The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is pleased to offer a Career Development Fund grant to support a DPC Member attending the Opening the Archives Conference, taking place 22-25 October 2024 in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand.
This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of conference registration fees and provide a contribution towards travel and accommodation if attending in person.Grant applications are welcomed from DPC members until 07:00 UTC on 17 July 2024, and more details are provided below.
About the Opening the Archives Conference
Join the Australian Society of Archivists (ASA), Archives & Records Association of New Zealand Te Huinga Mahara (ARANZ), and Pacific Regional Branch International Council on Archives (PARBICA) this October to share your experiences & strategies for #OpeningTheArchives through access, engagement or other innovative avenues. The conference aims to bring together a wide range of views on what ‘opening’ the archives means; how this has been, or might be, achieved, and when it should not. It is also a space to explore the challenges and opportunities posed by new technologies, increased accessibility, and the acknowledgement of historical and cultural sensibilities.
The conference will be held from 22 - 25 October 2024 and will be a hybrid event offering in-person and online attendance options. For more information, please visit the Opening the Archives conference website here.
About the DPC Career Development Fund Grant
This Career Development Fund grant will cover 100% of online or in-person conference registration fees.
The grant will also provide funding to help with expenses incurred if attending in person. This may be used towards any one or all of the following expenses:
- Hotel booking for up to four nights (Monday 21st October – Friday 25th October) based on hotel list provided by conference organizers
- Contribution towards travel expenses (e.g., economy flight, train, public transport to/from Ōtautahi | Christchurch)
The amount of funding is at the discretion of the review panel and will be explicitly stated in the grant offer letter to successful applicants.
Eligibility
All 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 07:00 UTC on 17th July 2024. For information about joining the DPC, see https://www.dpconline.org/about/join-us.
Please note that only one grant is available per DPC member. DPC members may submit a maximum of one application for one applicant for this advertised grant for Opening the Archives 2024 (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 full guidelines are available on the Career Development Fund page of the DPC website.
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All sections of the application form should be completed and returned to Amy Currie (amy.currie@dpconline.org), accompanied by explicit approval for attendance from a supervisor (via email or attached letter), by 7:00 UTC on 17th July 2024 (click here to see the deadline in your local time).
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Please note that only one grant is available per member per call. In other words, 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 contact the Training and Grants Manager, Amy Currie (amy.currie@dpconline.org), should any questions arise.
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 7:00 UTC on 17th July 2024 (click here to see local time).
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Successful applicants will be notified on or before 14th August 2024.
Further Information
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For information about the Opening the Archives Conference, visit the website at https://ausarchivists.eventsair.com/opening-the-archives-access-engagement-innovation.
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For questions relating to the grant programme, see the Career Development Fund page or 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, Preservica and Simon P Wilson. A full list of supporters is online here.