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Digital Curation and Preservation Outreach and Capacity Building Workshop
14-15 September 2009 |
In co-operation with the Strategic Content Alliance (SCA), the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) we delivered this two-day workshop to help establish more effective digital curation and preservation networks of support across the UK and between domains of public sector activity.
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In particular, this workshop explored:
- 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
This workshop provided a mixture of presentations, breakout sessions and practical exercises and aimed 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 provided half-day taster courses for both Digital Curation 101 (DC 101) and Digital Preservation Training Programme (DPTP) courses.
Workshop Materials
Session One
- Welcome and Introduction [PPT, 170KB] Neil Grindley, JISC
- Digital Preservation at the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland [PPS, 500KB] Hugh Campbell, PRONI
- The Preservation Landscape, Roles and Responsibilities [PPT, 2.24MB] Neil Grindley, JISC
Session Two
- Breakout Questions [PPT, 138KB]
Session Four
- Digital Curation 101 "Taster" [PPT, 6.39MB] Joy Davidson and Sarah Higgins, DCC
- Exercise: Identifying and Mitigating Risk [PPT, 205KB] Joy Davidson, DCC
Session Five
- Exercise: Ensuring Data Quality [PPT, 209KB] Suzanne M. Embury, School of Computer Science University of Manchester
Benefits of Participation
Participation in this workshop provided 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 — for digital curation and preservation activity within their institutions. The workshop also enabled 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 was held at the Holiday Inn, Belfast:
Holiday Inn 22 Ormeau Avenue Belfast BT2 8HS
See directions to the venue [external].
Registration
Registration was open to participants from the university; schools; library; cultural heritage; local government; health; public broadcasting sectors. Preference was given to participants from Northern Ireland. Registration was free and participation was limited to 40 participants.