Archiving Email: Welcome & Introduction

Published: Feb. 3, 2016, 8:09 p.m.

June 2, 2015. Introductory remarks to a day-long meeting on the challenges and solutions of collecting and preserving email. As memory institutions increasingly process born-digital collections, one thing is clear: processing digital collections increasingly involves working with large quantities of complex email messages and their attachments. Workflows, toolsets and policies for accessing and preserving email archives are emergent and changeable. Co-sponsored with the the National Archives and Records Administration. Speaker Biography: Mark Sweeney is Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress. Speaker Biography: Paul Wester is Chief Records Officer of the US Government for the National Archives and Records Administration. For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7068