DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), Preservation and Long-term Access
through Networked Services (Planets), Cultural, Artistic and Scientific
knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval (CASPAR) and Network
of expertise in Digital long-term preservation (nestor) are delighted
to announce that they will be delivering the latest in a series of
collaborative training initiatives to introduce the Principles of
Digital Objects Preservation. This event will be held in Prague, Czech
Republic from October 13-17 2008. This event is being organised in
cooperation with the 'WePreserve' Forum.
This training event will introduce participants to a number of key
digital preservation principles and provide them with an opportunity to
apply this knowledge through a number of practical, hands-on exercises.
Participants will leave with:
- an awareness and understanding of key digital preservation issues and challenges,
- an appreciation of the range of roles and responsibilities involved with digital preservation activity,
- knowledge about the reference model for Open Archival Information System (OAIS),
- a familiarity with file formats currently considered beneficial for preservation,
- a developed understanding of the role and use of metadata and representation information,
- knowledge of the preservation planning process and its benefits to overall digital preservation strategies,
- an insight into the concepts of trust and trustworthiness in the context of digital preservation,
- a working knowledge of the issues surrounding audit methodologies and self-certification of digital repositories
