[Baynet] Infopeople is co-sponsoring "Digital Preservation: Planning and Activities"

Wed Jan 7 11:52:59 PST 2009

We would like to ask that you share the following announcement with anyone
in your jurisdiction or organization who is involved in the digital
preservation of documents and records. This would include city and county

clerks and archivists, records managers, and historians. This workshop is
NOT restricted to nor even aimed at library staff but is intended for a
broader audience involved in and concerned about long-term preservation of

records and historical data. We need your assistance in spreading the word
beyond the library audience. Thanks!

This workshop is co-sponsored by the California Preservation Program,
Infopeople, and OCLC Western.

Title:  Digital Preservation: Planning and Activities 

Dates and locations:

Wednesday, February 11 - Buena Park Library District

Tuesday, March 17, - San Francisco Public Library

Wednesday, June 10, - Los Angeles Public Library

To register for this workshop:  Use the online registration form at

http://infopeople.org/workshop/386

Fee: There is a $75 fee for this workshop.

Are you wondering if digital collections can be preserved into the future or
if you have a role to play in  managing digital collections over the
long-term? Have you ever dealt with the loss of electronic files or
collection information because your hard-drive failed or your network
folders were not backed up on schedule? Digital preservation will depend
upon good planning, documentation and funding as much or more than the
perfect technical software or hardware. Find out what you can do now to
begin the process of digital preservation planning for your organization.

This is an introductory course to acquaint you to the issues involved in
long-term digital preservation. 

.         Are you responsible for preserving digital resources? 

.         Do you need help with digital collection planning and funding? 

This workshop will provide initial planning, funding and preservation
actions that you can use today to begin a process to assure that digital
materials are available and accessible for your users into the future. 

Workshop Description: This all-day hands-on workshop will provide discussion
and exercises focused on assessing access needs and understanding the
hazards and risks of not acting. Through individual and group exercises you
will review preservation software requirements and options for storing
digital files. This course will introduce you to planning activities that
you can begin now and use going forward to address the issues of long-term,
assured access to digital collections. Using exercises, we will consider the
risks and solutions to operational problems and review a preservation plan.
The instructor will provide sample plans, checklists and a webliography, as
well as practical, useful tips that can be applied immediately. 

Preliminary Course Outline

*	Understanding the Access Problem, Assessing User Needs 

*	Overview of long term access 
*	Common criteria for collecting materials for access 
*	Understanding preservation problems that limit access 

*	Understanding Preservation Actions for Digital Formats 

*	Determine risk to files and potential solutions 
*	Risk/loss scenarios 
*	Recommended mitigation actions 

*	Understand the Core Requirements of Preservation Tools 

*	Preservation planning and concepts of active access vs. digital
archiving 
*	Active access and digital archiving workflow 
*	National concepts relating to in-house archiving or outsourcing
archiving 

*	Creating Digital Preservation Planning, Funding and Implementation
Goals. 

*	Digital lifecycle and three areas of action for preservation,
organization, resources and technology 
*	Planning case model 
*	Long-term funding strategies 

Instructor:  Gayle Palmer.  Gayle is Digital & Preservation Program Manager
for the OCLC Western Service Center.  Ms. Palmer brings more than twelve
years experience in digital program planning, digital preservation and
digital government projects to OCLC. A librarian for more than 30 years, Ms.
Palmer has extensive background in special collections and preservation
actions. At the Western Service Center, she coordinates digital and
preservation services, consulting, training and grant facilitation programs
for museums, libraries and cultural organizations. Specialties are project
management, digital collection development, digital preservation, funding,
metadata, and web development for digital & government information. 

Who Should Attend: Anyone from the California library community who is
responsible for developing and managing digital collection resources. This
course is appropriate for public, academic, special library staff with
planning or implementation responsibilities for digital collections,
including library business managers, technical support staff, web
development, systems staff, and program managers. May also be of interest to
trustees and commissioners. 

Prerequisites: None 

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Other Logistics:

*On-site check-in is from 8:30-9:00 AM;  instruction is from 9:00 AM-4:30
PM.

*Maps, directions, and parking information are available on the Infopeople
Web site at 

http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop/Directions.  Infopeople does not validate
or pay for parking.

*Infopeople does not provide refreshments or lunch.  Since some training
locations do not have in-house or convenient food service.  Infopeople
recommends that participants bring a sack lunch.

To view a complete list of Infopeople workshops and for general information
about Infopeople training opportunities, go to the main Infopeople Workshops
page at http://infopeople.org/WS/workshop

If you have questions about registration or scheduling of workshops, please
contact Linda Rodenspiel, the Infopeople Project Assistant, at
assist at infopeople.org or by phone at 650-578-9685. 

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