RAM Jam 2024 - RAM around the world

Our ‘RAM Jam’ workshops aim to bring DPC Members together to share experiences of using our Rapid Assessment Model (DPC RAM). As we celebrate DPC RAM’s fifth birthday we invite members to share their top tips on how they have used RAM to further their digital preservation goals. Continuous improvement takes time and effort, and this session also allows us to look back at where we have come from and reflect on how RAM has helped set and record that journey.

This series of ‘RAM Jam’ sessions will travel around the world gathering tips and advice along the way – think of it like a digital preservation relay race.

Members will be sharing short case studies in these sessions and participants will also be invited to contribute their own thoughts and experiences along the way.

These members-only sessions will not be recorded, but we will be publishing a blog post sharing some of the key takeaways after the sessions have concluded.

Note that this event series does not provide an introduction to DPC RAM. It is assumed that attendees have some knowledge of DPC RAM and may have already carried out their own self-assessment. If you are new to RAM, an introductory video describing the model and how it can be used can be found here.

Programme

Session 1 - Wednesday 4th December: 3:00am - 4:00am UTC (click for local time)

In this session we will hear RAM case studies from the following speakers:

• Developing a Digital Preservation Framework through a rapid assessment lens - Matthew Burgess, State Library of New South Wales

• Digital Preservation Strategy development and the DPC-RAM - Cassie Shaw, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology

There will be opportunities for Q&A, wider discussion and sharing of experiences.

Session 2 - Wednesday 4th December: 10:00am - 11:00am UTC (click for local time)

In this session we will hear RAM case studies from the following speakers:

• RAM at United Nations High Commission for Refugees: from here to eternity - Patricia Sleeman, Ndahambelela Hertha Iipinge and Charlie Barbe, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

• A true reflection of the risk?, using a multi faceted RAM to get an in-depth picture - Elizabeth Thompson-MacRae, University of St Andrews

We will also hear a summary of tips handed down from the previous session and there will be opportunities for Q&A, wider discussion and sharing of experiences.

Session 3 - Wednesday 4th December: 5:00pm - 6:00pm UTC (click for local time)

In this session we will hear RAM case studies from the following speakers:

• Step by step – making progress in Digital Preservation with DPC RAM at the University of Warwick - Rachel MacGregor, Warwick University

• Using RAM to jump from 'Theory to Practice’  - Lisa Lawlis, Western University Canada

We will also hear a summary of tips handed down from the previous sessions and there will be opportunities for Q&A, wider discussion and sharing of experiences.

Session 4 - Wednesday 4th December: 10:00pm - 11:00pm UTC (click for local time)

In this session we will hear RAM case studies from the following speakers:

• RAM Jamming Along: Benchmarking for Progress - Amanda Tomé, Digital Research Alliance Canada

• Collaborative models of care: Preserving Australian First Nations digital cultural heritage - Rebecca Barnott-Clement, Art Gallery of New South Wales

We will also hear a summary of tips handed down from the previous sessions and there will be opportunities for Q&A, wider discussion and sharing of experiences.

Do sign up for as many sessions as you would like to or are able to attend.

Registration

Registration is for DPC Members only. Full Members may register 5 attendees and Associate Members may register 1 attendee for this event. Please login to access the booking form.

Registration will close 48 hours before the event starts. If you wish to register after registration has closed, please email eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org

DPC events rely on having minimum numbers to run successfully and effectively. Low numbers may mean events are not viable and will need to be cancelled, so please check that you can attend before booking.

If you register for this event and find that you can no longer attend, you are welcome to send a colleague in your place. If you need to cancel, please email eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org with the event name. If cancelling please try to provide more than 48 hours’ notice before the scheduled event time.

DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy

The DPC Community is guided by the values set out in our Strategic Plan and aims to be respectful, welcoming, inclusive and transparent. We encourage diversity in all its forms and are committed to being accessible to everyone who wishes to engage with the topic of digital preservation, whilst remaining technology and vendor neutral. We ask all those who are part of this community to be positive, accepting, and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others in alignment with our DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy.