald and Tyler Walters, "MetaArchive: NDIIPP Partnerships" (iPRES 2006)
Martin Halbert, Gail McMillan, Tyler Walters, and Aaron Trehub, "MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture: A Practical, Working, and Replicable Approach to Preservation" (CNI 2006)
Delinda Buie and Carrie Daniels, "Keeping Digital Stuff Safe: Archiving Your Digital Information" (Breaking Down Barriers: Moving Forward Together Conference, Highland Hts., KY, 2006)
2005
Tyler Walters, "The MetaArchive of Southern Digital Culture: Building a Multi-institutional Digital Preservation Network" (National Conference on Digital Government Research, Atlanta, GA, 2005)
Gail McMillan, Catherine M. Jannik, and Robert H. McDonald, "A Practical, Working and Replicable Approach to ETD Preservation" (8th International Symposium on Electronic Theses and Dissertations, Sydney, Australia, 2005)
Gail McMillan, Chuck Thomas, and Robert McDonald, "Collaborative Digital Preservation with LOCKSS" (TRLN Symposium, Chapel Hill, 2005)
2004
Martin Halbert, "New Strategies for Long-Term Preservation Using LOCKSS" (ALA Annual, 2004)