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Digital Curation Centre (DCC) and DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE)
DRAMBORA Auditor's Training Course
Ministry for Cultural Heritage
Rome, Italy
http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/training/rome-2009/

Course overview
Based on practical research and developed jointly by the Digital Curation 
Centre (DCC)and DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), the Digital Repository 
Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment (DRAMBORA) provides a methodology for 
self-assessment of digital preservation repositories. The toolkit 
(http://www.repositoryaudit.eu), has been evaluated and applied across a 
diverse range of organisations, such as national libraries, scientific data 
centres and archives. DPE is organising a successful series of training 
courses to train new DRAMBORA auditors. The third of these will be held at 
the Ministry for Cultural Heritage, Rome, Italy, in March 2009.

Duration of the course
Three days, from Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th March 2009. The onsite
training will be followed by students' individual work on a test assessment
using the DRAMBORA toolkit.

Number of participants
The maximum number of course participants is 12.

Benefits of attendance
This course will enable attendees to:
- Comprehend the concept of risk with regards to digital preservation
  repositories
- Recognise the need for evidence-based evaluation for building trust in
  digital repositories
- Understand how the DRAMBORA toolkit can be used to help design and develop

systems and workflows that can help build trusted digital repositories
- Obtain skills needed to undertake a thorough assessment of digital
  repositories using DRAMBORA toolkit
- Appreciate the range of staff and skill-sets required to implement and
  sustain a trusted digital repository
- Obtain a working knowledge of the issues surrounding assessment, audit and

certification of digital preservation repositories.

Course modules
Day 1: Key concepts in assessment of digital preservation repositories
Day 2: Introduction to the DRAMBORA method and toolkit
Using DRAMBORA Interactive in practice
Day 3: Preparing the test assessment using DRAMBORA
Setting up a DRAMBORA assessment - practical guidance

Full programme at 
http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/training/rome-2009/programme/


Target audience and requirements:
This course is aimed for 12 practitioners actively involved in funding,
supporting, developing, implementing, and/or managing digital preservation
repositories and interested in the assessment of digital repositories. The
course will also be of value to auditors and risk managers from archives,
libraries and museums sector, as well as other institutions such as data
archives, government departments, legal and commercial sectors.

Format
A mixture of lectures and practical activities will be offered with the main
focus on hands-on group training. Subsequent to the course, students are
required to complete a test audit using materials provided during the
course. The audit results will be assessed and validated by the tutors and
individual feedback given to each student via e-mail. Online support will be
provided during the test audit period.

The DRAMBORA auditors training course will be conducted as a small, hands-on
group training since it requires a higher concentration of practical
activities and thus benefits from a smaller number of participants. The
course will include:
. Hands-on structured practical exercises working alongside the trainers;
. Case-based learning how to use the DRAMBORA toolkit by applying specific
  scenarios.

Participants 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.

Trainers
The course trainers will be DPE and DCC experts, who authored the DRAMBORA
toolkit, have deep inside knowledge of other repository audit and
certification tools and have experience in applying them in practice:
Perla Innocenti, HATII at the University of Glasgow
Andrew McHugh, HATII at the University of Glasgow
Raivo Ruusalepp, National Archives of Netherlands

Course fees
The course fee is 200 EURO for DCC and DPE members and associated members,
and 250 EURO for all other participants. The fee covers the cost of 
coffee-breaks, lunches and course materials for each participant.

The DCC and DPE aim to provide a series of courses which will develop the
knowledge and skills of core communities, promote the importance of digital
curation and preservation and educate in the ways that DCC and DPE methods
and tools can help to resolve these issues. The programme does not aim to
make a financial profit through following this responsibility. However, the
DCC and DPE recognise that to cover nominal costs and to ensure attendance
from those registered for the event, a small charge for courses will be
necessary.

To learn how to become a DPE associated member (at no charge) please go to:
http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/about/associates/. To learn more
about becoming a DCC Associate Network member, please go to
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/associates/.

Registration
Register for this event using our online form at
http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/training/register/rome-2009/. There are a
maximum of 12 places available on this course.

Venue
The training will take place at the Ministry for Cultural Heritage, Rome, 
Italy.

If you have any further queries or require additional information, please
contact either:

Perla Innocenti
Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII)
University of Glasgow
11 University Gardens
Glasgow G12 8QJ
Scotland, UK
E-mail: [log in to unmask]

or:

Raivo Ruusalepp
Nationaal Archief
2595 LK, Den Haag
Netherlands
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


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Joy Davidson
DCC Training Coordinator and ERPANET British Editor
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 3549
Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788
http://www.dcc.ac.uk
http://www.erpanet.org