Preservation and Curation in Institutional Repositories Report released
We are very pleased to announce that a second State of the ART report from Alex Ball (a UKOLN-based DCC staff member) has been released, this time on Preservation and Curation in Institutional...
View ArticleDigital Curation and Preservation Policies in Scottish HEIs
The JISC-funded ERIS project aims to enhance curation and preservation processes within institutions in order to build confidence amongst researchers in the longevity of repositories. As a first step,...
View ArticleReflections on a few data management events
I’ve been hastily writing up travel reports to submit expenses before year end, and in reviewing the data management events I’ve been to in the last few months, a few recurrent questions emerge...Read...
View ArticleSoftware Preservation Days
Software preservation workshop outputs available, new event coming from Software Sustainability InstituteRead more
View ArticleSTFC releases a scientific data policy
The STFC has released a scientific data policy, meaning that every member of RCUK has now issued guidelines on data management and sharing. The STFC policy builds on the RCUK Common Principles on Data...
View ArticleIDCC11 Session 2B: Preservation
Kevin Ashley, 9 December, 2011Parellel Session 2B on preservation seemed to be only loosely connected to preservation, but all the institutions involved have taken open approaches to archiving.Read more
View ArticleIDCC11 Session A3: Formats
Angus Whyte, 13 December, 2011This session at IDCC 2011 might have been titled “Everything to Fear but Fear Itself”. As preservation specialists know, when it comes to file format issues just about...
View ArticleReport: Preserving Moving Pictures and Sound
The DPC, Richard Wright and Charles Beagrie Ltd have recently announced (30 April 2012) the release of the latest Technology Watch Report ‘Preserving Moving Pictures and Sound’, written by Richard...
View ArticleVideo games: worth preserving?
Kevin Ashley, 15 December, 2014A guest blog post by the winner of the DPC's Most Distinguished Student Work in Digital Preservation 2014 - Alastair John Bachell. Alastair writes about games archives...
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