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DPE/Planets/CASPAR/nestor Joint Training Event: Starting out: Preserving Digital Objects - Principles and Practice
13-17 October 2008

Prague, Czech Republic

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 Principles of Digital Objects Preservation. This event will be held in Prague, Czech Republic from October 13-17 2008. This event is being organised in cooperation with the 'WePreserve' Forum.

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Benefits of Attendance

This training event will introduce participants to a number of key digital preservation principles and provide them with an opportunity to apply this knowledge through a number of practical, hands-on exercises. Participants will leave with:

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 lead half-day sessions. Lecturers will assist attendees in understanding the main principles 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, 8 half day sessions in a face to face setting, a 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.

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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 included:

Please note: this fee does not include accommodation, or meals (except on the days specified).

Registration is not guaranteed until payment has been received.

Registration

Registration for this event is now closed.

Venue

The training event will take place at the National Library of Prague. The whole building complex, called Klementinum, is the largest and among the oldest building complexes in the Old Town. Founded in 1232, Klementinum covers over 20 000 square meters with many of Europe's great astronomers, scientists, musicians and philosophers worked here, influencing the development of this wonderful array of buildings. For more info about historic facts and curiosities please visit this website. There are 3 entrances into the complex - see the map.

Part of the training will take place at the seat of Charles University called Karolinum (Zelená posluchárna - Green Lecture Hall), about 7 minutes walking distance from Klementinum. The entrance is from Celetná street Nr. 20 (see the map). Charles University ("Karlova Univerzita" in Czech) is the oldest University in the Middle-Eastern part of Europe. For more historical info visit this website.

The WePreserve Forum will be held in the conference hall at the Novotneho Lavka. This building is only 3 minutes walk from the National Library - see the map.

Accommodation

Lecturers will reside in the 'U lilie' hotel and Students are also encouraged to arrange their accommodation in the 'U lilie' hotel there to enable them to spend additional time exchanging ideas with fellow students and with lecturers. The hotel has offered a special discounted rate from 70 Euros per night for participants of this event.

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How to get there

Getting to Prague is relatively easy:

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Recommended Readings

Further details will be posted as they become available.

Social Programme

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Joint training event - 'Starting Out: Preserving Digital Objects - Principles and Practice' 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:

Seamus Ross
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 3635
E-mail: s.ross@hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk

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

Jan Hutar
Klementinum 190
110 00 Prague
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 777 996269
E-mail: jan.hutar@nkp.cz