2022- NLB x DPC Talks- Hear from Digital Preservation Experts

Session 1: Wednesday 27 July 2022

Digital Preservation Skills for Practitioners

Having a skilled workforce is an essential part of any digital preservation programme, but how can practitioners develop their knowledge and skills when the discipline is still evolving? Examine professional development challenges in digital preservation and learn about new resources from the Digital Preservation Coalition to help organisations and individuals structure skills development, audit existing skills, and facilitate recruitment.

Speakers
Sharon McMeekin, Head of Workforce Development, Digital Preservation Coalition
Amy Currie, Training and Grants Manager, Digital Preservation Coalition

Session 2: Thursday 28 July 2022

The Future of Data Storage for Preservation

Learn more about the risks faced when we store digital information and consider the different approaches we take to mitigate those risks and ensure we can preserve our digital information for future generations. Look back at how our thinking has evolved around digital preservation storage over the last few decades, look ahead to how this is changing with cloud storage and how it might dramatically develop in the future with new technologies such as DNA storage.

Speaker
Paul Wheatley, Head of Research and Practice, Digital Preservation Coalition

Organised by the National Library Singapore and National Archives of Singapore in partnership with Digital Preservation Coalition.