Please excuse any
cross-posting and see the following announcement about our PREMIS tutorial to
be held in February at the UC San Diego Libraries.
For more info
please see - http://chronopolis.sdsc.edu/premis.html
Thanks,
robert
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Robert H. McDonald
Director, Strategic Data Alliances
Digital Preservation Initiatives Group
MC 0505
phone: 858.534.8377
email/aim:
skype: rhmcdonald
http://www.rmcdonald.info
The
UC San Diego Libraries, the California Digital Library, the
The
PREMIS (Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies) Working Group was
formed in June 2003 as an international group whose goal was to define a
standard set of implementable, core preservation metadata, with guidelines and
recommendations for management and use. The PREMIS Working Group released its Data
Dictionary for Preservation Metadata in May 2005. This developed into
the first data dictionary for implementing preservation metadata and is now
known as PREMIS.
The
PREMIS data dictionary is the foundation by which Metadata can be generated to
play a vital role in enabling the effective management, discovery, and
re-usability of digital information. Preservation metadata provides provenance
information, documents preservation activity, identifies technical features,
and aids in verifying the authenticity of digital objects. PREMIS is a core set
of metadata elements recommended for use in all preservation repositories
regardless of the type of materials archived and the preservation strategies
employed.
This one day tutorial provides an introduction to PREMIS
and its data model, a walk-through of the Data Dictionary, examples of PREMIS
metadata in real situations, and implementation considerations, particularly
using PREMIS with XML/METS. It includes an implementers' panel and will also
provide an opportunity for participants to share their own implementation
issues and experiences.
The workshop will be taught by Rebecca Guenther.
Rebecca Guenther is Senior Networking and Standards Specialist in the
Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress. She
has worked at LC since 1980 in various positions and in her current position
since 1989. Her current responsibilities include work on national and
international information standards, primarily in the area of metadata.
She is chair of the PREMIS Editorial Committee and was co-chair of the OCLC/RLG
PREMIS Working Group which developed the PREMIS Data Dictionary.
Specific
benefits of attendance include:
1. A better understanding of the infrastructure for
reliable, sustainable digital preservation programs
2. A comprehensive view of information needed to
support digital preservation
3. A beginning knowledge of the common data model
for organizing and thinking about preservation metadata
4. Illustrative guidance for local implementations
of PREMIS for preservation repositories
5. An understanding of the standard for exchanging
information packages between repositories (to include metadata to support the
preservation process)
6. An appreciation for how PREMIS
might be used: as a basis for metadata definition in developing
systems, as a checklist of metadata needs for existing repositories, or
as a standard for exchange between partners.
Registration
Cost of attendance will be $50 (free for UC attendees).
Registration will close Monday January 14th
2008. Attendance
will be limited to 40 participants so reserve your spot early. Payment
can be made in the form of credit card or checks (checks must be payable to “UC Regents”)
Payments should be mailed along with the registration form
to:
UC San Diego- Geisel Library
Attn: Marita Beiner M/C 0175-H
Hotel
UCSD Libraries has reserved a
block of rooms at Hotel La Jolla. Reservations must be made directly with
the hotel by Monday, January 14th
2008.
Hotel La Jolla 1 800-666-0261
UCSD rate $139.00/night (be sure
to ask for UCSD rate under code #1268)
·
An easy walk to the beach
·
Rooms with ocean views (there are
only a few of these so reserve early to secure yours!)
·
Hotel provides complimentary
shuttle service to the UCSD campus and other locations within 5 miles
·
Free parking if you tell them
you’re with UCSD
For more information please see the PREMIS tutorial
website http://chronopolis.sdsc.edu/premis.html
For questions about the conference, please contact Trish
Rose-Sandler at [log in to unmask]
For questions about registration or lodging, please contact Marita
Beiner at [log in to unmask] or
858-534-9734.