[Asis-l] DELOS Summer School on Preservation 2006

[Joy Davidson]

***Apologies for cross-posting***

DELOS Summer School on Preservation 2006
Centro Studi "I Cappuccini", San Miniato (IT)

4th-10th June, 2006

The DELOS Network of Excellence is pleased to announce its summer school
programme on 'Digital Preservation in Digital Libraries: Emerging
Approaches'. The DELOS Network of Excellence is a four-year project
funded by the European Commission under the Seventh Framework Programme
to synergize and foster technology for the next-generation of Digital
Libraries (www.delos.info). The school is sponsored by:

Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (Milan)

Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale (Florence).

Participation in the School will assist participants in understanding
how to address digital preservation challenges in the context of the
digital library. The workshop will provide a networking opportunity for
participants to meet with other students and researchers, international
experts, and practitioners across disciplinary and national boundaries.


Workshop Format
During this five-day summer school, internationally established
lecturers will each lead half-day sessions and most will be available
through the week for further discussion. The course builds on cutting
edge research being conducted by the lecturers. By the end of the
course, participants will have:

  * gained an appreciation of the issues surrounding digital
    preservation within the context of digital library development and
    management;
  * developed a grasp of the core research in the area of digital
    curation and preservation; developed a coherent and practical
    understanding of activities surrounding digital preservation;
  * gained experience with issues surrounding utility analysis,
    metadata definition, and ingest process management;
  * acquired an appreciation of the different approaches to selecting
    and appraising potential digital acquisitions;
  * a working knowledge of the issues surrounding audit and
    certification of digital repositories;
  * a working knowledge of the techniques and practices that underlie
    digital curation; and
  * considered how digital curation and preservation requirements can
    be integrated into approaches to digital library development.

Programme
A detailed programme can be viewed on the DELOS website at
http://www.dpc.delos.info/ss06/.

Lecturers
Birte Christensen-Dalsgaard (Staatsbibliotek Denmark), Michael Day
(UKOLN), Prof Wendy Duff (University of Toronto), Dr David Giaretta
(CCLRC), Prof Maria Guercio (University of Urbino) Prof Ross Harvey
(Charles Strutt University), Hans Hofman (National Archives of the
Netherlands), Yunhyong Kim (DCC), Andrew McHugh (DCC), Dr Heike Neuroth
(Göttingen State and University Library), Prof Andreas Rauber, (Vienna
University of Technology), Prof Seamus Ross (HATII, University of
Glasgow), Prof Manfred Thaller, (University of Cologne), Dr Andrew
Wilson (AHDS)


Venue
The venue for the Summer School is a 15th century monastery set in the
Tuscan Hills. The lecture rooms and breakout meeting facilities are
world-class. Those who select accommodation onsite will find the
accommodation is pleasant and the food rich in local flavour. San
Miniato, a town with a history stretching back to at least the Etruscan
period, is about 1.5 kilometres walk away across Tuscan hills dappled
with olive trees and vines.

Registration
Registration is now open and can be done through the school web site:
http://www.dpc.delos.info/ss06/

Full registration fee is 1100 € and includes Reception Sunday evening (4
June), Wine tasting (6 June), Summer School Dinner (8 June), coffee and
tea in the morning and afternoon, pre-course reader, and course
materials. The full registration fee also includes accommodation in the
Centre “I Cappuccini” (single room with bath and air conditioning), and
full board starting with the dinner of the 4th of June and ending with
the breakfast of Saturday the 10th of June.

School (Tuition) only registration is 500 € and includes all of the
above, except accommodation and meals.

For university students, PhD students and postdoctoral researchers a
limited number of partial bursaries is available. Confirmation is
subject to receipt of a letter of recommendation from the University or
the research organization is required. The number of bursaries is
limited and will be granted under a first come, first served policy. For
instructions on how to apply for a bursary, please see the school web
site (http://www.dpc.delos.info/ss06/)

The closing date for registration is 1 May 2006.

Seamus Ross, Maria Guercio, & Hans Hofman
Academic Directors of the DELOS 2006 Summer School
On behalf of the Digital Preservation Cluster of DELOS
http://www.dpc.delos.info