IDPD17 : New course on File Format Migration
To mark International Digital Preservation Day 2017, the CoSector / UoL digital preservation team is launching a new virtual learning course. The course is called Migration of file formats:...
View ArticleThe benefits of bespoke training in Digital Preservation
Have PPT, Will Travel A lesser-known aspect of our DPTP service is that we will deliver a course for any customer, anywhere, any time. We can deliver the same content offered on our open courses...
View ArticleScholarships Available for DPTP Online Course
DPC scholarships The Digital Preservation Coalition is pleased to offer two scholarships to its members to enable them to undertake the new DPTP Online course, which provides a comprehensive...
View ArticleVolunteers wanted: QA our new course on Migration and Loss
We are currently developing a new online course as an addition to the Digital Preservation Training Programme. The new Course is called Migration of file formats: understanding loss and how to manage...
View ArticleContinuing your studies after DPTP Online
Students who sign up to do the DPTP Online 2017 will have noticed there is a lot of external material, in the form of web pages and downloadable PDFs. Collectively, this amounts to the “Reading List”...
View ArticleCritical thinking when learning about digital preservation
In this post I want to discuss “critical thinking” in the context of the Digital Preservation Training Programme (DPTP) and the new DPTP Online 2017. Critical thinking has been a hallmark of the DPTP...
View ArticleTurning a face-to-face course into engaging e-learning: DPTP online
In this post I will describe some of the highlights in my work building the DPTP Online, things I had to consider to make it engaging, and what I hoped to achieve with it. I recall when we first...
View ArticleIntroducing DPTP Online
DPTP Online 2017 is a series of 14 modular courses which deliver a beginner’s guide to digital preservation. It is intended for complete beginners in this field and aims to introduce learners to the...
View ArticleNew DPTP Programme – launching our first new course
We’re delighted to be opening bookings for the first course in our new DPTP programme. The course is a one-day course, ‘DPTP: Digitisation – from project management to access‘, and it will be held...
View ArticleAnnouncing the DPTP Digitisation Course
We’re pleased to announce the DPTP Course on Digitisation, which will take place in London on 27th September 2016. It is a one day course, taught through a combination of slides, exercises and...
View ArticleDPTP Online – new teaching course launched
What is DPTP Online? DPTP Online is a new online course that offers paying customers an introduction to digital preservation. It aims to teach students about strategies they can use to make digital...
View Article2015 Digital Preservation Training Needs Survey: What we learned so far…
Title: First book on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene : for grammar schools and families. Source: Internet Archive Book Image photostream. No known Copyright restrictions. In Autumn 2015 ULCC worked...
View ArticleFree OAIS Beginners Course – Update
Back at the beginning of November, we launched our first online course, ‘A Beginners Guide to the OAIS Reference Model’. It was free, and available to anyone who wanted to find out more about this...
View ArticleFree OAIS online course – A Beginner’s Guide to the OAIS Reference Model
We’re starting to move the Digital Preservation Training Programme into the realms of the online. As a first step, we’re releasing a free OAIS online course aimed to help with the understanding of the...
View ArticleVolunteers wanted! QA our planned online course
UPDATE 26/06/2015: Many thanks to all those who responded. The call for volunteers is now closed. We are currently developing an online version of our award-winning Digital Preservation Training...
View ArticleIRMS Conference 2015 –‘Information: The New Currency’
Last week we attended the Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) conference in Newport. We have quite a few records managers attending our DPTP courses, so we decided to go along to the...
View ArticleDPTP: Web Archiving 101 Course
Yesterday we ran our first ever one-day course in a specialist area of digital preservation – Web Archiving 101. We looked at all aspects of web archiving, and had a great group of people attending....
View ArticleDPTP at the National Library of Ireland
Silence is requested! * We will be running a version of our Digital Preservation Training Programme course ‘The Practice of Digital Preservation’, in Dublin, at the National Library of Ireland (NLI)...
View ArticleWhat’s new at the DPTP?
Photograph by Krista Henneburyhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/bluecottage/ Our award-winning Digital Preservation Training Programme now offers a Beginner Course and a Practitioner Course. If you’re not...
View ArticleIT skills for archivists and librarians
In September this year Dave Thompson of the Wellcome Library asked a question by Twitter, one which is highly relevant to digital preservation practice and learning skills. Addressing digital...
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