Digital Preservation Masterclass: A Celebration of Good Practice, Innovation and Collaboration

All are welcome to join us for this exciting webinar mini-series as we take a deep dive into the very best of digital preservation practice and meet winners of the Digital Preservation Awards 2024! We will discover just what made them stand out in the judges' eyes, and learn more about each of their award-winning projects - with plenty of opportunity for the audience to ask questions and gather inspiration for your own work.

Program

Episode 1: Tuesday 11th March 2025, 14:00 - 15:00 UTC (click for local times)

Speakers

• Sandra Blake and Jennifer Dando, St Barts NHS Trust: 'NHS Research Records: Reducing Risk’
  Winners of the Research Data Alliance Award for the Most Outstanding Digital Preservation Initiative in Commerce, Industry and the Third Sector

• Susanne van den Eijkel, National Archives of the Netherlands, 'Study group Bits and Bots for building digital skills'
  Winner of the Dutch Digital Heritage Network Award for Teaching and Communications

Special Guest

• Digital Preservation Awards 2024 Judge - Hilary Hanahoe, Research Data Alliance

Episode 2: Wednesday 12th March 2025, 14:00 - 15:30 AEDT (click for local time)

Speakers

• Rebecca Barnott-Clement, 'Collaborative models of care: preserving Australian First Nations digital cultural heritage'
  Winner of the International Council on Archives Award for Collaboration and Cooperation

• Nick Thieberger, 'Improving access to and sustainability of the Pacific and Regional Archive for Digital Sources in Endangered Cultures (PARADISEC)' 
  Winner of the Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) Award for Research and Innovation

Special Guests

• DPC Fellowship Award recipient - Gladys Kemboi.

• Digital Preservation Awards 2024 Judge - Jo Ana Morfin

Discover the work of our 2024 Digital Preservation Awards Winners ahead of the webinars, ready to learn more! 

Who should attend?

This mini-series of webinars will interest:

• Anyone working in digital preservation and looking for inspiration

• Those looking for ideas to innovate within their own digital preservation work

• Those looking for ways to collaborate on digital preservation

Recordings

All presentations will be recorded and made available via this web page after the event.

Please note – you do not need to register in order to access the recordings after the event.

Registration

Registration is open to all, with no charge.

DPC events rely on having minimum numbers to run successfully and effectively. Low numbers may mean events may not be viable and will need to be canceled, 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 emaileleanor.oleary@dpconline.org with the event name. If cancelling please try to provide more than 48 hours notice before the scheduled event time.

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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 and attending this session to be positive, accepting, and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others in alignment with our DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy.