JISC

Start date: 4 October 2004

End date: 3 October 2006

Funding programme: Digital Preservation and Records Management Programme

Project website: http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/dptp/

JISC theme(s): Information environment, e-Administration

Introduction  

This project aims to develop a modular training programme in digital preservation, with class-taught, online and off-line components. It meets the needs identified in the recent JISC-funded study, carried out by Cornwell Management Consultants, into training needs in digital preservation. It builds on existing exemplars of training and information provision, including the NEH-funded Cornell University digital preservation course, the DPC’s travelling 1-day workshop, the “Preservation Management of Digital Materials” handbook, and training from existing JISC-funded services such as AHDS. The training will be developed at multiple levels, to meet the needs of senior managers as well as practitioners and new staff. By including self-paced material as well as taught components and group exercises, it will provide information in a way suited to all who might require it. With the backing of the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC), the course can be made available outside the JISC community, bringing in revenue which will aid the long-term sustainability of the project’s outputs. 

The project has completed and the DPTP final report is available.

Lead Institution

University of London Computer Centre (ULCC) 

Project Partners

British Library
Digital Preservation Coalition  

Programme area(s) addressed:

1.   Institutional management support