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Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems (Workshop and Tutorial)
Inter-university Consortium for Politica and Social Research (ICPSR) is the host institution for the Digital Preservation Management Workshop and Tutorial. This expanded program is based on the workshop curriculum initially developed at Cornell University and supported with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Next scheduled topical workshop: November 1-5, 2010, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Next scheduled 5-day workshop: June 5-10, 2011, University at Albany – SUNY in Albany, New York
Archivematica Workshop
Digital preservation is applying strategies, tools and resources to overcome the threat of technology obsolescence and incompatibility to maintain the accessibility, usability and authenticity of digital information over the long-term. The workshop begins with a summary of digital preservation issues and strategies. The theoretical component will end with a discussion on the requirements of the Reference Model for an Open Archival Information System (ISO 14721) and how to translate these into specific, concrete actions using software tools.
April 28, 2011, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Managing Photographic Media Workshop
The AABC is pleased to offer a 2-day workshop that incorporates the archival management of photographic media with preservation management. Team-taught by the AABC’s Archives and Preservation Advisors, this workshop is designed for archivists and collections managers responsible for photographic media. The workshop is taught using mini-PowerPoint presentations followed by hands-on sessions. The hands-on sessions will cover appraisal, access & privacy (including copyright), arrangement and description, photographic negative and print identification and the identification of safe and unsafe storage enclosures. The workshop will also briefly cover digitization best practices and management of born-digital archival photographs.
April 27-28, 2011, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia
Hawai’i International Conference on System Sciences (Digital Media: Content and Communication track)
Digital Media content focuses on the organization and retrieval of digital information from large scale repositories and communication through digital media focuses on how digital media has changed how we communicate and how we are leveraging digital media to communicate in our personal lives and in the work place.
January 4-7, 2011, The Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa, Koloa, Kauai, Hawaii
International Conference on Digital Libraries and Knowledge Organization
The goal of the conference is to bring together librarians, information engineers, educators as well as experts and professionals in other related fields, from both Indian and abroad, to exchange ideas and share research findings about digital libraries and knowledge organization.
Feburary 14-16, 2011, Management Development Institute, Hargan Basti, Sector 17, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Planning a Digitization Project/Virtual Exhibit (University of Toronto Professional Development Centre)
David Sharron will present on various aspects of managing a digitization project including starting off, finding funding, staffing issues, reporting, promotion and more.
October 23, 2010, McMaster University (William Ready Division of Archives and Research Collections), Hamilton, Ontario
Staying on TRAC: Digital Preservation Implications and Solutions for Collaboratives
One of the significant barriers to the ability of collaborative digital initatives to develop a long-term preservation program is a lack of educational opportunities. This workshop was designed to bring together teams of individuals who have created digital collections and who now bear responsibility for the digital preservation of these collections.
November 16-17, 2010, Evanston, Illinois