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'Principles of Digital Preservation: a hands-on approach'
DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE) fosters collaboration and synergies between existing national initiatives across the European Research Area. DPE addresses the need to improve coordination, cooperation and consistency in current activities to secure effective preservation of digital materials. As part of its core objectives, DPE is implementing a suite of training events based on current best practice and to identify additional practitioner training and staff development needs. To this end, DPE, Preservation and Long-term Access through Networked Services (PLANETS) and Network of Expertise in Long-Term Storage of Digital resources (nestor) delivered their first joint training event to introduce the Principles of Digital Preservation in Vilnius, Lithuania from 1 October 2007 to 5 October 2007. This event was held in cooperation with the international conference "Communication of memory in archives, museums and libraries: the interaction of science, policy and practice" which provided participants with further networking opportunities to meet with other researchers, international experts, and practitioners across disciplinary and national boundaries.
This training event introduced participants to a number of key digital preservation principles and provided them with an opportunity to apply this knowledge through a number of hands-on exercises. Participants left 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,
- a developed understanding of the role and use of metadata,
- a familiarity with file formats currently considered beneficial for preservation
- an insight into the concepts of trust and trustworthiness in the context of digital preservation,
- an understanding of the 'utility analysis' methodology within the framework of preservation planning and opportunity to build objective trees for different types of digital objects within their own institutions
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01 10, 2008 08:00 AM
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05 10, 2008 06:00 PM
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| Type | WORKSHOP |
| Audience | ACADEMIA |
| Topic | OTHER - PLEASE SPECIFY Digital preservation |
| Country | Lithuania |
| Place | Vilnius |
| Website | http://www.wepreserve.eu/events/dpe-planets-vilnius-2007 |
| Organising Entity | DPE/Planets/nestor |
| Contact Name | Vilma Karvelyte |
| Contact Email | vilma.karvelyte@sintagma.lt |
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