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Digital Preservation Coalition publishes its 2019-2020 Prospectus
Added on 6 September 2019
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to share its new program of activities for the coming year. The prospectus contains comprehensive plans for returning publications, webinars, specialist briefing days, as well as other new exciting activities and resources focused on a range of priority topics within digital preservation.
Identified by members through the latest DPC ‘Connecting the Bits’ online consultation, the activities respond to real and current issues experienced by the global digital preservation community, building the capability and skills to respond positively and effectively to emerging challenges. The new program is released in the context of the DPC’s international strategy and aims to be accessible to the DPC’s members and wider community, whatever their geographic location.
TO THOSE BORN LATER: Invitation to join an Interactive Performance
Added on 6 September 2019
Fuel and Uninvited Guests present: TO THOSE BORN LATER
A digital dark age is coming...
Soon hackers or a virus will corrupt our files and wipe our digital existence; all electronic records, digital photos, music playlists and personal messages gone.
The cloud and servers will fail and Google, Facebook, corporations and governments cannot guarantee our
data will survive.
Digital Curation online short course, University of Salford
Added on 5 September 2019
The University of Salford is offering a short online postgraduate course in Digital Curation starting during the first week of October 2019.
Digital Curation and Contemporary Art: Curating in Contemporary Contexts is a 30-credit module and the acquired credit may be applied to a PGCert in Digital Curation (subject to approval) at the University of Salford.
Vacancy for Senior Archivist, Digital Systems at the University of Melbourne
10 September 2019
Parkville, Melbourne
$91,913 - $99,495 (UOM 7) p/a
Part-Time
Vacancy for Digital Preservation Manager at Tate
12 September 2019
London
£31,742 p/a min + market rate allowance of £6,258 p/a
Full-Time
Vacancy for Digital and Preservation Archivist at Clemson University
16 September 2019
Clemson, South Carolina
$58,000-$65,000 p/a
Fixed Term
Vacancy for Research Data Manager at Cranfield University
8 September 2019
Cranfield, Bedfordshire
£33,309 to £37,127 p/a (+ performance related pay to £46,409 p/a)
Full-Time
Vacancy for Head of Systems & Services, British Architectural Library
15 September 2019
London
£43,000 to £50,000
Full-Time
New public lecture series on digital archiving, records management and preservation in Dublin
Added on 21 August 2019
The DPC's Sara Day Thomson will present the inaugural lecture of a new public lecture series on digital archiving, records management and preservation hosted by The Digital Repository of Ireland and the National Archives, Ireland.