DATE:  Friday, April 23, 2010, 2 p.m.

PLACE:  University of Arizona Main Library, Room A313/314

SPEAKER:  Richard Pearce-Moses, Past President, Society of American Archivists, Director of Digital Government Information, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records

DESCRIPTION: As the volume and complexity of digital information continues to grow, archivists and librarians have begun to develop the tools needed to preserve society’s legacy of digital records. This presentation by Richard Pearce-Moses will discuss the PeDALS project, a nationally-recognized digital preservation initiative funded by the Library of Congress, National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP) as part of its Preserving State Government Information initiative. This initiative focuses on capturing, preserving, and providing access to a rich variety of state and local government digital information.