美国公共图书馆数字记忆实验室建设实践及启示

Practice and Inspiration of Building Digital Memory Lab in American Public Libraries

数字记忆是目前记忆保存的新趋势,数字记忆实验室是图书馆参与个人数字记忆保存的探索实践,旨在丰富数字记忆研究,围绕个人数字存档的复杂问题储备公共知识和技能。运用网络调查法调查美国公共图书馆数字记忆实验室的名称、专业设备和服务内容等,发现美国公共图书馆数字记忆实验室具有引导公众重视个人数字资源保存、多方合作共建、以先进范例引领发展等先进经验。将其与我国实际情况结合,提出我国公共图书馆可以从试点推广、丰富资源、法律保障、合作共赢等方面促进数字记忆实验室的建设。

Digital memory is the new trend in memory preservation nowadays.The digital memory lab is an exploratory practice for libraries to participate in personal digital memory preservation,aiming at enriching digital memory research and building public knowledge and skills around the complex issues of personal digital archiving.The article uses the network survey method to investigate the name,professional equipment,and service content of digital memory labs in American public libraries.Then,it comes to the conclusion that the digital memory labs of American public libraries have the advanced experience of guiding the public to pay attention to the preservation of personal digital resources,cooperating with multiple parties,and leading development with advanced examples.Finally,combining with the actual situation of China,it is proposed that public libraries in China can promote the construction of digital memory labs from the aspects of pilot promotion,enrichment of resources,legal safeguard,and win-win cooperation.