The DPC is consulting its members and the wider community on the TIMBUS project.  This project builds on and extends existing research and experience in risk management and business continuity management on the one hand, and digital preservation on the other, aligning these complementary approaches.  It is a strategic project co-funded by the European Union and it brings together expertise from across Europe from industry partners, SMEs and research partners. 

In order to focus the project on the practical needs of the community, the project team have asked to consult DPC members, examining the occasions when it is necessary to capture, repeat or replay interdependent processes or systems to make sense of a particular archive, product or data set.   

Interested parties are encouraged to contribute at: https://intel.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1LWzcs15h0TIiAkor follow up more detail at: http://bit.ly/w2JgO9

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 University of Aberystwyth and the University of 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' - giving students an advantage in their own career development, and helping those who frame the curriculum a chance to extend their student's readiness for the workplace.

For more details including programme and registration see: http://www.dpconline.org/events/details/38-studentconference?xref=38

The Digital Preservation Coalition is pleased to offer four fully funded scholarships to attend the Digital Futures Academy at the British Library, London, 19th – 23rd March 2012. Led by experts of international renown, Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitization to delivery. Digital Futures is operated and organised by the King’s College London.

For more details of the scholarships including eligibility and how to apply see the DPC Leadership Programme.

What's New - Issue 40, December 2011

In this issue:

• What's On - Forthcoming events from December 2011 onwards
• What's New - New reports and initiatives since the last issue
• What's What - The Data Citation Community Gathers Pace - Monica Duke, DCC
• Who's Who - Sixty second interview with Sally McInnes, National Library of Wales
• Featured Project - The Irish General Election 2011: Web archiving at the National Library of Ireland
• Your View? - comments and views from readers

What's new is a joint publication of the DPC and DCC

Papers for the 2011 DPC Annual General Meeting are now available, including the Abbreviated Accounts of the DPC for FY 2010-11 and the DPC Strategic Plan 2012-15. 

Click here for documents for the meeting (login required)

As previously announced, the Ninth Annual General Meeting of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) will be held at 15.30 on Thursday the 1st of December 2010 in the room G39, Public Record of Northern Ireland, Titanic Boulevard, Belfast BT3 9HQ. The meeting is expected to end at approximately 1615. Tea and coffee will be served from 1500 and the meeting will be followed by a tour of the new PRONI offices. The AGM is being chaired by Richard Ovenden, Chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition.

Agenda (DPCAGM11A)
1. Welcome (Richard Ovenden)
2. Introduction and formal notice of meeting
3. Apologies
4. Minutes of the Eighth AGM, held on Wednesday 1st December 2010 (DPCAGM11B)
5. The 2010-11 Annual Report of the DPC (William Kilbride)
6. The 2010-11 Annual Accounts of the DPC (Chris Woodruffe, G&E) (DPCAGM11C)
7. DPC Strategic Plan 2012-2015 (DPCAGM11D)
8. Election of Chair and Vice-Chair of the DPC
9. APARSEN Project (Sharon McMeekin)
10. TIMBUS Project (Angela Dappert)
11. Any Other Business

Presentations from the DPC and JISC Digital Media 'Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Preservation workshop are now available. 

The DPC / JISC Digital Media briefing day on Intellectual Property Rights and Digital Preservation has changed venue at short notice.  The event will now take place at Wills Hall, Parry's Lane, Stoke Bishop Bristol BS9 1AE.  We apologise for the late notice for this change which was for reasons outwith our control.  For more details of the venue see: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/wills-hall/

Archives New Zealand is developing and implementing a full-scale government digital archive, working closely with the National Library of New Zealand within the Department of Internal Affairs.

This key management role has responsibility for the business change workstreams to ensure practical implementation of digital archiving and digital continuity for all stakeholders (internal and across government). This role leads a high-performing and diverse team responsible for developing digital preservation capability at Archives New Zealand and for ensuring successful relationships with a wide range of key stakeholders. This includes working intensively with Archives' managers to support the evolution of Archives' "business as usual" activities to progressively encompass management of digital public archives. This role is also at the forefront of championing the importance of digital preservation in the public sector, stimulating debate and challenge existing practice where appropriate.

Location: Wellington, fixed term to 30 June 2013, Salary: $90,950 - $117,700 Closing Date: 12pm, Friday 25 November 2011 For more details see: http://www.bfound.net/detail.aspx?jobId=101473&CoId=164&rq=1

University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) are looking for a suitably experienced individual to join our Digital Archives & Repositories Team. You will be responsible for assisting our Senior Repositories Specialist in the technical development and maintenance of our repository service, liaising with external and internal customers and with our network and hosting services team.This is a new post, for 18 months in the first instance. The role is predominantly a technical one and requires a experience of implementing and supporting institutional repositories, and a good understanding of related issues such as digital preservation, linked data and research information management. In addition to managing the requirements of existing customers we expect you to contribute to the maintenance and enhancement of the service infrastructure. We also actively encourage participation in innovative project opportunities, often in participation with other institutions.

£31,233 - £37,923, Fixed-Term Contract Full Time Closing Date30 November 2011, for more details see:

http://ig29.igrasp.com/fe/tpl_universityoflondon01.asps=FoQnTYvIgXJoLlXgd&jobid=76911,0248234865&key=74529849&c=623314237723&pagestamp=dbljnblpqryeshuvjq

DPC has responded to two connected consultations from the Cabinet Office on proposals for the Data Policy for a proposed Public Data Corporation and for the UK government's Open Data Policy. 

The DPC believes that open data should be planned for the long-term otherwise the opportunities that it creates will be unsustainable and underdeveloped. Four practical implications follow from this principle: open data needs to be signposted predictably so that links and references to data are resilient; open data needs to be robust in terms of format, media and description to avoid the inadvertent disruptions caused by obsolescence and media failure; changes to open data need to be tracked and published to ensure that the integrity and authenticity is not lost; open data needs to be predictable in form enabling comparison of performance through time and facilitating the creation and refinement of analytical tools.

• See the original consultation on Making Open Data Real
• See DPC Response to the Making Open Data Real consultation
• See the original consultation on Data Policy for a Public Data Corporation
• See DPC Response to Public Data Corporation consultation