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.