Digital Preservation Coalition

Digital Preservation: What I wish I knew before I started, 2013

At Birkbeck College London - Malet Street on 24/01/2013, 14:00 - 17:00

The DPC and the Archives and Records Association are pleased to invite students and researchers in archives, records management and librarianship to a half day conference on practical workplace skills in digital preservation.  Hosted by University College London, and organised in partnership with the Universities of Aberystwyth and Dundee, this mini-conference will bring a select group of leading practitioners together with the next generation of archivists, records managers and ibrarians to discuss the challenges of digital collections management and digital preservation.  In a lively set of presentations and discussions, each of the speakers will be invited to reflect on 'the things I wish I knew before I started', or 'what I actually do all day'  giving students an advantage in their own career development, and helping those who frame the curriculum a chance to extend their students' readiness for the workplace.

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Outline Programme 

1400-1405 Welcome and introduction – Jenny Bunn/ Caroline Brown

1405-1420 What’s the problem with digital preservation – William Kilbride

1420-1435 Helen Hockx-Yu – Web archiving at the British Library

1450-1505 Dave Thompson  - Digital Curator at the Wellcome Library

1505-1520 Patricia Sleeman – Digital archivist at University of London Computer Centre

1520-1535 Adrian Brown – Head of Preservation & Access, Parliamentary Archives

1535-1550 Simon Rooks – Multi-media Archivist BBC

1550-1615 Coffee

1615-1700 Roundtable discussion with all speakers chaired by Caroline Peach (British Library Preservation Advisory Centre)