The Crisis of the Archive

25 November 2004

Glasgow

Charlie Gere, School of History of Art, Film and Visual Media, Birkbeck College presented a paper that addressed the crisis of the archive in the age of real-time systems of information and communication. The DCC was a co-sponsor of this event.

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Database Seminar: The Earth Science Information Infrastructure: First Steps and Missing Pieces

22 November 2004

Edinburgh

Jim Frew presented "The Earth Science Information Infrastructure: First Steps and Missing Pieces" as part of the Scottish Database Interest Group [external] seminar season at The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. The DCC was a co-sponsor of this event.

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DCC Information Day: University of Glasgow

26 May 2005

University of Glasgow, Glasgow

This event offered many people an opportunity to meet and talk with DCC representatives. The meeting's agenda incorporated a brief presentation detailing the role of the DCC and a discussion session where attendees could describe their own digital curation efforts, any concerns they had and any...

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DCC Information Day: Centre Point, London

04 March 2005

Centre Point, London

We held our inaugural DCC Information Day aimed at representatives of Computing, Information and Library Services and Science Faculties at Centre Point, London from 12.00pm - 3.00pm. This was the first in a series of meetings across the UK.

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Seamus Ross in Conversation with Charles Dollar

06 December 2004

Glasgow

Seamus Ross (Director of HATII) in Conversation with Charles Dollar (founder of NARA's first electronic records programme and international expert in digital preservation) on the "Development of Thinking on Digital Preservation". The DCC was a co-sponsor of this event. View photograph (JPEG, 99KB).

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Database Seminar: From Data Integration to Data Sharing

17 January 2005

Edinburgh

Renee Miller presented "From Data Integration to Data Sharing" as part of the Scottish Database Interest Group [external] seminar season at The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, Appleton Tower 2nd floor seminar room (2.02). The DCC was a co-sponsor of this event.

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Joint DCC/DPC Workshop: Cost Models

26 July 2005

The British Library, London

Usable and practical cost models are essential for long-term, sustainable digital curation and preservation efforts. In conjunction with the Digital Preservation Coalition we held a one-day workshop that explored cost models for long-term curation at the British Library, London. At...

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Joint DCC/ERPANET Workshop: Long-term Curation and Preservation of Medical Databases

13-14 October 2005

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon

Enabling access to and re-use of digital information is an integral part of medical research and health-service provision and is essential for enabling accountability. This workshop explored the ways that practitioners can support accessibility and reusability of medical databases over...

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1st International Digital Curation Conference

29-30 September 2005

Hilton Bath City Hotel, Bath

We held our 1st International Digital Curation Conference at the Hilton Bath City hotel, Bath and welcomed a range of international speakers including:

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