Preserving eBooks: where are we now?

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This event will bring together expert speakers from across the digital preservation community to discuss and share experiences on the preservation and provision of ongoing access to eBooks.

In 2014 the DPC published a Technology Watch report on Preserving eBooks (http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr14-01). As well as outlining the emergence of eBooks as a feature of modern life, the Report highlighted key challenges associated with their digital preservation including the definition and scope of eBooks; format issues, digital rights management, preservation responsibilities, and the complex business ecosystem in which they are created.

Over a decade on from that seminal publication, the DPC is delighted to convene an expert panel who will present on a range of projects and initiatives that have aimed to address these challenges, or define and tackle emerging issues.

This event will provide an opportunity to hear from speakers who are actively working on eBook preservation, on a range of projects, services and collaborations. There will be opportunities to ask questions and time scheduled for discussion.

Draft Agenda

14:00 – Welcome and introduction

14:10 – Ebook preservation would be easy if it weren't for humans: soft skills, hard problems - Alicia Wise (CLOCKSS)

14:40 – The Open Book Futures Project: what are we doing and why? – Gareth Cole (University of Exeter)

15:20 – Break

15:30 – Embedding Preservability for New Forms of Scholarship - Karen Hanson (Portico) and Jonathan Greenberg (NYU Division of Libraries)

16:00 – The Mitigation Doom Spiral: The Why, When, and How of Defending Digital Publications Against Decay - Jasmine Mulliken (Stanford University)

16:30 – Break

16:40 – ePUB/A for eBook preservation - Neil Jefferies (Open Preservation Foundation)

17:10 – Discussion and Q&A

17:30 – Close

Recordings

All presentations will be recorded and made available to DPC Members and Supporters via this web page after the event (login to DPC website required).

Recordings will also be shared with non-members who pay to attend the event.

Please note – DPC Members do not need to register in order to access the recordings after the event.

Registration

Registration is open to all, with no charge for DPC Members or DPC Supporters and £250 for non-Members. Full Members may register 3 attendees and Associate Members may register 1 attendee for this event. DPC Members can claim their free place by entering the promotional code DPCMEMBER. DPC Supporters can claim their free place by entering the promotional code DPCSUPP. Any additional attendees can attend for a charge of £250.

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 events rely on having minimum numbers to run successfully and effectively. Low numbers may mean events are not viable and will need to be cancelled, so please check that you can attend before booking.

If you register for this event and find that you can no longer attend, you are welcome to send a colleague in your place. If you need to cancel, please email eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org with the event name. If cancelling please try to provide more than 48 hours’ notice before the scheduled event time, otherwise a cancellation fee of £50 may apply.

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.