Interested in Archivematica? TAGS: Archivematica | Artefactual | digital repository systems I can hardly believe we’re almost half way through January already! The strong winds of late seem to be blowing the days away…however work at Edinburgh continues unabated. I was …Continue reading →

DPTP: The Practice of Digital Preservation TAGS: AV | codec | File formats | iPres 2014 | METS | obsolesence | PREFORMA | PREMIS Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the new DPTP course run by the ULCC ‘The Practice of Digital Preservation’. This course is designed to follow …Continue reading →

Conserving condoms (or how to look after modern material) Last week I was asked to deliver a workshop session for the Lothian Health Services Archive symposium entitled, Conserving Condoms: Modern Materials in Medical Archives, on digital preservation. It was …Continue reading →

Lets talk about…policy TAGS: adrian brown | catalogue of policy elements | governance | JISC | library of congress | policy Last week I was invited to speak at the Digital Preservation Coalition event, ‘Making Progress in Digital Preservation’ on digital preservation policy (follow the Twitter chat). Not being one to …Continue reading →

DASISH workshop – Trust and Certification (Day 2) TAGS: certification | digital repository | DSA | eu framework | ISO 16363 | ISO 16919 | NESTOR | PTAB | trust “The coolest thing to be done with your data will be thought of by someone else” Ingrid Dillo An earlier start today for the second and last day of the …Continue reading →

DASISH workshop – Trust and Certification (Day 1) TAGS: certification | digital repository | eu framework | trust Last week I was in The Hague (as you do!) and was introduced to many new things…lots of cyclists, sprinkles on toast and of course Trust and Certification, the reason …Continue reading →

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