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DPE/Planets/CASPAR/nestor Joint Training Event: The Preservation challenge: basic concepts and practical applications
23-27 March 2009
Barcelona, Spain

DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (Planets), Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR) and Network of expertise in Digital long-term preservation (nestor) are delighted to announce that they will be delivering the latest in a series of collaborative training initiatives to introduce the Preservation Challenges. This event will be held in Barcelona, Spain from March 23-27 2009. This event is being organised in cooperation with the 'WePreserve' Forum.

This week long training event will be conducted in English.

Benefits of Attendance

Participation in the workshop will give participants an awareness and understanding of the key digital preservation issues and challenges and an understanding of the reference model for Open Archival Information System (OAIS). It will also provide participants with knowledge of the role and use of metadata and representation information needed for preservation, the preservation planning process and its benefits to overall digital preservation strategies, and an appreciation of the range of roles and responsibilities involved with digital preservation activities.

These concepts will be illustrated by the practical application of tools developed by DPE, Planets and CASPAR, the major European projects on preservation. There will also be a number of brief break out sessions where the participants, divided in small groups, will have the opportunity to review and discuss among them the topics presented during the lectures, with the assistance and the guidance of the presenters themselves.

Target Audience

This event will be of value to practitioners and researchers from the archives, libraries and museums sector, as well as other institutions such as data archives, government departments, legal and commercial sectors with an interest in the topic of digital preservation.

Format

Internationally established lecturers will assist attendees in understanding the main concepts of digital preservation and how to address them in practice through a number of hands-on exercises. Students will be provided with access to online course materials relating to the topics that will be discussed both prior to and following the training event.

Programme

This intensive training programme will consist of three days access to online pre-course training, fourteen sessions in a face to face setting, a WePreserve Forum and access to three days of on-line post-course training. Expert lecturers will lead each session and most will be available through the whole week for further discussion.

View the programme for this course.

Lecturers include:

Course Fees

Join the DigitalPreservationEurope User Community (no charge).

Join the CASPAR Preservation User Community.

In addition to participation at the WePreserve Forum, registration fees include:

Please note: this fee does not include accommodation, or meals (except on the days specified).
Registration is not guaranteed until payment has been received.

Payment can be made by bank transfer or money order, banker's draft or international cheque.

All payments should be received by Monday the 16th of March.

Registration

Registration for this event has now closed.

Venue

The training event will take place at the Faculty of Library and Information Science of the University of Barcelona (UB), Barcelona (Spain), in the neighborhood of Sants. The Faculty was created when the UB incorporated the existing library school, established in 1915 by the provincial government making it one of the earliest library schools in Europe. Currently 600 students are enrolled in the different degree programmes offered: undergraduate, masters and doctoral degrees.

The faculty is located just 2 blocks from the central train station - Renfe Sants. There is also a metro entrance a half a block from the Faculty, serving two lines: L3 (green) and L5 (blue). It is only a 10-minute ride to reach central city sites on either of these lines.

The WePreserve Forum, will be held at the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (Institute of Catalan Studies), located in the old city.

Accommodation

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Recommended Readings

Further details will be posted as they become available.

Social Programme

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Joint training event - 'The Preservation challenge: basic concepts and practical applications' is organized by Digital Preservation Europe, Planets, CASPAR and nestor.

Further Information

If you have any further queries or require additional information, please contact either:

Vilma Karvelyte
Universiteto str. 2
Vilnius, Lithuania
Tel: + 370 686 06 991
Fax: + 370 5 268 71 34
E-mail: vilma.karvelyte@mb.vu.lt

Alice Keefer
University of Barcelona
Faulty of Library and Information Science
Mecior de Palau 140
08014 Barcelona
Tel: + 34 629 71 90 89
Fax: + 34 934 03 57 72
E-mail: alice.keefer@ub.edu

Emily Nimmo
HATII Preservation Resources Officer
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
George Service House
11 University Gardens
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QJ
Scotland
Tel: +44(0)141 330 3720
Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788
E-mail: e.nimmo@hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk