The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant for a DPC member to attend the Northeast Document Conservation Center's (NEDCC) Digital Directions 2025, taking place online from 22-24 April 2025.
This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of the full registration fees. Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until 17:00 EST | 22:00 UTC on 25 February 2025, and more details are provided below.
About NEDCC Digital Directions
NEDCC’s Digital Directions: Foundations for Digital Collections provides a comprehensive overview of digital preservation, presented by information professionals with deep experience in the preservation of cultural heritage materials. During three half-days of live, interactive, online training, you will learn foundational concepts, good practices, and practical strategies for managing digital collections, and you’ll gain confidence in decision-making for the preservation of your digital assets.
Topics include:
- key concepts and terminology in digital preservation
- building a digital project
- metadata
- copyright
- digital preservation tools
- special considerations for audiovisual and born-digital materials
- digital storage
- advocacy
To find out more, please visit:https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/dd25.
About the DPC Career Development Fund Grant
This DPC Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of the full registration fees for Digital Directions 2025, which includes access to live presentations and recordings (see the Logistics page for more information).
Eligibility
DPC Members are eligible to apply for this Career Development Fund grant. This grant is not available to non-members. Prospective members are eligible if their membership application is approved by the application deadline of 17:00 EST | 22:00 UTC on 25 February 2025. For information about joining the DPC, see https://www.dpconline.org/about/join-us.
Please note that a DPC Member may submit a maximum of one application for one applicant for this advertised grant for Digital Directions 2025 (e.g., one application for a person representing a DPC member organization). We recommend that any member organization which supports an application discusses appropriate outcomes and benefits for the organization prior to submission. Moreover, because only one grant is available per member institution, we recommend that applicants ensure that they are not inadvertently competing with colleagues.
For more details about eligibility and criteria for the grants, please read the full Career Development Fund Guidelines. Applicants are also encouraged to contact the Training and Grants Manager, Amy Currie (amy.currie@dpconline.org), should any questions arise.
How to Apply
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The application form for this grant and the full Career Development Fund Guidelines are available on the DPC website’s Career Development Fund page.
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All sections of the application form should be completed and returned to Amy Currie (currie@dpconline.org), accompanied by explicit approval for attendance from a supervisor via email or attached letter, by 17:00 EST | 22:00 UTC on 25th February (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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DPC members may submit a maximum of one application for one applicant for this advertised grant. There cannot be multiple applicants representing the same DPC member, so please coordinate with colleagues to ensure one application is submitted.
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Applicants are encouraged to email any questions about the grant or process to amy.currie@dpconline.org.
Important Dates
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All sections of the application form should be completed and returned, accompanied by explicit approval for attendance from a supervisor, by 17:00 EST | 22:00 UTC on 25th February 2025 (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 21st March 2025.
Further Information
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For information relating to Digital Directions 2025 conference, see https://www.nedcc.org/preservation-training/dd25.
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For questions relating to the grant programme, email amy.currie@dpconline.org.
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For a list of other Career Development Fund grants available to DPC Members, see https://www.dpconline.org/digipres/prof-development/cdfund/dpc-grant-calendar
Acknowledgements
The Career Development Fund is sponsored by the DPC’s Supporters who recognize the benefit and seek to support a connected and trained digital preservation workforce. We gratefully acknowledge their financial support to this programme and ask applicants to acknowledge that support in any communications that result. At the time of writing, the Career Development Fund is supported by Arkivum, Artefactual Systems Inc., boxxe, Cerabyte, Evolved Binary, Ex Libris, Iron Mountain, Libnova, Max Communications, Preferred Media, Preservica and Simon P Wilson. A full list of supporters is online here.