RAM Jam – sharing our maturity modelling case studies

Our ‘RAM Jam’ sessions aim to bring DPC Members together to share experiences of using our Rapid Assessment Model (DPC RAM). We invite members to share their top tips on how they have used RAM to further their digital preservation goals. Continuous improvement takes time and effort, and this session allows us to look back at where we have come from and reflect on how RAM has helped set and record that journey.

This series of ‘RAM Jam’ sessions will travel around the world gathering tips and advice along the way. Members will be sharing short case studies in these sessions and participants will be invited to contribute their own thoughts and experiences in the discussion sessions.

These members-only sessions will not be recorded, but we will be publishing a blog post sharing some of the key takeaways after the events have concluded.

Note that this event series does not provide an introduction to DPC RAM. It is assumed that attendees have some knowledge of DPC RAM and may have already carried out their own self-assessment. If you are new to RAM, an introductory video describing the model and how it can be used can be found here.

Programme

Session 1 - Wednesday 3rd December: 3:00am - 4:00am UTC (click for local time)

In this session we will hear RAM case studies from the following speakers:

• When One RAM Just Isn’t Enough: planning multiple RAMs in Deakin Library’s Collections - Jack Wain (Coordinator, Digitisation and Preservation), Deakin University

• Leading the way on Digital Preservation: RAM as a leadership project - Elizabeth Alvey (Manager, UQ eSpace), University of Queensland

Session 2 - Wednesday 3rd December: 10:00am - 11:00am UTC (click for local time)

In this session we will hear RAM case studies from the following speakers:

• ICAEW Library: Strengthening our work with DPC RAM - Jonathan Bushell (Head of Curation and Library Collection) and Nick Kelly (Digital Archivist), Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

• First steps: Using the Rapid Assessment Model to implement basic digital preservation measures - Katie Waring (Special Collections and Archive Manager), Lancaster University

• The digital preservation “yardstick” - DPC RAM at National Records of Scotland - Garth Stewart (Head of Good Practice), DPC and Eve Wright (Digital Preservation Lead), National Records of Scotland

Session 3 - Wednesday 3rd December: 7:00pm - 8:30pm UTC (click for local time)

In this session we will hear RAM case studies from the following speakers:

• Reaping the Benefits from Our Connections: Growing with an Interdepartmental RAM - Kari May (Digital Archives & Preservation Librarian), University of Pittsburgh

• Benchmarking a Nation: The National DPC RAM Benchmarking Project - Amanda Tomé (Preservation Coordinator), Digital Research Alliance of Canada

• Using DPC RAM at Getty: Continuous Improvement with a Small Team - Teresa Soleau (Digital Preservation Manager), J. Paul Getty Trust

• Digital Preservation and Games: why games matter - Sean Macmillan (Digital Collections Manager), Kings College London

Do sign up for as many sessions as you would like to or are able to attend.

Registration

Registration is for DPC Members only. Full Members may register 5 attendees and Associate Members may register 1 attendee for this event. 

DPC Members, please log in to register.

Registration will close 48 hours before the event starts. If you wish to register after registration has closed, please email eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org

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 to be positive, accepting, and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others in alignment with our DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy.