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Digital Preservation Management
Are you responsible for digital preservation at your organization? Are you
interested in learning the standards, resources, policies, and work flows
integral to a successful program? Do you want to join a cohort of similar
professionals as you develop your skills and organizational readiness? Come
learn how to implement short-term strategies for long-term problems.
We are happy to announce that the five-day Digital Preservation Management
Workshop directed by Nancy Y. McGovern is taking place this June 14 - 19, 2015
at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts near to Cambridge and Boston.
Tuition fee for the week is $1,200.00 and includes four lunches and a group
dinner. Information
Websitehttps://www.regonline.com/builder/site/?eventid=1687934 The
application system will open on March 16 at 9:00 ET. No fees are due at time
of application.
Workshop Goals
Promote Practical and Responsible Stewardship of Digital Assets. The goals of
the workshop are to foster critical thinking in a technological realm and
provide the means for exercising practical and responsible stewardship of
digital assets in an age of technological uncertainty. The workshop sessions
are geared towards making a digital preservation program doable for any
organization and all of the sessions include as many relevant examples as we
can fit. The workshop focuses on the decision points involved in responding to
ongoing technological changes while managing digital content across the life
cycle.
Workshop Audience
The workshop series is intended for managers who are or will be responsible for
digital preservation programs in libraries, archives, and other cultural
institutions.
Faculty for June 2015
The faculty for the workshop will include Dr. Nancy Y. McGovern, Kari R. Smith,
Courtney Mumma, and Brad Westbrook. Link
herehttp://www.dpworkshop.org/workshops/instructors.html for information
about each instructor. We are very pleased that our keynote speaker will be
Dr. Katherine Skinner, Executive Director of the Educopia Institute.
Workshop Content
The workshop includes interactive presentations, group discussions, exercises,
individual assignments, and a keynote presentation by an international expert
in digital preservation. Workshop attendees explore the range of components
needed to develop an effective digital preservation program. Workshop materials
include action plans for organizations to complete when participants return to
their institutions. Action plans result in organization-specific plans that
incorporate technical, financial, organizational, and policy aspects
encompassing the full life cycle of digital objects. The workshop focuses on
strategies for organizations to implement now, while research and development
goes forward in creating longer-term solutions that can be incorporated into
the program framework.
As a prerequisite for the workshop, we ask participants to work through the
Digital Preservation Management Tutorial - a free resource for anyone
interested in learning the foundations for digital preservation and as a
starting point for advanced discussions. The tutorial is online at:
www.workshop.orghttp://www.workshop.org.
Please let us know if you have questions about the workshop.
dpmw-managem...@mit.edumailto:dpmw-managem...@mit.edu
Your Digital Preservation Management Workshop Team and
Director, Nancy Y. McGovern
