Making the Black Hole Grey: Implementing the NYARC Web Archiving Program of Specialist Art Resources

Deborah Kempe's presentation given on June 2, 2014, shares the repercussions of not prioritizing digital preservation and compares 404 messages to a black hole. Efforts by the NYARC Consortium project, involving the Frick Art Reference Library, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art, to develop solutions for better preserving born digital materials are discussed. The presenter talks about some initial projects, including the preservation of auction house websites and applying for an Andrew W. Mellon grant. This recording is made available under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Related Event: Proceedings of the 2014 IRC Budapest Study Tour Conference