Reminder: Sign up now for the first SCAPE Project Training Event
'Keeping Control: Scalable Preservation Environments for Identification and Characterisation'
6-7 December 2012
Archaeological Museum of the Martins Sarmento Society, Guimarães, Portugal
The first SCAPE training course will introduce a number of tools that have been developed or extended during the project, which can be used alone, or as part of a workflow, to carry out identification, characterisation, and duplication detection experiments on large digital collections of varying file types. The tools that will be showcased include: file, droid, tika, matchbox, FITS, c3po and exiftool.
There will be demonstrations to show how each of these tools can be applied in different scenarios . Attendees will also have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience using some of the tools during the practical exercise sessions.
The full agenda can be seen here: http://www.scape-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/SCAPE_Guimaraes_Agenda_1.0.pdf.
Learning outcomes (by the end of the training event, attendees will be able to):
* Distinguish between different file types and identify the requirements for characterising each of them.
* Carry out a number of identification, characterisation, and duplication detection experiments on example files.
* Critically evaluate characterisation and identification tools and assess their advantages and disadvantages when used in different scenarios.
* Compare and contrast the differences in running characterisation and identification tools both stand-alone and within workflows.
* Envisage a system that combines workflows with identification, characterisation and validation tools to suit a variety of scenarios.
* Conduct an in-depth analysis of large volumes of identification and characterisation data and find representative sample records suitable for preservation planning experiments.
Who should attend?
Digital preservation practitioners; digital librarians and archivists, digital curators, repository managers, or anyone with a responsibility to manage digital collections. To get the most out of this training course, attendees should ideally have some experience of command line interfaces and system architecture.
Developers who actively deploy such systems are also encouraged to attend.
Registration
Please register at: http://scape-guimaraes.eventbrite.co.uk. The cost for the two days is €100.
Morning and afternoon coffee breaks and lunch will be provided and are included in the registration fee.
*Please ensure you bring your laptop with you so you can participate in the practical exercises.*
Registration will close on 29 November.
Please forward this message to anyone you think will be interested in attending.
The event is being supported by the European Capital of Culture 2012 (http://www.guimaraes2012.pt/).
Further information can be seen on the SCAPE Project website: http://www.scape-project.eu/events/8/scape-training-event-keeping-control-scalable-preservation-environments-for-identification-and-characterisation.
Kind Regards,
Rebecca McGuinness
Membership and Communications Manager
Open Planets Foundation
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