Digital Preservation Workflow Webinars 2023

Free to attend and open to all, the Digital Preservation Workflow Webinar series will showcase just some of the digital preservation workflow processes developed and implemented by DPC Member institutions.

Each speaker will present their workflow, which represents a part of the digital preservation process or a particular digital media or content type, before we open the floor for discussion and a chance to ask questions.

Webinar Series Program

Episode 1: Tuesday 28 February, 1600 - 1800 UTC / 1100-1300 UTC-5
This episode has been timed to be suitable for audiences in Europe and the Americas (click for local time)

Speakers:

• Heather Tompkins, Library and Archives Canada - Pre-Ingest processing for transferred digital archives. 

• Karyn Williamson, abrdn - Manual open-source workflow 

• Tricia Patterson and Jessi Jassal, Harvard Library - ePADD email preservation workflow

• COW-a-thon:

  • Each episode will conclude with a community hackathon or ‘COW-a-thon,’ as we invite speakers and participants in the webinars AND the wider digital preservation community to contribute their own workflows into the Community Owned Workflows COPTR wiki.

Episode 2: Wednesday 1st March, 1000-1200 UTC / 1100 - 1300 UTC+1

This episode has been timed to be suitable for audiences in Europe and Africa (click for local time)

Speakers:

• Silvia Galotti and Nick Bywell, LSE Library - Born-digital archives workflow and a demonstration of the Graphical User Interface as a front-end for the LSE Digital Toolkit

• Tom Wilson and Patricia Sleeman, UNHCR - Pre-ingest workflows for digitisation projects

• Jaime Penagos, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität - eHumanities workflow 

• COW-a-thon:

  • Each episode will conclude with a community hackathon or ‘COW-a-thon,’ as we invite speakers and participants in the webinars AND the wider digital preservation community to contribute their own workflows into the Community Owned Workflows COPTR wiki.

Episode 3: Wednesday 1st March, 2200 - 0000 UTC/ 0900 - 1100 UTC+11 (+1)

This episode has been timed to be suitable for audiences in Australasia and Asia-Pacific (click for local time)

Speakers:

• Julia Miller, PARADISEC archive - Small archive workflows

• Andrew Martin, DAMSmart - PARADISEC digitisation workflow

• Elizabeth Hawkins, Queensland State Archives with Meg Travers, Sally O'Callaghan, Sarah Aldrich, Gaia Resources - Gaia resources workflow

• COW-a-thon:

  • Each episode will conclude with a community hackathon or ‘COW-a-thon,’ as we invite speakers and participants in the webinars AND the wider digital preservation community to contribute their own workflows into the Community Owned Workflows COPTR wiki.

Episode 4: Thursday 2nd March, 1200-1400 UTC

This episode has been timed to be suitable for audiences in Europe and Africa (click for local time)

Speakers:

• Chris Knowles, Churchill Archives Centre - command sets for freely available tools

• Stephen McConnachie, BFI - MediaConch workflow

• Joanna White, BFI - RAWCooked workflow

• COW-a-thon:

  • Each episode will conclude with a community hackathon or ‘COW-a-thon,’ as we invite speakers and participants in the webinars AND the wider digital preservation community to contribute their own workflows into the Community Owned Workflows COPTR wiki. 

Who should attend?

This series of events will interest:

• Those starting out in digital preservation and looking for workflow inspiration

• Those looking to find out more about simple workflow using free tools

• Those looking for ideas to improve or enhance their own workflows

• Those with workflows ready to contribute and discuss

 Registration

This series of events is free to attend and open to all, but places should be booked in advance. Registration is now closed. If you would like to attend, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

Recordings

Playlist of all recordings

Pre-Ingest processing for transferred digital archives - Heather Tompkins, Library and Archives Canada

Manual open-source workflow - Karyn Williamson, abrdn 

ePADD email preservation workflow - Tricia Patterson and Jessi Jassal, Harvard Library 

Born-digital archives workflow and a demonstration of the Graphical User Interface as a front-end for the LSE Digital Toolkit - Silvia Galotti and Nick Bywell, LSE Library 

Pre-ingest workflows for digitisation projects - Tom Wilson and Patricia Sleeman, UNHCR

eHumanities workflow - Jaime Penagos, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Small archive workflows - Julia Miller, PARADISEC archive

PARADISEC digitisation workflow - Andrew Martin, DAMSmart

Gaia resources workflow - Elizabeth Hawkins, Queensland State Archives with Meg Travers, Sally O'Callaghan, Sarah Aldrich, Gaia Resources (Powerpoint 1, Powerpoint 2)

command sets for freely available tools - Chris Knowles, Churchill Archives Centre (see blog write up here!)

MediaConch workflow - Stephen McConnachie, BF

RAWCooked workflow - Joanna White, BFI

DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy  

The DPC Community is guided by the values set out in our Strategic Plan and aims to be respectful, welcoming, inclusive and transparent. We encourage diversity in all its forms and are committed to being accessible to everyone who wishes to engage with the topic of digital preservation, whilst remaining technology and vendor neutral. We ask all those who are part of this community and attending this session to be positive, accepting, and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others in alignment with our DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy.