Digital Preservation: What I Wish I Knew Before I Started, London, 23rd January

The DPC, the Archives and Records Association and Tessella are pleased to invite students and researchers in archives, records management and librarianship to a one day conference on practical workplace skills in digital preservation: http://www.dpconline.org/events/details/74-dpc-wiwik2014?xref=80

Organised in partnership with the Universities of Aberystwyth, Dundee, and University College London, and with sponsorship from Tessella and the Archives and Records Association, the conference will bring a select group of leading practitioners together with the next generation of archivists, records managers and librarians to discuss the challenges of digital collections management and digital preservation.  The day will open with a consideration of digital preservation basics and a scan of emerging trends in digital preservation.  In the afternoon, a group of invited speakers will be invited to reflect on 'the things they wish they knew before they 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.

This day will be of interest to:

• Students and recent graduates in library and archive schools
• Students and recent graduates in information management and records management
• Tutors, lecturers and course convenors in library and archive schools, or who teach records management or information governance
• Innovators, vendors and commentators on digital preservation and cognate fields
• Employers seeking to understand the skills needed to operate digital preservation facilities or seeking to recruit new entrants

This event is free but registration is filling quickly.  For more details see: http://www.dpconline.org/events/details/74-dpc-wiwik2014?xref=80