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Joint DCC/LUCAS Workshop

30 November-01 December 2006 |

Joint DCC/LUCAS Workshop 30 November – 1 December 2006 Foresight Centre, Liverpool

In conjunction with Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies (LUCAS) we delivered a two-day workshop that explored pre- and post-ingest activity for digital archival collections.

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Workshop Presentations

Keynote Address

The road less travelled by: The relevance of the archive and records management profession in the 21st Century [PPT, 760KB] Steve Bailey, JISC Electronic Records Manager

Pre-ingest Activity

Developing a pre-ingest strategy for digital records [PPS, 2.3MB] Zoë Smyth, PRONI

Making links with potential donors [PDF, 504KB] Susan Thomas, PARADIGM Project

Getting to grips with standards [PPT, 1.1MB] Sarah Higgins, DCC

Ingest Activity

Ingesting digital manuscripts - practical steps Jeremy John, British Library Presentation to follow

From Videotape-based to File-based Archives - BBC D-3 preservation case-study [PPT, 6.8MB] James Insell, BBC

Ingesting data sets - practical steps [PPT, 3.5MB] Jim Jamieson, NDAD

Knowing what you've got: format identification, validation and characterisation [PPT, 614KB] Stephen Abrams, Harvard University Library

Evaluating ingest success: using the AIHT [PPT, 2.1MB] Michael Nelson, Old Dominion University

The DCC pilot audits on trusted digital repositories [PPT, 145KB] Seamus Ross and Andrew McHugh, DCC

Preservation Planning

Practical case study: development of prototype persistent archives [PPT, 114KB] Paul Watry, University of Liverpool

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Benefits of Attendance

This workshop benefited anyone interested in collecting and managing digital archival collections. Specifically, it explored key issues associated with developing a pre-ingest strategy, ingest processes, and preservation activity.

Format

This two-day event was split over two sessions:

  • The first session explored pre-ingest activity and included presentations on developing a pre-ingest strategy, improving contact with content creators and depositors, and understanding the benefits of compliance with standards.
  • The second session included presentations that illustrated ingest processes for a range of record types, format identification, and preservation activity.

Venue

This event was held in the Gallery at the Foresight Centre [external], Liverpool. Find out how to get to the Foresight Centre [external].

Accommodation

See a list of hotels near the venue where you can stay [PDF, 13KB]

Registration

Registration fees were £100 for DCC Associates Network members and £150 for non-members.

Membership of the DCC Associates Network is FREE! For more information on becoming a member, see our Associates Network page.

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