DPE/Planets/CASPAR/nestor Joint Training Event: Starting out: Preserving
Digital Objects - Principles and Practice
13-17 October 2008 Prague, Czech Republic
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:
• an awareness and understanding of key digital preservation issues and
challenges,
• an appreciation of the range of roles and responsibilities involved with
digital preservation activity,
• knowledge about the reference model for Open Archival Information System
(OAIS),
• a familiarity with file formats currently considered beneficial for
preservation,
• a developed understanding of the role and use of metadata and
representation information,
• knowledge of the preservation planning process and its benefits to overall
digital preservation strategies,
• an insight into the concepts of trust and trustworthiness in the context
of digital preservation,
• a working knowledge of the issues surrounding audit methodologies and
self-certification of digital repositories
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.
REGISTER TODAY
For more information and to register for this event visit:
http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/prague-2008/
Registration costs 250Euros.
A discounted rate of 100Euros is available for members of the DPE user
community and WePreserve consortium members.
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