Hi all ~ Early registration<https://pco.abreu.pt/CLIENTES/abreu/formularios/form_6570705466.php> for iPres 2013<http://ipres2013.ist.utl.pt/index.html> ends on Monday, July 15th.
As you are registering, consider also joining us for Workshop 5 - Preservation at Scale (afternoon of September 5th and morning of September 6th). We have a great line-up of speakers and plenty of time for discussion among colleagues also wrestling with the issues of scale (hardware, software, policies, organizational structure, etc.) Speakers and topics include: 1. Marcel Ras, Program manager International e-Depot, Koninklijke Bibliotheek and Caroline van Wijk: "Balancing between technique, organization, roles and long-term strategies" 2. Andrea Goethals, Manager of Digital Preservation and Repository Services, Harvard University: "Challenges and lessons learned in migrating an entire repository" 3. Maureen Pennock, Digital Preservation Manager at The British Library: "Organizational perspectives on strategy and non-technical issues" 4. David Rosenthal, Chief Scientist, LOCKSS Program, Stanford University Libraries: "Economics and operational issues in distributed preservation at scale" 5. Ross King, Chairman of the Board of the Open Planets Foundation: "The SCAPE Project" 6. Vinay Cheruku, Director of Content Management Systems, Portico & JSTOR: "Scaling Up - issues and solutions" 7. Tobias Steinke, Deutsche Nationalbibliothek: "Ingest levels for handling preservation of different object types in a large collection" 8. Tim Dilauro, IT Architect, Digital Research & Curation Center, The Johns Hopkins University: "Lessons learned at the Data Conservancy and Johns Hopkins University Library" 9. Lars Bjornshauge, Managing Director at DOAJ: "Challenges in preserving OA content and the long tail of very small publishers" 10. Peter Burnhill, Director of Edina: "Using The Keepers Registry To Assist Collaboration Between Keepers" The full agenda is available to the public<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x-1e6SbgkULin3lJ6o0G26iBmjzzHj9v4Argy_-4eV0/edit?usp=sharing> in the workshop Google Docs space<https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B1X7I2IVBtwzcGVhWUF0TmJIUms&usp=sharing>. We look forward to seeing you there! ~ Amy Kirchhoff ([email protected]), Sheila Morrissey ([email protected]), and Marcel Ras ([email protected])
