Digital Curation and Preservation Outreach and Capacity Building Event

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Digital Curation and Preservation Outreach and
Capacity Building Event 14-15 September
2009 Holiday Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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• Closing the Digital Curation Gap
• Objectives
• Establish and support a network of digital
  curation practitioners, researchers, and
  educators through face-to-face meetings,
  web-based communication, and various other ICT
  tools
• Establish a baseline of digital curation
  practice/knowledge in small to medium-sized
  organisations in the US and UK
• Develop a framework for ongoing development of
  instructional content and the roles various
  organizations (JISC, DCC, colleges and
  universities professional organizations) might
  take on
• Produce selected instructional and awareness
  tools for the target communities as funding
  allows
• Plan for future collaborative projects based on
  what we learn from this initial endeavor

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Digital Curation and Preservation Outreach and
Capacity Building Event 14-15 September
2009 Holiday Inn, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Aims and Objectives of this Event We want to
explore The current capacity of small and
medium-sized organisations (including
universities) to effectively undertake long-term
preservation of digital materials How the
mixture of organisations and support agencies in
the area of digital preservation and curation can
best work together, and how they relate to
international initiatives Recent and emerging
technical developments in the curation and
preservation field We are aiming to Inform the
ongoing refinement of the content and objectives
of training and professional development courses
for the widest possible audience Establish
requirements for curation and preservation
support, advice, and guidance for various domains
from both a local and UK wide perspective