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Seamus Ross in Conversation with Charles Dollar Director of HATII in Conversation with Charles Dollar (founder of NARA's first electronic records programme and international expert in digital preservation) on the Development of Thinking on Digital Preservation Date: 6 December 2004 Time: 12:00 (1 hr) Venue: Joseph Black BLG, C407 Sponsors: The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII), http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk and The Digital Curation Centre (DCC), http://www.dcc.ac.uk Abstract: Charles Dollar was the first expert to recognise the insurmountable problems that long-term access to electronic records would pose for institutions and nations. For more than thirty years through his writings and lectures he has focused the attention of researchers, archivists and records managers on meeting the challenges of digital preservation. During this time his efforts led to the establishing of the National Archives and Records Administration programme on electronic records, he has advised numerous public and private organisations on managing electronic records, and as an educator shaped the intellectual development of many of today's key players in electronic resource and records preservation. In this conversation with the Director of HATII he will sketch his ideas on the successes and failures of current work on digital longevity, describe some of the emerging challenges, and outline areas for new research. As Charles has always thought 'outside the box' conversations with him are lively, original, and thought-provoking. Following the one-hour discussion, there will be an opportunity for students to ask questions. Biographical Sketch: Charles Dollar Dr Charles M. Dollar is an internationally recognized expert on the life cycle management of electronic records, particularly electronic records preservation. The author of more than twenty influential publications and a frequent speaker on electronic records, Charles worked for more than twenty-years with electronic records at the National Archives and Records Administration, acted as a consultant to governments and businesses in the US, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and been an archival educator at the University of British Columbia. While he was on thestaff of the National Archives, Dr. Dollar organized and directed the first electronic records program for the U.S. federal government and subsequently had a major role in research projects on digital technology standards, digital storage media, and digital imaging applications in electronic records preservation. Among his award winning publications are The Impact of Information Technologies on Archival Principles and Methods (1992) and Authentic Electronic Records: Long-Term Access Strategies (1999). Professor Seamus Ross is Director, HATII, and DCC Associate Director (Services Definition & Delivery). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Robin Rice Data Librarian Edinburgh University Data Library http://datalib.ed.ac.uk/ Phase One Project Coordinator Digital Curation Centre, www.dcc.ac.uk +44 (0) 131 651 1431 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~