Research Article: “Building International Partnerships for Digitisation and Preservation”
The article linked below (open access version) was recently published by the Journal of Digital Media Management received via UCLA eScholarship.
Title
Building International Partnerships for Digitisation and Preservation
Authors
Rachel Deblinger
UCLA
Jennifer Osorio
UCLA
Sharon E Farb
UCLA
Todd Grappone
UCLA
Source
Journal of Digital Media Management. Volume (10, 2)
Abstract
For the past decade, the UCLA Library’s International Digital Ephemera Project and Modern Endangered Archives Program have worked to create open access collections of international content through post-custodial partnerships. This paper details the work of those initiatives to support communities, archivists, librarians and researchers around the world to set priorities, understand complex legal issues and provide training and technology for cultural heritage preservation where content is at most risk. This paper describes how the UCLA Library works alongside a growing network of partners to preserve and present diverse voices and perspectives on global events and ensure community narratives about individual and collective experiences are accessible. This paper details both the ethic of care that informs the library’s work and the infrastructure that enables access and discovery to these community collections as it improves and expands the scope of these programmes.
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Filed under: Archives and Special Collections, Journal Articles, Libraries, Management and Leadership, News, Open Access, Preservation

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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.