Digital Curation and Preservation Outreach and Capacity Building Event
14-15 September 2009
Holiday Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/capacity-building-belfast-2009/
The Joint Systems Information Committee (JISC) and the Digital Curation
Centre (DCC) in co-operation with the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), the
Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and the Digital
Preservation Coalition (DPC) are delighted to announce that we will deliver
a joint two-day workshop in Belfast to help to establish more effective
digital curation and preservation networks of support across the UK and
between domains of public sector activity.
In particular, this workshop will explore:
-the current capacity of small and medium-sized organisations (including
universities) to effectively undertake long-term preservation of digital
materials
-how the mixture of organisations and support agencies in the area of
digital preservation and curation can best work together, and how they
relate to international initiatives
-recent and emerging technical developments in the curation and preservation
field
The workshop will provide a mixture of presentations, breakout sessions and
practical exercises and aims to:
-inform the ongoing refinement of the content and objectives of training and
professional development courses for the widest possible audience.
-establish requirements for curation and preservation support, advice, and
guidance for various domains from both a local and UK wide perspective.
To this end, the workshop will provide half-day taster courses for both
Digital Curation 101 (DC 101) and Digital Preservation Training Programme
(DPTP) courses.
Benefits of participation:
Participation in this workshop will provide registrants with an opportunity
to establish peer support networks, to share their concerns, experiences,
and approaches both with colleagues from Northern Ireland and the rest of
the UK. The workshop will also enable participants to help inform the
development of future training and professional development courses to
ensure that they are fit for purpose.
Following this event, a short report will be drafted offering:
-Recommendations for improved local and UK-wide communications and
interactions between a range of support networks and public sector
institutions;
-A summary of local and UK-wide training and professional development
requirements as gathered from the workshop participants.
-A set of recommendations from a local and UK-wide perspective to inform the
future development of digital curation and preservation training courses.
Venue:
The workshop will be held at the Holiday Inn, Belfast. If required,
accommodation will be provided on-site for participants for the nights of
September 13th and 14th 2009.
Holiday Inn
22 Ormeau Avenue
Belfast
BT2 8HS
For directions to the venue, please see
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/bfsoa/transportation?start=1.
Registration
Registration is open to participants from the university; schools; library;
cultural heritage; local government; health; public broadcasting sectors.
Preference will be given to participants from Northern Ireland but will also
be open to eligible registrants from the rest of the UK and from the
Republic of Ireland. Registration is free and participation is limited to 40
participants.
To register for this event, please complete the online form at
http://www.dcc.ac.uk/events/capacity-building-belfast-2009/register.
Best regards,
Joy Davidson
DCC Associate Director
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 8592
Fax: +44(0)141 330 3788
http://www.dcc.ac.uk
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