Workshop on digital preservation

Ensuring the longevity of your collections is a challenge you need
not face alone.  Join LYRASIS for

   "Staying on TRAC:  Digital Preservation Implications and
    Solutions for Collaboratives"

This workshop has been designed especially for libraries and
cultural heritage institutions with existing digital content,
created collaboratively or locally, that need to plan for long-term
preservation of, and access to, these materials.

Goals of the Staying on TRAC workshop:

    To help libraries and cultural heritage organizations gain an
    understanding of the organizational roles and responsibilities
    related to digital preservation;

    To provide the information and tools that organizations need to
    develop a local digital preservation policy;

    To provide the information and means to help institutions
    advocate for digital preservation at the local and collaborative
    levels;

    To assist institutions and their collaborative partners in
    developing the capacity to assume responsibility for long-term
    accessibility of digital collections under their stewardship.

Using de facto guidelines, standards, and tools for digital
preservation planning, analysis, and assessment such as the
CRL-OCLC-NARA Trustworthy Repositories Audit and Certification:
Criteria and Checklist (TRAC), the workshop will provide you with
the information and tools you need to plan, assess and outline a
digital preservation plan for sustaining collaboratively generated
digital content.

Limited space, register today.

The workshop consists of 3 webinars and an in-person session:

    Webinar 1
    November 2 2010
    1-3 p.m. EST

    Webinar 2
    November 3 2010
    1-3 p.m. EST

    Webinar 3
    November 5 2010
    1-3 p.m. EST

In-person session

    Northwestern University Libraries
    Evanston, Illinois
    November 16-17, 2010

Bonus:  Five collaboratives who complete their plans will be
selected for an onsite digital preservation readiness assessment.
Each assessment will be conducted by two of the faculty members.

Workshop Fee: The cost to attend this invaluable workshop is $150
for the first member of a registered collaborative team, and $75 for
additional on-site attendees from the same collaborative team. Note:
The fee covers the webinars and in-person session, as well as all
workshop materials and post-workshop online activities. Continental
breakfast and lunch will be provided at the in-person session.

Alix Bentrud
Preservation Services Librarian
LYRASIS
1438 West Peachtree Street NW
Suite 200
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-892-0943 x4875
Toll Free: 800-999-8558
Fax: 404-892-7879


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