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“Making Progress with Digital Preservation” Workshop

The Digital Preservation Coalition is pleased to offer a day-long roadshow entitled Making Progress with Digital Preservation, to be held in the Trinity Long Room Hub on 1 November. This assists participants to establish sustainable digital preservation programmes and make informed preservation decisions. By the end of the workshop – which will include time for networking and sharing – participants will be equipped with practical targets for implementing digital preservation, as well as guidance and tools to make those targets achievable.

The workshop will help participants:

  • Understand the emerging issues in digital preservation.
  • Draft a digital preservation policy.
  • Understand and articulate the costs and benefits of digital preservation.
  • Prepare a business case for digital preservation.
  • Understand the practical implementation and limitations of available tools.
  • Make informed preservation decisions for their digital collection.
  • Meet and network with others locally working in digital preservation.

This workshop will interest:

  • Collections managers, records managers, librarians and archivists in all institutions.
  • IT managers and chief technology officers, chief information officers in institutions or agencies with a need for long-lived data.
  • Students and researchers in information science and related fields.

As places are strictly limited they must be booked in advance. Attendance is free for staff of DPC members and costs £45 per person for non-members. Register online (enter the promotional code DPCMEMBER to allow you to register for free) or see more details.