[Dspace-general] BL/CURL/DPC Forum on Institutional Repositories

[Maggie Jones]

***Apologies for cross-posting***

BL/CURL/Digital Preservation Coalition forum on Institutional Repositories
British Library, 19th October 2004

The Digital Preservation Coalition, British Library and CURL are pleased to 
announce a joint one-day forum that will focus on digital preservation 
activities within institutional repositories. 

‘An institutional repository needs to be a service with continuity behind 
it...Institutions need to recognize that they are making commitments for the 
long term.’ Clifford Lynch, 2004   http://www.rlg.org/en/page.php?
Page_ID=19481#article0

These long-term commitments are a key aspect of institutional repositories, 
and each repository should seek to facilitate the long-term preservation of 
selected digital objects stored within it. 

This forum seeks to address these preservation features and present the 
audience with working examples of such preservation activities.  Expert 
speakers will demonstrate practical examples of preservation strategies within 
their repositories. The first half of the day will focus on different 
implementations of institutional repositories, and the organisational 
challenges that institutions might face in building preservation strategies 
into their systems. The afternoon will highlight two case studies of up and 
running digital archives reflecting on the technical challenges they 
encountered. The day will conclude with a panel session, which will explore 
the different technical and cultural approaches to digital preservation 
activities. 

The forum is aimed at organisations that are in the process of, or about to 
embark on setting up institutional repositories, and will serve to give the 
audience a clearer idea of what might suit their own requirements.


Key aspects of the forum:

1.	Practical examples of up and running institutional repositories
2.	Organisational challenges faced in setting up sustainable repositories
3.	Detailed technical preservation processes
4.	Metadata decisions taken
5.	Practicalities of distributed repositories
6.	Resource requirements needed to build digital preservation practices 
into repositories


Speakers:
- Sheila Anderson, AHDS
- Jim Downing, Cambridge University Library
- Hamish James, AHDS 
- John Maccoll, Edinburgh University Library
- William Nixon, Glasgow University Library
- Stephen Pinfield, Nottingham University Library
- David Ryan, The National Archives
- Andrew Speakman, AHDS


The registration fee is £40 for CURL/DPC members, and £80 for non-CURL/DPC 
members. For a detailed programme and online registration, go to:
http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/events/041019forum.html

For more information about the programme contact: semplenajla at yahoo.co.uk 
Any registration enquiries, contact: michael at completesupport.co.uk



-- 
Maggie Jones
Executive Secretary
Digital Preservation Coalition
Innovation Centre
York Science Park
HESLINGTON
YORK YO10 5DG
t: 01904 435362
e: maggie at dpconline.org
i: http://www.dpconline.org


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