Library budgets are tight and growing tighter . . .
Digital research is plentiful and there is no end in sight . . .
Who preserves these data and publications, who ‘curates’ them, and how . . .

International workshop on digital preservation
Curating Research
e-Merging New Roles and Responsibilities in the European Landscape
KB, The Hague, Netherlands, 17 April 2009

On 17 april 2009 the KB, the European Association of Research Libraries LIBER and the Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation NCDD co-organised a conference to help research libraries make informed choices about curating research outputs, both publications and research data.

Although the topic is quite new in LIBER circles, the conference drew more than 90 participants from all over Europe.

The powerpoint presentations and the text of the wrap-up are given below. A full report will be published in LIBER Quarterly’s June issue, the March 2009 issue of which is devoted entirely to digital preservation issues.

Presentations

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Eileen Fenton
In order of appearance:
The issue of digital objects: scale and complexity of the problem of long- term preservation & access, possible solutions, Eileen Fenton, Executive Director, Portico, USA

Production, dissemination and preservation of digital content of research in the European landscape, Jeffrey van der Hoeven & Tom Kuipers, PARSE.insight Project/Koninklijke Bibliotheek

Problems and policy: European initiatives for long-term preservation in Europe, an overview of international projects, Dale Peters, Scientific Technical Manager DRIVER II, State and University Library Göttingen, Germany

The choice for research libraries – do it yourself or rely on trusted third parties: policy considerations, preconditions (technical, organisational and financial infrastructure) and implementation, Maria Heijne, Librarian, TU Delft Library/Chair UKB, Dutch Consortium of Research Libraries, Netherlands

Workshops

Policy, preconditions and costs: opportunities and pitfalls in long-term digital preservation. Neil Beagrie, Director Charles Beagrie Limited & Marcel Ras, Head of the e-Depot, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands (figures e-Depot) 


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Workshop with Keith Jeffery
National and international roles and responsibilities in long-term digital preservation, Keith Jeffery, Director IT and International Strategy, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Great Britain & Peter Wittenburg, Max Planck Institute of Linguistics




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Workshop with Paul Wouters
e-Science: requirements for and impact on scholarly communication, Paul Wouters, Chair in Knowledge Dynamics, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands & Kurt de Belder, Librarian, Leiden University, Netherlands (presentation follows soon)

Digital preservation of e-merging new publication modes: ongoing development of preservation strategies, Paul Rutten, Chair in Book and Digital Media Studies, Leiden University, Netherlands & Barbara Sierman, Digital Preservation Officer, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands

Wrapping up, Inge Angevaare, coordinator of the Dutch Digital Preservation Coalition

Here you will find the complete programme of the congress

Organising committee
Els van Eijck van Heslinga (International e-Depot KB)
Wouter Schallier (LIBER)
Dale Peters (DRIVER II, SUB Göttingen)
Jeffrey van der Hoeven (PARSE.insight/KB)
Marcel Ras (e-Depot KB)
Inge Angevaare (Netherlands Coalition for Digital Preservation)

Operational organisor: Frédérique Vijftigschild (KB).

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