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Electronic Records Section Meeting
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[edit] Administrivia
Electronic Records Section Web Site
Friday, August 31, 2007, Noon-2:00 pm
Tentative Location: State (Level 2)
All are invited to attend. (Bring your lunch!)
[edit] Tentative Agenda
Welcoming Remarks and Announcements
Introduction of ERS Steering Committee and upcoming vacancies
Nomination(s) from the Floor
Elections of a Vice-Chair/Chair elect and one Steering Committee member
Presentation(s)
Discussion
Adjournment
[edit] Program Information
Peter Bajcsy will be speaking on Understanding Challenges in Preserving and Reconstructing Computer-Assisted Decision Processes
Dr. Bajcsy will discuss the power of archival simulation frameworks for understanding challenges in preserving and reconstructing electronic records derived from computer-assisted decision processes, specifically those based on visual image inspection. The presentation will outline such a prototype simulation framework called Image Provenance To Learn (IP2Learn) that is currently available for exploring tradeoffs related to information granularity, information gathering mechanisms, representation of provenance and other contextual information, compression, encryption, watermarking, and possible ways to improve the recordkeeping capabilities of computer-assisted decision processes.
About Peter:
Peter Bajcsy is a Research Scientist in the Image Spatial Data Analysis Group at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
You can find some related information here:
Peter's web page http://isda.ncsa.uiuc.edu/peter/
Information on the Image Spatial Data Analysis Group http://isda.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
Information about Peter's NARA funded work: http://isda.ncsa.uiuc.edu/CompTradeoffs/
The web page where you can download the actual software he will be speaking about: http://isda.ncsa.uiuc.edu/download/.
PDF version of Peter's slides: Image:DecisionProcesses PeterBajcsy.pdf
[edit] Technology Best Practices Task Force
In addition, we will be hearing from Phil Bantin of SAA's Technology Best Practices Task Force. This is the text of their recent message:
As a result of the Society of American Archivists' Council's strategic planning efforts in technology, a Technology Best Practices Taskforce was formed in September 2006 to work with appropriate SAA and ARMA groups to identify competences and standards and to collect, review and clarify best practices relating to all areas of archival practice that are affected by electronic records and digital asset issues. It is hoped that the outcome will be the development, acceptance and implementation by archivists, records managers and IT professionals of widely accepted standards for archival functions (e.g. accessioning, appraisal, arrangement and description, preservation and access) for born-digital and digitized archival assets utilizing readily available tools.
Through surveys of appropriate sources, the Task Force has produced a document that will serve as a beginning called "Managing Electronic Records and Assets: a Bibliography" and found at: http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/bptf/index.asp
This email requests the circulation and review of "Managing Electronic Records and Assets: a Bibliography" and the submission of recommendations and comments to techBPTF@lists.archivists.org
Help us to make "Managing Electronic Records and Assets" a compilation of proven sites, handbooks, articles, case studies and other sources to support best practices research. Elements to consider during your review include:
-- What sources have you found most helpful in your work with electronic records and assets? Annotations indicating why the source was helpful are appreciated. -- Have the solutions provided by the source had an impact on archival practice? -- Does the source have good documentation of technical systems and applications? -- Was the solution proposed by the source a success and what are the characteristics of the success? -- What can the source teach us?
This call for review and comment will enhance professional practice through the on-going identification and evaluation of electronic records and digital asset management solutions. The Task Force welcomes comments at techBPTF@lists.archivists.org.
Naomi Nelson (chair)
Phil Bantin
Pam Duane (ARMA)
Mark Greene
Richard Pearce-Moses
Carla Summers
Nancy Zimmelman
Brian Doyle (SAA staff representative)


