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Am Freitag, den 29. März 2019, findet ab 17.15 Uhr im Elise-Richter-Saal im Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien das 232. Institutsseminar des Instituts für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung statt. Es spricht Ross Spencer  (Artefactual Systems Inc.) zum Thema: Digital preservation at the coalface: or how I learned that glamping doesn’t always involve the vast wilderness.Two recent publicationsby Ross Spencer – Digital Preservation as a Thought Experiment in a recentALCTS monograph;and My GLAM: Sitting at the coalface in the ASA Victoria branchnewsletter – discuss the importance of more people and disciplinesbeing represented in digital preservation. GLAM usually stands for galleries,libraries, archives, and museums but the field isn’t always GLAM for thoseworking in it. His call is to add a P to this acronym – ‘P’ is for people.‘People’ has so many connotations – whether you’re a digital preservationpractitioner who wants to do more. Or a want-to-be; ‘knows-you-need-to-be’digital preservation practitioner because of increasingly digital archives, orbecause you are simply fascinated. People, too, is about the people you meetalong the way who help you out, who support you, and share with you theirexperiences and ideas, where your management, or institutions, aren’t quiteready to fully-commit to this investment.In a brief eveningconversation, Ross is visiting the University of Vienna by invitation ofElizabeth Kata from the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to talk alittle bit more about a ten-year journey in the field of digital-preservation.A little about what he has learned along the way; and some of the coolinitiatives and projects that folks with an interest in maintaining digitalcollections might also be intrigued by. He would also like to hear more aboutthe audience’s experiences – who they are? where they are? where they aregoing? – and the projects that they’re working on that we should all be gettingbehind.Die Veranstaltung ist wie alle Institutsseminare öffentlich, Gäste   sind herzlich willkommen. Die Einladung im PDF-Format finden Sie hier. 