[Eurchap] Digital Preservation Advanced Practitioner Course 2014

[Tsakonas Giannis]

*** apologies for cross-postings ***

Digital Preservation Advanced Practitioner Course 2014
7th-11th July, Vienna

After the success of last year’s workshop, we are delighted to announce 
the return of this training event organised by APARSEN and presented in 
collaboration with TIMBUS.

This week-long event in Vienna, will bring together practitioners and 
researchers at the leading edge of digital preservation, providing 
attendees with training at an advanced level. The training will aim to 
cover issues across the digital preservation lifecycle by addressing 
topics within four main themes: identifying the key issues of digital 
preservation, understanding the value of digital data, managing and 
preserving your data and establishing trustworthy repositories. The 
training will be presented as a mix of presentations, practical 
exercises and group discussion.
The course is the second iteration of what will become a yearly event 
to be presented from 2015 by the Virtual Centre of Excellence developed 
out of APARSEN. It will bring together those at the forefront of digital 
preservation research and training, and it is intended for managers and 
staff already working in digital preservation. It assumes a working 
knowledge of existing standards like the Open Archival Information 
System (OAIS) as well as an understanding of how issues of preservation 
apply to their own institution.

Course fees are 250€ for 5 days, and this includes lunch and 
refreshments but not accommodation. Registration is now open via the 
APARSEN website: http://bit.ly/1gWdQzs

This training event is co-funded by the European Community’s 7th 
Framework Programme for Research and Development FP7/2007-2013 – 
ICT-2009.4.1: Digital Libraries and Digital Preservation (grant 
agreement No 269977), the APARSEN Project.