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Title: Babak Hamidzadeh, Library of Congress Director of Repository Development
Series: Conversations about Digital Preservation
Date: January 27, 2010
Running Time: 32:29 minutes
Description:
Mike Ashenfelder from the Library of Congress talks with Babak Hamidzadeh, Director of Repository Development at the Library of Congress, about the challenges of building an efficient, scalable digital repository. Hamidzadeh describes how the Library’s repository works, future plans for the repository and its tools and what will be expected of IT professionals and digital librarians as their roles grow increasingly interdependent.
Biography:
Babak Hamidzadeh is Director of Repository Development at the Library of Congress. Hamidzadeh is a computer scientist and former professor of Science and Technology at the University of Hong Kong and the University of British Columbia in Canada. His area of expertise is digital archives and electronic records management.
About Digital Preservation
The mission of the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program is to develop a national strategy to collect, preserve and make available significant digital content for current and future generations. Collaboration and shared ideas are essential to the success of all digital preservation institutions. These podcasts are conversations with digital preservation leaders.