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Created on Monday, 14 May 2012 10:14

The Digital Preservation Coalition and Charles Beagrie Limited are delighted to announce the continuation of their collaboration, producing 3 more Technology Watch Reports.

 ‘5 Technology Watch Reports have already been produced – or are in production – and have been enthusiastically received by our members’, said William Kilbride of the DPC.  The next three will ensure that the production process continues through 2013 with themes and topics proposed and refined by DPC members to help them with digital preservation.’

 The three new reports will be:

  • Web Archiving, Maureen Pennock
  • Preserving Computer Aided Design, Alex Ball (jointly with DCC)
  • Preservation Metadata, Brian Lavoie and Richard Gartner

Two of the reports are completely new, and a third one will allow us to update one of the more popular reports that has become dated since it was first published in 2005.  DPC members will have a period of privileged advance access to each report prior to wider public release.

The DPC Technology Watch Report series was established in 2002 and has been one of the Coalition’s most enduring contributions to the wider digital preservation community.  They exist to provide authoritative support and foresight to those engaged with digital preservation or having to tackle digital preservation problems for the first time. These publications support members work forces', they identify disseminate and discuss best practices and they lower the barriers to participation in digital preservation.

‘Each ‘Technology Watch Report’ analyses a particular topic in digital preservation, evaluating workable solutions, and investigating new tools and techniques appropriate for different contexts,’ explained Neil Beagrie, series editor.  ‘The reports are written by leaders-in-the-field and are peer-reviewed prior to publication.  The intended audience is worldwide, especially in the UK, Europe, Australia New Zealand, USA, Canada.’

‘We expect that these reports will have a wide readership.  The audience includes members and non-members of the coalition; staff of commercial and public agencies; repository managers, librarians and archivists charged with managing electronic resources; senior staff and executives of intellectual property organizations in the private and public sectors; those who teach and train information scientists; as well as policy advisors requiring an advanced introduction to specific issues and researchers developing DP solutions.’

Further publicity on each report in the series will be released over the course.  Draft outlines of each reports will be distributed to members for comment and the whole process will be overseen by an editorial board drawn from the membership.

 

Created on Friday, 11 May 2012 09:05

The Digital Preservation Coalition is delighted to welcome the University of Manchester Library as its newest member.

'The University of Manchester Library has a strong interest in digital preservation at both a strategic and operational level,' explained Sandra Bracegirdle. 'We have recently carried out a significant review of our digital preservation work as we see this as a key issue for the Library. '

'Membership of the DPC provides us with opportunities to collaborate with a range of organisations and to share knowledge and expertise. By joining DPC as an Associate Member we hope to play an active role in building up the UK's digital preservation community.'

Richard Ovenden, chair of the Coalition, welcomed this newest member. ''We're really pleased to welcome the University of Manchester Library to the Coalition: it will strengthen their work but it will also strengthen the DPC. They are the fourth major academic library to have joined the DPC in the last 12 months and it's encouraging to see such a strong commitment to digital preservation from the major research libraries.'

 

Created on Friday, 11 May 2012 00:00

The SPRUCE project has issued it's first call for proposals.  Grants of up to five thousands pounds are available to support small projects that extend themes and tools that were developed at the first SPRUCE mash-up event in Glasgow in April.  Applications should be submitted by: 5pm, 22nd May 2012 and projects to complete by: 31st October 2012.  For more details see: http://www.dpconline.org/advocacy/spruce

   

Created on Thursday, 10 May 2012 08:21

The Digital Preservation Coalition is delighted to welcome Royal Museums Greenwich as its newest member.

Richard Ferguson, Documentation Manager, Royal Museums Greenwich said 'Having the opportunity to join a community of practice which has a focus on addressing and developing greater understanding of the challenges of digital preservation is most timely.'

'We have a mission to illustrate for everyone the importance of sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people through maximising access to its collections and its expertise.  Developing robust and sustainable strategies, processes and infrastructure to support management, care and preservation of both collection  and corporate digital assets is a core objective of our strategic plan.'

Richard Ovenden, chair of the Coalition, warmly welcomed the fifth new member this year. 

'Royal Museums Greenwich have first- rate collections, highly-skilled staff and progressive management so it is a particular pleasure to welcome them to the Coalition.  DPC's relationships with the museum sector were previously directed through MLA, with its strategic role to support the sector.  It is perhaps no surprise that - in the same month that MLA was finally wound up - a major national museum has decided to join the DPC.' 

'Royal Museums Greenwich and their staff will benefit greatly from their membership.  We hope that their decision encourages others to do the same.'

 

Created on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 13:49

DPC has published its informal notes from the 2nd LIBER International Workshop on Digital Preservation, held in Florence from the 7th to the 8th of May 2012.  Notes are are linked from the DPC members area of the website at: http://www.dpconline.org/members/conference-reports (login required).

   

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