Digital meets Culture

Prague, 9-11 March 2016

PASIG 2016 Conference

Registration is open for the next PASIG (Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group) conference in Prague: http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/registration.

Please note that the early bird rate of 200€ is available until the end of January. The cost from the 1st February onwards will be 250€.

This is a great opportunity for organisations setting up preservation repositories to collaborate and work directly with leaders in the field. The PASIG is focused on:

addressing practical preservation questions;
hearing about best practices and new technologies from global experts;
investigating the convergence of on-premise architectures and the Cloud;
how to set up, initiate, and audit the metrics of a preservation project;
key global project updates; and
solution provider and end customer collaboration.

PASIG is a highly collaborative and interactive forum and generally attracts a large contingent of new participants.

A veraPDF workshop will be organised in the morning of the first day and the PREFORMA project will be presented on the second day the conference by Emanuel Lorrain from PACKED vzw.

Session Overviews include:

Digital Preservation Bootcamp
- Training in concepts, issues, tools, strategies & approaches for Digital Preservation and Archiving.
Open Preservation Foundation Workshop: veraPDF – definitive, open source PDF/A validation for digital preservationists
PKX / Practitioners Knowledge Exchange: Case Studies in Preservation & Archiving Architectures and Operations
Lightning Talks
The Frontiers of Preservation
- Discussions on the recent developments and challenges facing those who are tackling digital preservation.
Industry Collaboration and Solution Vendor Presentations
Project Updates and Digital Preservation Community Developments
Hardening Existing Systems with Preservation Capabilities

Agenda

The full agenda is published on the PASIG 2016 website: http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/agenda. A list of local hotels is also available.

Sponsors

We would like to thank the sponsors: Arkivum, Cray, The Digital Preservation Network, Ex Libris, Oracle, Preservica, P&A Consult, and T-Systems.

A list of participating organisations is published on the website: http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/participating-organisations.

We look forward to seeing you in Prague!

Jasná, Slovakia, 14-16 March 2016

Innovative Libraries In a Digital Environment

For the 19th time, the beautiful surroundings of Low Tatras will create a scenery for the ILIDE 2016 Conference where as usually the digital preservation, digital collections access and digital processing experts from around the world will gather.

The conference is the continuation of well-known and prestigious Digital Library Conference. The organisers felt that the name should reflect the broader area of topics the conference has recently presented and ilide: Innovative Library in Digital Era fully represents the conference’s broader scope. However, the ilide2016conference is not losing its attractive atmosphere and remains a unique opportunity to connect with library professionals, who work in a variety of government, academic and private sectors.

The presentations will be given by leading representatives of the most important institutions dedicated to librarianship, archiving, information technology, cultural and collecting activities.

Antonella Fresa, Technical Coordinator of PREFORMA, will present the project, focusing in particular on the open source approach and on the forthcoming testing phase, showing how the conformance checkers can be used and integrated in other systems.

For further information please visit the Conference website.

London, 12-13 April 2016

Cloud Expo Europe 2016

Cloud Expo Europe returns on 12-13 April 2016 with the biggest and best instalment to date. This year’s event will bring you an unrivalled line up of world-class suppliers to the cloud technology sector, thousands of hours of free content from over 500 of the industry’s leading international practitioners and first class peer networking opportunities.

Building on the success of 2015, which saw 15,286 attendees flood the ExCeL Centre for Cloud Expo Europe and the co-located Data Centre World, new events Cloud Security Expo and Smart IoT London are being added to the event stack, which now boasts four industry leading events in one location.

PREFORMA has been invited to deliver a presentation in a special track coordinated by OW2 in the Park conference program: the Open Cloud Forum by OW2.

Join us at Cloud Expo Europe on 12-13 April 2016 at ExCeL London to:

Be inspired by over 500 top experts, including number 1 rated CIOs, Acclaimed Global Cloud Leaders, Cloud Gurus, all speaking in a compelling conference and seminar programme, which covers all the major technology and business issues.
Learn from dozens of real practitioners from blue chip companies, service providers and leading organisations.
Source the latest products and solutions from record 500 cutting-edge suppliers.
Network with thousands of your peers, with a projected attendance of over 20,000 there is has never been a better opportunity to meet industry visionaries, business leaders and people who have faced – and overcome – the same challenges as you.
Benefit from our brand new Software Architecture Theatre and FinTech stream in partnership with FINTECH Circle.

Find out more at the Conference website!

Washington, DC, 19-22 April 2016

IS&T Archiving Conference 2016

The IS&T Archiving Conference brings together an international community of imaging experts and technicians as well as curators, managers, and researchers from libraries, archives, museums, records management repositories, information technology institutions, and commercial enterprises to explore and discuss the field of digitization of cultural heritage and archiving.

The conference presents the latest research results on digitization and curation, provides a forum to explore new strategies and policies, and reports on successful projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field.

Archiving 2016 is a blend of short courses, invited focal papers, keynote talks, and peer-reviewed oral and interactive display presentations, offering attendees a unique opportunity for gaining and exchanging knowledge and building networks among professionals.

Easy Innova submitted an article about the TI/A initiative and a proposal to organise a workshop. The title of the paper is: “Long-term Preservation and Archival File Formats: Concepts and solutions”.

For further information visit the Conference website.

Barcelona, 31 May 2016

Workshop for Public Procurers in General Administration and e-Government

The European Commission invited PREFORMA to a workshop organised by eafip which targets public procurement authorities in general public services like public administration, and economic and financial affairs (ministries, regional and local authorities, public utility companies, etc.). A special focus will be on eGovernment solutions.

The workshop will be held in Barcelona (Spain) on 31^st May 2016. The aim of the event is to highlight the benefits of innovation procurement of ICT solutions through the Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) and Public Procurement of Innovative Solutions (PPI) approaches across Europe.

The workshop is free of charge and will feature:

Presentation / networking discussion on the EU funding opportunities for PCP and PPI (in the framework of the Horizon 2020 calls).
Presentation of case examples and lessons learned.
Presentation / networking discussion on the eafip Toolkit (aimed to support you in preparing your innovation procurement).

The workshop is only open to public contracting authorities who will have a unique chance to openly discuss unmet procurement needs, innovation concepts, project ideas, and much more. All procurers will have an opportunity to briefly present their ideas / plan / projects in the parallel sessions. You can already start thinking of concrete examples that you would like to implement!

Download here the agenda of the workshop.

For futher information visit the workshop webpage.

Dresden, 14 June 2016

nestor Praktikertag 2016

Special Topic: Migration and Emulation

The nestor Praktikertag brings together experts from different communities to learn and discuss new developments and practical approaches to digital preservation.

The main topics of the 2016 event are the long-term archiving strategies of migration and emulation.

A group of experts will present their experiences with migration and emulation procedures. Among these, Peter Pharow (Fraunhofer IDMT) and Stefan Rohde-Enslin (SPK) will present the PREFORMA project.

In the afternoon, participants will have the opportunity to share their own experiences and to ask questions to the attending experts. In addition to the lecture program, various institutions and companies will showcase their solutions at presentation stands.

The event takes place at the State and University Library Dresden (SLUB) on 14 June 2016.

Download here the programme (German language)

For further information visit the event webpage.

About nestor

Libraries, archives, museums and leading experts work together in nestor to ensure the long-term preservation and accessibility of digital sources. nestor is a cooperation association including partners from different fields, but all connected in some way with the subject of “digital preservation”.

Find out more at http://www.langzeitarchivierung.de/Subsites/nestor/EN/Home/home_node.html.

Berlin, 18-20 July 2016

No Time to Wait! Standardizing FFV1 & Mastroska for Preservation

Berlin Symposium: No Time to Wait!

Standardizing FFV1 & Mastroska for Preservation

A 3 day symposium of workshops & presentations on the standardization & use of FFV1 & Matroska in archives

Hosted by Deutsche Kinemathek, Zuse Institute Berlin, and, MediaArea.net

Audiovisual Archivists (people who use the formats)

Developers (people who design the formats)

Open Standards Working Group (people who write specification for formats)

Together!

What

A free, three day symposium focused on Matroska and FFV1 for use in digital audiovisual preservation hosted by Deutsche Kinemathek, Zuse Institute Berlin, and MediaArea.net. The event will feature talks, presentations, and working meetings on Matroska, FFV1, and the software, documentation, and use cases associated with these formats. The event will also present on the current state of the IETF’s CELLAR working group’s progress to develop specifications for Matroska and FFV1 as well as efforts to design and extend software in support of these formats. This event provides an opportunity for format inventors, developers, specification authors, and archivists to collaborate and advance audiovisual preservation formats.

The event is supported by the PREFORMA project.

When

Monday, July 18th – Wednesday, July 20th

Where

Deutsche Kinemathek – Museum für Film und Fernsehen

Potsdamer Straße 2

10785 Berlin

Registration

Event Website

https://mediaarea.net/MediaConch/notimetowait.html

Göteborg , 22 September 2016

PREFORMA @ Göteborg Book Fair

PERICLES seminar: How can we access digital objects created 20 years ago and 100 years from now?

Date: 22 September 2016

Time: 12:00- 12:45

Location: Svenska Mässan, Gothenburg, Sweden

Music, photographs, videos, scientific data and art are all examples of content which is now stored digitally. How are the institutions that are collecting enormous amounts of digital content – libraries, museums, archives and research institutes – going to make sure that the material is accessible in the future as well? 100 years from now, will we even know what an iPod was? If our grandchildren find a CD, will they be able to listen to the music stored on it? This will be a discussion based on the latest findings on digital preservation from the European scientific project PERICLES and the current experiences of major players in digital preservation.

With: Efstratios Kontopoulos, PERICLES researcher (CERTH-ITI, Center for Research & Technology Hellas), Christine Sauter, PERICLES Project Manager (King’s College London), Maria Cavallin Aijmer, fil. dr. (Department of History Studies, University of Gothenburg), Sanja Halling (Digisam, Swedish National Archives), Peter Voisey (Findwise), Bengt Neiss (PREFORMA Project and National Library of Sweden), Göran Kristiansson (Swedish National Archives, eARD project manager). Moderator: Nasrine Olson, (The Swedish School of Library and Information Science (SSLIS) at the University of Borås).

Tickets information available at https://bokmassan.se/eng/visit/tickets/

Dublin, 13-16 June 2016

Open Repositories 2016: Illuminating the World

As previous Open Repositories have demonstrated, the use of digital repositories to manage research, scholarly and cultural information is well established and increasingly mature. Entering our second decade, we have an opportunity to reflect on where we’ve been and, more importantly, where we’re heading. New development continues apace, and we’ve reached the time when many organizations are exploring expansive connections with larger processes both inside and outside traditional boundaries. Open Repositories 2016 will explore how our rich collections and infrastructure are now an inherent part of contemporary scholarship and research and how they have expanded to touch many aspects of our academic and cultural enterprises.

The theme of OR2016 is “Illuminating the World.” OR2016 will provide an opportunity to explore the ways in which repositories and related infrastructure and processes:

bring different disciplines, collections, and people to light;
expose research, scholarship, and collections from developing countries;
increase openness of collections, software, data and workflows;
highlight data patterns and user pathways through collections; and
how we can organize to better support these – and other – infrastructures.

For more information visit the conference website.

Coex, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 5-10 September 2016

PREFORMA @ ICA Congress 2016

The ICA Congress 2016 will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea. The Congress is a unique opportunity to update your professional knowledge, to compare experiences with colleagues in Korea and other parts of the world, and to meet colleagues and develop new projects. The programme includes more than 200 contributions from well over 300 speakers, many of whom are experts in their chosen fields; some of whom are new professionals building their career and all of whom are passionate about archives.

It features presentations, panels and poster sessions, as well as practical, interactive workshops that “Archives, Harmony and Friendship: ensuring cultural sensitivity, justice and cooperation in a globalised world“.

The Republic of Korea was selected as the host for the ICA Congress 2016 given its world-renowned and long standing archival culture and contributions to digital archives and records management. The ICA Congress 2016 provides a valuable opportunity to share South Korea’s innovative archival culture, and to showcase its diversity, culture and beauty with the world.

A poster about PREFORMA will be showcased in the poster session at the conference and it will be presented by Magnus Geber from Riksarkivet.

For further information visit the Conference website.

About ICA

The International Council on Archives (ICA) is dedicated to the effective management of records and the preservation, care and use of the world’s archival heritage through its representation of records and archive professionals across the globe. Archives are an incredible resource. They are the documentary by-product of human activity and as such are an irreplaceable witness to past events, underpinning democracy, the identity of individuals and communities, and human rights. But they are also fragile and vulnerable. The ICA strives to protect and ensure access to archives through advocacy, setting standards, professional development, and enabling dialogue between archivists, policy makers, creators and users of archives.

The ICA is a neutral, non-governmental organisation, funded by its membership, which operates through the activities of that diverse membership. For over sixty years ICA has united archival institutions and practitioners across the globe to advocate for good archival management and the physical protection of recorded heritage, to produce reputable standards and best practices, and to encourage dialogue, exchange, and transmission of this knowledge and expertise across national borders. With approximately 1600 members in 199 countries and territories the Council’s ethos is to harness the cultural diversity of its membership to deliver effective solutions and a flexible, imaginative profession.

The ICA is a truly international organisation which works with decision-makers at the highest level. As well as working closely with intergovernmental bodies such as UNESCO and the Council of Europe, the ICA has close connections with other non-governmental organisations such as the International Committee of the Blue Shield.