There are still a few places available for the inaugural site visit meeting
at Centre Point in London. This will be the first in a series of regional
site visits across the UK. If you are interested in participating, please
confirm your attendance by emailing [log in to unmask]

The next site visit will be held in Scotland in May, 2005. Further details
on the exact location and date will be posted to the Digital Curation
Centre web site (www.dcc.ac.uk) as they become available.

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Invitation to attend inaugural DCC Site Visit
12:00 - 15:00, March 4th, 2005
Centre Point, London

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The JISC-funded Digital Curation Centre (DCC) provides a focus on research
into digital curation expertise and best practice for the storage,
management and preservation of digital information to enable its use and
reuse over time. The project represents a collaboration between the
Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, UKOLN and the Council of the Central
Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC) and is community-driven,
relying heavily on active participation and feedback from all stakeholder
communities. For more information, please visit www.dcc.ac.uk. The DCC is
not itself a data repository, nor do we attempt to impose policies and
practices of one branch of scholarship upon another. Rather, based on
insight from a vibrant research programme that addresses wider issues of
data curation and long-term preservation, we will develop and offer
programmes of outreach and practical services to assist those who face
digital curation challenges.

We also seek to complement and contribute towards the efforts of related
organisations, rather than duplicate services. A key objective for this
project is the establishment of a communication network between the DCC and
its stakeholder communities. In order to facilitate this objective and gain
a better understanding of institutional digital curation challenges and
expectations for the DCC we are committed to a series of regional site
visits. These will offer us an opportunity to meet representatives of
institutions with real digital curation concerns, present details on the
kinds of services we are able to offer and exchange ideas and resources. By
limiting these visits to twenty participants we aim to create an informal
but productive atmosphere with an emphasis on gathering requirements and
feedback from those taking part. It is hoped that these visits will
encourage the development of new working relationships and closer
collaboration between regional institutions in tackling digital curation
challenges. The first of these events has been set for March 4th at Centre
Point in London. The meeting will run from 12pm until 3pm and lunch will be
provided.

We are particularly keen to meet with representatives of Computing,
Information and Library Services and Science Faculty. Since spaces are
limited, the event will be run on a first come first served basis and we
must also limit attendance to no more than three individuals per
institution or organisation. If you are interested in participating, please
confirm your attendance by emailing [log in to unmask]

We look forward to meeting you and your colleagues and hearing of how the
DCC might assist your institution in overcoming its digital curation
challenges.

Best regards,

Andrew McHugh
DCC Advisory Services Manager
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
George Service House, 11 University Gardens,
University of Glasgow
Glasgow G12 8QJ
Scotland