Saving History:

Using Digital Resources for

Access and Preservation

Westchester County is rich in history, and its citizens, past and present, have worked hard to preserve that history for future generations. Today we have digital tools at our disposal which can greatly assist us in preserving the history we already possess and making that history accessible to the public. There are many questions, however, about how to use these tools efficiently and effectively. In addition, the digital world in which we now live raises a myriad of new questions: how do we preserve historical records that are “born digital”? What are the standards we should use as we make decisions regarding what needs to be saved? How do we convey to “born-digital” creators what they should save in order to preserve our history? Although some of the answers to these questions are apparent, many are not.

On Monday, November 6, 2006 local historians, librarians, government employees and many more came together to discuss this task of preserving our county's history in the digital world. The seminar took place at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights.

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The seminar was sponsored by the Westchester County Archives and the Westchester County Historical Society and was co-sponsored by the Westchester Library System.