#DPClinic October: PRONOM Special

#DPClinic sessions take place at the same time, same place as #DPConnect, at 1400 UK time, on the last Friday of each month. For each #DPConnect session we pick a popular digital preservation topic which invites discussion, debate and controversy around shared challenges in preservation. Participants are invited to bring questions, queries and challenges on the relevant topic, as well as stories of what has worked well for them; or alternatively just listen in to the discussion.

This month:

Introducing PRONOM Research Week with Francesca Mackenzie, National Archives (UK)

PRONOM Research Week is a yearly initiative to help focus community effort on addressing the gaps in PRONOM and building the database. Based on previous research weeks in 2019 and 2020, the PRONOM Team would like to announce the return of PRONOM Research Week for 2022. PRONOM Research Week is a great opportunity to get involved in contributing to PRONOM.

This year we will have two streams, one for those that want to submit full PRONOM entries or correct signatures and a second for those who would like to update or write descriptions for the file formats in the database. Both are incredibly valuable to the work that PRONOM does.

We have put together resources our GitHub page to get you started in file format research or answer any questions if you get stuck. During the week the PRONOM Team will be available via our regular drop-in sessions to help answer questions. For the week we will be increasing the amount of drop-in sessions we usually hold. The times to join the drop-in sessions can be found here.

Who can use #DPClinic?

#DPConnect and #DPClinic are available to everyone in the digital preservation community, DPC Members and non-members alike, provided all participants are respectful and supportive of one another and adhere to the DPC's Inclusion and Diversity Policy.

Recordings (DPC Members, please log in to view)