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Managing and Preserving Digital Assets: Securing Long-Term Digital Success
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Registration for this series includes access to all sessions to view live and watch again on demand.
Session 1: Digital Preservation for Dummies: Because Your Files Deserve Better - On-Demand
Objectives:
- Understand the importance of digital preservation and asset management.
- Identify key challenges and build a case for digital preservation.
- Learn basic terminologies and concepts.
Agenda:
- What is Digital Preservation
- Overview of Digital Preservation
- Born-Digital Vs Surrogate Objects
- Importance of Digital Preservation
- Definitions and scope
- Significance for GLAM institutions
- Case studies and real-world examples
- Challenges in Digital Preservation
- Technological obsolescence
- Data integrity and security
- Building a case for digital preservation
- Key Concepts and Terminologies
- Digital assets, metadata, and digital objects
- Life cycle of digital assets
- Preservation strategies: bit-level preservation vs. logical preservation
Session 2: Digital Maturity: Assess and Excel - On-Demand
Objectives:
- Understand levels of digital preservation, standards, and frameworks.
- Assess the digital preservation maturity of participants' institutions.
Agenda:
- Levels of Digital Preservation
- NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation
- Overview of each level
- Application of levels in institutional settings
- International Standards and Frameworks
- OAIS (Open Archival Information System) model
- TRAC (Trustworthy Repositories Audit & Certification)
- ISO standards (ISO 14721, ISO 16363)
- Assessing Digital Preservation Maturity
- Maturity models and frameworks (e.g. NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation, DPC RAM)
- Self-assessment tools and exercises
- Interpreting assessment results and identifying areas for improvement
Session 3: Wrangling Your Digital Assets and Standardizing Your Metadata Practices - On-Demand
Objectives:
- Understand the components of a digital asset register.
- Learn to develop and maintain a digital asset register.
- Explore various digital preservation strategies and metadata standards.
Agenda:
- Introduction to Digital Asset Registers
- Definition and importance
- Key components: asset metadata, format, location, condition
- Developing a Digital Asset Register
- What is a Digital Asset Register and why is it important?
- Steps to create a register
- Sample templates and examples
- Overview of Digital Preservation Strategies
- Active vs. passive preservation
- Emulation, migration, and encapsulation
- Digital Preservation Metadata Standards
- Importance of metadata in digital preservation
- Common metadata standards: Dublin Core, METS, PREMIS
Session 4: Data Guardians: Crafting Plans, Navigating Tools, and Embracing the Future - On-Demand
Objectives:
- Learn to create a comprehensive digital preservation plan.
- Understand tools and software that support digital preservation.
- Review trends and emerging technologies in digital preservation.
Agenda:
- Introduction to Digital Preservation Plans
- Definition and purpose
- Key components: goals, policies, procedures, and responsibilities
- Developing a Comprehensive Digital Preservation Plan
- Key components and structure
- Incorporating assessment results into the plan
- Setting short-term and long-term goals
- Plan Templates
- Technical Ecosystem and Digital Preservation
- Tools and software for digital preservation
- Tools and software for asset management
- Digital preservation is more than just systems
- Trends and Emerging Technologies
- AI and machine learning in digital preservation
- Blockchain for digital asset authenticity
- Cloud-based solutions and scalability
- Other emerging technologies and their potential impacts