Digital Preservation Workshop Series

Preservation of digital information is a concern for any institution charged with the stewardship of digital resources into the future. This three-workshop series, sponsored in part by ExLibris, brings nationally recognized digital preservation experts to METRO to address primary digital preservation issues and the tools and strategies necessary for policy and plan implementation.

Take advantage of discount rates if you register for all three sessions ($150 off), or sign up 2 out of three. Note: the first workshop is recommended as a pre-requisite for the second and/or third workshops.

About the Series:
The Digital Preservation Workshop Series is organized by the Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) in collaboration with Lyrasis and BCR. The series will feature the following three one-day workshops:

November 4, 2009
Assuring Long Term Access to Digital Collections:
An Introduction to Digital Preservation
Instructors: Tom Clareson (Lyrasis) and Liz Bishoff (BCR)
Scope: Focusing on the concept that “digital preservation begins at creation,” this session will review the most important concepts for preserving digital assets, look at actions to implement a digital preservation program, and preview some of the open source and commercial digital preservation tools and systems available to libraries and cultural heritage institutions.
Register for this workshop here: http://bit.ly/16buza

December 16, 2009
Risk Assessment for Digital Collections
Instructors: Tom Clareson (Lyrasis) and Liz Bishoff (BCR)
Scope: This second in a three-part workshop series on digital preservation focuses on some of the common problems in preserving digital material, and helps participants learn how to assess the risks to their own digital collections, including but not limited to those risks associated with the digital collections, technology, personnel, environmental risks, and legal and financial issues. Based on the risk assessment, attendees will be able to begin development of their digital preservation plan.
Register for this workshop here: http://bit.ly/vyB07

January 28, 2010
Digital Preservation Tools, Systems, and Services
Instructor: Tyler Walters (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Scope: This third in a three-part workshop series on digital preservation focuses on the emerging technological frameworks and systems for digital preservation. This session provides special emphasis on tools that cultural memory organizations can implement in-house, including commercial and open source components, systems, and services as ExLibris Rosetta, JHOVE, Bagit, LOCKSS, iRODS, and DuraSpace.
Register for this workshop here: http://bit.ly/3TyDqm