The iSchool Institute, at the Faculty of Information is pleased to announce: 

Digital Preservation: From Theory to Practice - a new 2-day workshop from the iSchool Institute coming up in Toronto and Ottawa. This course is a must for
archivists, librarians and other information professionals responsible for analyzing and deploying digital preservation programs and digital archives systems.

Digital preservation is applying strategies, tools and resources to overcome the threat of technology obsolescence and incompatibility to maintain the
accessibility, usability and authenticity of digital information over the long-term. This interactive course takes its participants from key concepts, file format analysis, and system requirements to practical, hands-on 
application of these concepts using the free and open-source Archivematica software.

Learning outcomes:
* understand digital preservation risks and strategies
* ability to analyze preservation file formats
* understand the ISO 14721 OAIS functional model and PREMIS preservation metadata standard

* hands-on experience moving digital objects through OAIS processes
* gain the theoretical context and practical knowledge necessary to analyze digital preservation projects and systems

Register for one of the following sessions:

Ottawa
Digital Preservation: From Theory to Practice
<http://www.plc.ischool.utoronto.ca/coursedescription.asp?courseid=275>
Mon. 28 Mar 2011 - Tue. 29 Mar 2011
2 days (12 hours) - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Instructor: Peter Van Garderen
Fee: $495.00
Location: Ottawa, LAC

Toronto
Digital Preservation: From Theory to Practice
<http://www.plc.ischool.utoronto.ca/coursedescription.asp?courseid=274>
Thu. 31 Mar 2011 - Fri. 1 Apr 2011
2 days (12 hours) - 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Instructor: Peter Van Garderen
Fee: $495.00
Location: Toronto, Faculty of Information

About Peter Van Garderen
Peter is project manager for the Archivematica and ICA-AtoM open-source software projects. Peter is also the principal of Artefactual Systems
<http://artefactual.com/>, a Vancouver-based company that provides open-source solutions for the international archival community. Peter is a Distinguished Alumnus of the
University of British Columbia’s Master of Archival Studies program and a Doctoral Candidate in Archival Science at the University of Amsterdam.

For more information and to register go to: institute.ischool.utoronto.ca <http://institute.ischool.utoronto.ca>

-- 
Eva Piorkowski (Kupidura)
Coordinator, iSchool Institute
University of Toronto
Faculty of Information 
140 St. George Street
Toronto ON M5S 3G6

Tel (416) 978 3035
Fax (416) 978 5762
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