How to Write a Digital Preservation Plan
CCAHA Digital Preservation Specialist, Kaitlyn Pettengill, walks you through the elements of a digital preservation plan, with a focus on the practical decisions involved in determining how your organization will manage and preserve its digital collections. Through case studies and a digital preservation plan template, you’ll gain the tools to begin putting your own plan together.
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This webinar addresses Focus Area #1: preservation of technology-based cultural heritage of the Foundation for the Advancement in Conservation’s (FAIC) Held in Trust Report on Digital Technology: Research and Practice.
About our speaker
As CCAHA’s Digital Archives Specialist, Kaitlyn Pettengill conducts digital preservation assessments and advises collecting organizations on digitization planning and the development and implementation of digital preservation programs, strategies, and procedures. Before joining CCAHA in 2024, Kaitlyn worked as the Digital Projects Coordinator for the Atwater Kent Collection at Drexel University and the Digital Services Archivist at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. She is a Certified Archivist through the Academy of Certified Archivists and a recognized Digital Archives Specialist through the Society of American Archivists. She serves as Vice Chair of the Delaware Valley Archivists Group and holds an MLIS from San José State University and an MA in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art.