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    Attend the Archives and Records Management Seminar

    The Pennsylvania State Archives is pleased to announce registration is now live for the annual Archives and Records Management Seminar, which will be held via Zoom on Oct. 21, 2026. We invite you to register and attend sessions relevant to your work and to share this with colleagues in your organization who would benefit from either session as well.

    Registration is free but required. This year’s seminar is about digital scanning guidelines (FADGI) and digital preservation of scanned items. Potential HARC grant applicants are encouraged to attend.

    PLEASE NOTE: Each session has a separate registration link. You must register for both sessions if you want to attend both. Registration links for both sessions are below.

    10:30 AM – 12:00 PM EST

    Session 1: Digitization FAQs for Archiving Records: FADGI Guidelines, Resources, and Best Practices

    This presentation by the co-chairs of the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) Still Image Working Group will include an overview of digitization standards and guidelines, including the “FADGI Technical Guidelines for Digitizing Cultural Heritage Materials – 3rd Edition” (2023), and how they relate to digitizing local and historical records. The presentation will also cover areas of overlap with other standards, digitization issues related to records regulations, and general still image digitization best practices.

    Speakers:

    Spencer Zidarich, co-chair of the Federal Agencies Digital Guidelines Initiative (FADGI) Still Image Working Group

    Hana Beckerle. co-chair of the FADGI Still Image Working Group

    REGISTRATION LINK FOR SESSION 1:  https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/KCszPPdlTo22NtXFJ7ZuOQ


    1:30 PM – 3:00 PM EST


    Session 2:  Practical Steps for Getting Started with Digital Preservation

    How do we ensure that digitized and born-digital content remains accessible? This webinar will address introductory concepts in digital preservation and cover achievable steps and tips for launching a digital preservation initiative, addressing topics such as conducting a self-assessment and inventory of digital materials, setting up a workstation, documenting workflows, and managing storage to the files your organization preserves.

    Speakers:

    Megan Dirickson, Associate Preservation Specialist at NEDCC

    REGISTRATION LINK FOR SESSION 2: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/qDQRk3TfTZG5_kUywhVXqw

    The Archives and Records Management Seminar is supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC), part of the National Archives.

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    2nd Saturday each month:9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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    New on Ancestry.com

      New Ancestry.com additions of Pennsylvania State Archives holdings are the 1916 &1917 birth certificates and the 1972 death certificates.  Go to the Archives page on Ancestry.com for more information.

     

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