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Describing Digital Preservation: As Easy as a Walk in the Park

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The following is a guest post by Erin Engle, Digital Archivist, NDIIPP.

When my family and friends ask what I do at the Library of Congress, I invariably get questioning looks when I use the phrase “digital preservation.”   The looks turn even more quizzical when I talk about my work managing a project focusing on the  preservation of geospatial information.  It’s a double whammy of confusion that often leads to “oh that sounds very interesting” when the person means “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”