DCC workshops may combine case studies, presentations and/or interactive breakout sessions to explore some of the more complex issues affecting digital curators today.
In conjunction with the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), we held a two-day workshop that explored the range of policies required to manage, preserve, and reuse the information held within digital repositories over time. This event was organized in cooperation with the Oxford Internet Institute (OII).
This event offered everyone the chance to find out more about the work we do, view demos and discuss issues surrounding the curation of data; plus, a fabulous opportunity to visit the DCC Head Office and meet with other Associates and chat to DCC staff from all areas of the organisation.
In conjunction with JISC, we held a programme kick-off meeting at Scarman House, Warwick Conference Centre, to launch the UK LOCKSS Pilot.
We delivered a two-day tutorial to introduce the PREMIS preservation metadata data dictionary.
This seminar gave an overview of current and emerging approaches to the preservation of digital information and records. It looked at the current issues around the University of Edinburgh's corporate transactional databases and information resources such as e-mail and web content and explored some of the possible solutions and related practices. A key aim of the seminar was to encourage audience participation and exchange of ideas.
Institutional websites have become an increasingly integral tool for disseminating key institutional information and for promoting institutional identities to the general public. The long-term survival, value, and usability of the information presented via institutional websites depends on numerous criteria such as the formats and codes selected for presentation, the capture and binding of associated metadata, the identification of the web resources, and the perceived quality of the web resources among current and future users.
"The growing UK research base must have ready and efficient access to information of all kinds."
HM Treasury Science and innovation investment framework 2004-2014
In conjunction with the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), and the British Library (BL), we delivered a two-day workshop at Scarman House, University of Warwick, to help shape the international digital curation and preservation research agenda for the next ten years.