KEEP (Keeping Emulation Environments Portable) is a European Commission co-funded FP7 project which is developing emulation services to enable accurate rendering of both static and dynamic digital objects including text, sound, image files, multimedia documents, websites, databases, videogames by enabling continued access to the software with which they were designed to work. Using KEEP services, it will be possible to both access and manipulate digital objects in their original environment and also migrate the contents of media carriers from medium to another.
Over the next 6 months, KEEP is running a series of workshops in Europe, one of which will take place at the Universita Tor Vergata, Rome on Tuesday 29 November and Wednesday 30 November 2011.
Bookings are now open at
http://keep-rome.eventbrite.com
where more details about the event are also available as well as information about the venue and hotels in the area. The University is offering low-cost accommodation.
This event is free to attend but delegates are asked to make a single €20 contribution upon arrival towards the cost of lunches and coffee served on both days (receipts will be issued).
Full details will appear on the KEEP project website soon, but an example of the programme may be viewed at http://keep-project.eu/downloads/keep_den_haag_programme.pdf
which shows the programme for a forthcoming workshop in The Hague, Netherlands.
These workshops are intended for
* Anyone with responsibility for the preservation of collections of digital material where emulation might become part
of their preservation strategy - especially for dealing with complex digital objects for which migration is unsuitable.
* IT specialists with responsibility for supporting digital preservation activities
* Anyone with a professional, commercial or academic interest in the use of emulation tools and services
The workshop in Rome will include sessions on the following topics:
* The business and technical justification for including emulation within a preservation strategy
* Legal issues when using emulation tools
* Media transfer : presentation, discussion and demonstration
* KEEP Emulation Framework : presentation (architecture, tools and services), discussion, demonstration and testing
* The KEEP Virtual Machine : architecture, portability and functionalities (a long-term approach to emulation)
* Metadata in an emulation environment : presentation, discussion, demonstration and testing
* Interactive sessions about innovative services within emulation, computer science and video game communities
There will also be demonstrations of the KEEP tools and opportunities for delegates to test them for themselves and, we hope, provide us with details of their requirements and feedback
Space is limited at all these events, so early booking is recommended. We hope you will come and join us at what will be an interesting event. To book a place, please go to http://keep-rome.eventbrite.com
Full details of all events will be published appear on the
KEEP Project’s website:
www.keep-project.eu
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