Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field: A Response
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Jerome McDonough
Jerome McDonough is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. He has been an active participant in the development of metadata standards for digital libraries, and has published extensively. In 2012 he was awarded Best Paper in the Digital Media: Content and Communication track at the 2012 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Biography. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Abstract
The field of preservation has been transdisciplinary long before the digital age. One issue is that library schools do not prepare their graduates for this transdisciplinarity. This response to Anne Gilliland’s paper rehearses the state of the profession with respect to its current and future issues, including such things as various methods of preservation (even automated preservation in the creation of materials), “[i]ntegrating access across time, systems, and communities,” developing standards for best practices, developing economic models for optimum preservation, and much more. One aim is to make all of these efforts uniform worldwide, if possible, which means that international cooperation in formulating strategies is necessary. Working on an international level, however, has its challenges.
About the author
Jerome McDonough is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, Urbana- Champaign. He has been an active participant in the development of metadata standards for digital libraries, and has published extensively. In 2012 he was awarded Best Paper in the Digital Media: Content and Communication track at the 2012 Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences Biography. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead
- From the Editor-in-Chief: Introduction
- I. At the Nexus of Analog and Digital
- At the Nexus of Analog and Digital: Introduction to Papers from a Symposium of Preservation Educators
- II. Clarifying Definitions
- Clarifying Definitions
- Commentary on Michèle Cloonan’s Plenary Address
- Commentary on Michèle Cloonan’s Plenary Address
- III. Bolstering Audiovisual Preservation
- “Separate but Equal?”: Bolstering Audiovisual Preservation
- Commentary on Caroline Frick’s Plenary Address
- Commentary on Caroline Frick’s Plenary Address
- Commentary on Caroline Frick’s Plenary Address
- IV. Integrating Research and Teaching in Preservation Education
- Integrating Research and Teaching in Preservation Education
- Integrating Research, Research Data, and Researchers in Teaching: A Response to Elizabeth Yakel’s Plenary Address
- Flying on Instruments: A Response to Beth Yakel’s Paper on Integrating Research and Teaching
- Commentary on Integrating Research and Teaching
- V. Fostering High Impact Research in the Preservation Field
- Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field
- Commentary on Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field
- Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field: A Response
- Currents and Comments
Articles in the same Issue
- Masthead
- From the Editor-in-Chief: Introduction
- I. At the Nexus of Analog and Digital
- At the Nexus of Analog and Digital: Introduction to Papers from a Symposium of Preservation Educators
- II. Clarifying Definitions
- Clarifying Definitions
- Commentary on Michèle Cloonan’s Plenary Address
- Commentary on Michèle Cloonan’s Plenary Address
- III. Bolstering Audiovisual Preservation
- “Separate but Equal?”: Bolstering Audiovisual Preservation
- Commentary on Caroline Frick’s Plenary Address
- Commentary on Caroline Frick’s Plenary Address
- Commentary on Caroline Frick’s Plenary Address
- IV. Integrating Research and Teaching in Preservation Education
- Integrating Research and Teaching in Preservation Education
- Integrating Research, Research Data, and Researchers in Teaching: A Response to Elizabeth Yakel’s Plenary Address
- Flying on Instruments: A Response to Beth Yakel’s Paper on Integrating Research and Teaching
- Commentary on Integrating Research and Teaching
- V. Fostering High Impact Research in the Preservation Field
- Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field
- Commentary on Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field
- Fostering High-Impact Research in the Preservation Field: A Response
- Currents and Comments
