Registration is open for the next PASIG event, March 9-11 in the beautiful city of Prague! The event will take place at the Czech National Library of Technology in the city, and will feature a range of presentations and social events. The attendee cost is 200€ until the end of January and 250€ February 1 on.
Just go to http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/registration and click on the event name. A list of local hotels is available on the website. Any organizations interested in sponsorships should contact art.pasquine...@oracle.com. Sponsorship packages are: * Gold (logo, table, talk during vendor session, 2 free entries) – 3,000€ * Silver (logo, table, talk during vendor session, 1 free entry) - 1500€ * Bronze (logo only, literature on a table) – 500€ The semi-final agenda is below. The final agenda will be published in early January. Participating/attending organizations include: Arkivum AVPreserve Bibliotheque nationale de France Charles U., Prague CSC Finland Czech Library of the Academy of Sciences Czech National Library of Technology Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) Digital Preservation Network (DPN) Ex Libris FIZ Karlsruhe Freiburg U. LOCKSS Masaryk U. Moravska Zemska Knihovna Moravian Library Open Preservation Foundation Oracle Oxford U. P&A Consult Preservica Princeton U. Qatar National Library Slovak Chemistry Library Stanford U. T-Systems Tamco UC San Diego U. Hagen U. Oklahoma PASIG Prague Draft Agenda Day 1: Wednesday, 9 March 2016 8:00 AM Registration Opens 9:00 AM Digital Preservation Bootcamp Training in concepts, issues, tools, strategies & approaches for Digital Preservation and Archiving. This half day block of training sessions will focus on an introduction to the field and needs in digital preservation, and give attendees a foundation of concepts, terminology, standards and tools used broadly in the field. This day of “Digital Preservation 101” is open to practitioners of all levels, but will be targeted specifically for those looking to gain exposure to the field. Topics: Preservation metadata, principles of designing preservation system architecture, characterization & validation of particular file formats (PDF, AV, etc.), preservation planning, preservation policies, preservation organizations, Trusted Digital Repository (TDR) certification, how do you plan/structure a digital preservation implementation project. Schedule Breakdown 9:00 - 9:15 AM : Welcome 9:15 - 9:35 AM : Topic: Digital Preservation Primer 1 - Tom Cramer, Stanford U. 9:35 - 9:55 AM : Topic: Digital Preservation Primer 2 - Neil Jefferies, Oxford U. 9:55 - 10:20 AM : Topic: Digital Preservation Primer 3 - Mary Molinaro, Digital Preservation Network (DPN) 10:20 - 10:45 AM Coffee Break 10:45 - 11:10 AM : Topic: Metadata and filetypes - Bert Lyons, AVPreserve 11:10 - 11:30 AM : Topic: Trustworthy Preservation Systems- David Minor, UC San Diego 11:30 AM - Noon: Attendee Popcorn Round - Introduce yourself & say what you’re hoping to get out of the meeting. What are your questions? What are you most interested in? Do you have a specific problem you want to solve? A facilitator will capture the most salient questions or issues, and experts in the room can begin addressing them. 9:00 AM - 12 NOON (Running in parallel to the bootcamp session) Open Preservation Foundation Workshop: veraPDF: definitive, open source PDF/A validation for digital preservationists veraPDF’s goal is to build the definitive validator for PDF/A. This workshop will begin with an introduction to why PDF/A is used and the importance of validation. We will have a web demonstrator with user interface that participants can try out. We will then be look at metadata extraction, focusing on what the data means and why it is important in a library or archive environment. The second part of the workshop will focus on how the software has been put together to produce a reliable web services that can be used in your institution. Speakers: Carl Wilson, Becky McGuinness, Open Preservation Foundation Noon Registration & Lunch 1 PM Long-term Digital Preservation Hardware & Systems A review of the architectures, technology, systems and industry trends affecting the design of long-term and large-scale storage, with a focus on applying these developments to the unique needs of digital preservation and archiving. Topics include: The difference between Storage & Archive technologies. Tiered Storage Architectures; Cloud & Hybrid-Cloud solutions; Tape; Disk; Designing for Systems for Long-term Preservation; etc. These sessions will not be sales or marketing, but rather general overview of technology. Welcome 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM : Topic 1: Difference between Storage & Archive Technologies - Philippe Deverchere, Oracle 1:30 - 2:00 PM : Topic 2: Cloud & Hybrid Technology : Matthew Addis, Arkivum 2:00 - 2:30 PM : Topic 3: Tiered storage Architectures, Including Disk and Tape Considerations - Donna Harland, Oracle 2:30 - 3:00 PM : Coffee Break 3:00 - 3:30PM : Topic 4: Designing Systems for Long-term Preservation : Thorsten Lange, P&A Consult 3:30 - 4:00 : Putting It All Together (TBD) 4:00 - 5:00 PM Panel and Discussion Facilitated panel discussion, asking storage experts a stock of questions about the current state & future of storage technology. I.e., “will everything be in the cloud in 5 years?” “Audience Requirements” Session: audience members present key questions or requirements that they have to the storage and industry experts. 5 PM Adjourn 5:30 Reception Day 2: Thursday, 10 March 2016 8:00 AM Registration Opens 9:00 AM Hosts’ Welcome: Czech Technical Library: Martin Svoboda; Slovak Chemistry Library: Jozef Dzivak 9:15 AM PKX / Practitioners Knowledge Exchange: Case Studies in Preservation & Archiving Architectures and Operations Powerhouse speakers give detailed overviews of their preservation needs and solutions and proposed solutions, from a practitioner’s standpoint. These structured presentations provide an in depth view of preservation systems design and operation, including lessons learned. These case studies are from a variety of industries and domains (libraries, archives, museums, corporate) and dealing with a diversity of content. 9:15 - 9:35 AM -- Qatar National Library: Krishna Chowdhury, Qatar National Library(QNL) 9:35 - 9:55 AM -- The University of Oklahoma’s “Galileo’s World Exhibition”, it’s use of hi-tech and the resulting digital preservation needs: Carl Grant, U. of Oklahoma 9:55 - 10:15 AM -- LOCKSS PLN: Vicky Reich, LOCKSS 10:15 - 10:45 AM -- Coffee Break 10:45- 11:05 AM -- DPN: Mary Molinaro, David Pcolar, DPN 11:05 - 11:25 AM -- CSC - IT Center for Science Ltd.: Mikko Tiainen, CSC 11:25 - 11:45 AM -- Discussion on Major Themes Across All Case Studies 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM Lightning Talks Participatory presentations on late breaking developments, compelling breakthroughs or burning issues from the PASIG Community (archives & industry; practitioners and thought-leaders). These 5 minute, informal talks may be prepared in advance, or spontaneously produced. 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM Lunch 1:15 PM The Frontiers of Preservation Discussions on the recent developments and challenges facing those who are tackling digital preservation. Digitization of Globes : Thomas Ledoux, BnF LOTAR - T-Systems: Uwe Helber, T-Systems Citation of Scientific Methods - A State-wide Service Model for Reproducible Computational Science - Klaus Rechert, Freiburg University oldweb.today: using EaaS for authentic rendering of web archives - Dragan Espenschied, Rhizome TOPORAZ (mix of 3D, geospatial, Virtual Reality) - Matthias Razum, FIZ Karlsruhe PreForma Project, Emanuel Lorrain, PACKED vzw Preserving the Sky: Design Challenges for the Square Kilometre Array - Iain Emsley, Rahim Lakhoo, Andreas Wicenec, Markus Dolensky (Abstract: The archiving system of the Square Kilometre Array has a design lifetime of not less than 50 years. The science data products will include preservation metadata compliant with the standards of the International Virtual Observatory Alliance.) Future Integration of Data Management Planning Systems - Matthias Hemmje, U. Hagen 3:00 PM Coffee Break 3:30 PM Vendor / Industry Interaction Vendors provide a 20 minute overview of updates, current and future trends. A chance for them to share their vision for the future of preservation and archiving, followed by a panel discussion on select topics. Confirmed as of December 20, 2015: Ex Libris DPN Oracle Preservica Arkivum Panel discussion on: Tape futures (e.g. LTO 7) Cloud Hybrid Architectures IAAS Conference Reception Day 3: Friday, 11 March 2016 9:00 AM Project Updates on Digital Preservation Community Developments EUDAT2020 : Rob Baxter Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) : William Kilbride OPF : Carl Wilson, Becky McGuinness KEEP : Luis Faria LOTAR : Uwe Helber, T-Systems LOCKSS Update : David Rosenthal, LOCKSS Web Archiving : Nicholas Taylor, Stanford U. 11:00 AM Hardening Existing Systems with Preservation Capabilities Many sites have an existing system for managing their digital assets, and are not in a position to implement a large-scale, dedicated preservation system in addition. What can be done in these environments to increase the digital preservation capabilities of existing systems while making the most of current investments? This session will feature 4x12 minute talks with a panel discussion at the end about how sites with repositories in place have approached making them more preservation capable. Speakers: P&A Consult : Thorsten Lange Fedora : Tom Cramer, Stanford U. and Neil Jeffries, Oxford U. TBD The ARCLib Research Project - A Complex Solution for Long Term Archiving of (Library) Digital Collections. This is a review of LTP Pilot project of the Masaryk University as well as a new follow-up ARCLib project. : Martin Lhoták (Library of the Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic), Petr Žabička (Moravian Library in Brno, Czech Republic), Miroslav Bartošek (Masaryk University, Czech Republic), Zdeněk Vašek (National Library of the Czech Republic) 12:00 PM LUNCH 1:00-2:00 PM Panel on Issues Affecting Our Community Legal/Legislative issues/Safe harbor. How do we keep legislators educated about preservation issues? Business models - consortia, brokers Vendor evolution / data migration over time. As preservation moves into the cloud, how do we ensure ability to migrate data, what are contract terms that need to be put in upfront, what about costs, formats expected, etc? OAIS : TBD 2:00-2:30 PM Legal Deposit eLegal Deposit British Library : TBC BNF on legal deposit of eBooks : Thomas Ledoux, BnF 3:00-5:00 PM Tour of the Prague Library Facility 6:00 PM Optional Social Event (Tentative) -- Art Pasquinelli Storage Enablement and Archiving Oracle Phone +1 650 607 0035 | Mobile: +1 650 430 2441 art.pasquine...@oracle.com ------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, or modify your subscription please visit http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/pasig-announce ____ PASIG Webinars and conference material is at http://www.preservationandarchivingsig.org/index.html _______________________________________________ Pasig-announce mailing list pasig-annou...@mail.asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/pasig-announce
