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Conversations on the Commons: Preserving COVID-19 and other digital collections
October 9, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Archiving Your Gigabytes: Preserving COVID-19 and other digital collections
October 9, 2020, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
A Conversation with Veronica Martzahl, Digital Records Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives, Kathie Gow, Curator of the Hatfield Historical Museum, and Vanessa Formato, archivist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Covid-diaries, Zoom events, oral histories, social media. Under the COVID regime, online activity is sending our digital footprints into the stratosphere. Not to mention everything else we already had and are developing. How do we archive and preserve it? How can we do it without breaking the bank and boggling the mind? Do you have a protocol? Do you collect and preserve Facebook posts, web specials, and so forth? What are best practices and what can you make happen? What solutions have you found? What hurdles overcome? What are some of your questions and problems?
The conversation will be moderated by Pleun Bouricius. Registration is free.
This Conversation will be LIVESTREAMED. We will do our best to monitor your questions and comments during the livestream. A recording will be publicly available in the Conversations on the Commons Archive.
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- Kathie Gow has been Curator of the Hatfield Historical Museum (which is owned by the Town of Hatfield and managed by the Hatfield Historical Society), for 10 years, and is also on the board of the Hatfield Historical Society. She served on the board of the Pioneer Valley History Network for six years (2013-2019), where she started the “rap session” program of local history organizations sharing tips and expertise. Prior to working in museums, Kathie worked in publishing and as a producer of digital stories. She is a graduate of Colgate University.
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- Veronica Martzahl is the Digital Records Archivist at the Massachusetts Archives. In this role, she provides advice and recommendations on digital preservation and records management activities for state agencies and municipalities, and oversees the digital preservation program at the Massachusetts Archives. She is a member of the Massachusetts State Historical Records Advisory Board and COSTEP MA. Additionally, she is active in the Council of State Archivists and their State Electronic Records Initiative (SERI). She has served on the SAA Digital Archives Specialist (DAS) education sub-committee from 2012 through 2015. Veronica holds a Master of Library and Information Science with a concentration in Archives and a Master of History from Simmons College.
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- Vanessa Formato is an archivist at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear, where she does everything from writing policies to preserving rare medical instruments. She is an active member of the Massachusetts Health Sciences Library Network and New England Archivists, where she serves as Session Reports Editor for the Newsletter. Prior to becoming an archivist, Vanessa was a journalist and publishing professional. She is a graduate of Clark University and Simmons University.
Questions? Be in touch with Caroline Littlewood: commons@masshistoryalliance.org
Conversations on the Commons
Where people from Massachusetts history organizations get to vent, empathize, laugh, complain, think, collaborate, brainstorm, plan, and in general be up to no good.