SESSION 1:
"Preventing a Nightmare in a World without Microfilm: How Local Governments are Leading the Charge in Digital Preservation"
 
OVERVIEW: We are living in a reality where microfilm has become increasingly difficult to find, let alone create. Advocacy starts from the ground up, and this panel discussion will explore how local governments in the State of Ohio are advocating for standardization, best practices, and sustainability in the digital preservation of permanent records in a world without microfilm. By working together with various State organizations, we hope this leads to meaningful changes - no tricks, just treats in 2027.
 
GARA COMPETENCY AREAS: "Digital Repository Management" OR "Archives & Long-term Preservation"
 
PRESENTERS: Elise Kelly, Multimedia Archivist, Greene County Records Center & Archives, Tina Ratcliff, County Records & Information Manager, Montgomery County Records Center & Archives, and Stephen Badenhop, Records Manager & Archivist, Union County Records Center & Archives
 

   
   
Elise Kelly   Tina Ratcliff    Stephen Badenhop

Elise Kelly has worked for the Greene County Records Center and Archives for eight years and has been its Multimedia Archivist since 2019. She is a graduate of the University of Dayton and Wright State University. Currently, Elise is the Vice Chair of the Ohio Electronic Records Committee. 
Tina Ratcliff is a graduate of Ohio University and Wright State University.  She has worked for the Montgomery County Records Center & Archives in Dayton, Ohio, for the past thirty years.  She has been the Montgomery County Records & Information Manager since 2011.  She is the current chair of the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board, the central body for historical records planning in the State of Ohio.

Steven Badenhop is the Director of Archives and Records Manager for Union County, Ohio.  A position that he has been in since 2008.  He is a graduate of Heidelberg University and Bowling Green State University.  Stephen is a past vice-chair of the Ohio Historical Records Advisory Board and past secretary of the Ohio County Archivist and Records Managers Association.