Library Friends Webinar : Mix-tapes, VHS Recordings, and iPhone Photos: Preserving what Matters

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May 4, 2023

A Special Presentation by Jennifer Hain Teper
Velde Professor and Head of Preservation Services

While there is a growing nostalgia for our old mix tapes on compact cassettes, our legacy LP collections, and old family films, we are faced with growing challenges to actually be able to play many of these legacy audiovisual formats. But the preservation challenges of our personal legacy AV collections pale in comparison to the challenges we will soon face with the preservation of our growing digital photos and files, even though there is not yet a fond nostalgia for 3.5 inch floppy disks or thumb drives. Jennifer will present an overview of the typical AV and digital formats that many consider valuable to us and will present basic steps that people can take towards better preservation strategies to ensure that you will be able to continue access to these materials for years to come.

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Library Friends Webinar : Mix-tapes, VHS Recordings, and iPhone Photos: Preserving what Matters

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