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  • 1.  Register for Association of Canadian Archivists: Introduction to Digital Preservation

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    The Canadian Association of Archivists presents: An Introduction to Digital Preservation Workshop

    July 8 and July 9, 2026, 2:00 - 3:30 EST/EDT

    Register here: https://archivists.ca/event-6657673

    This two-part workshop series will take place on July 8th AND July 9th, and will provide an introduction to digital preservation with a focus on strategies for archives with limited resources. The topics covered will include:

    • Getting digital content from depositors
    • Preservation issues concerning digital records
    • Preservation strategies and actions
    • Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model
    • National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Levels of Preservation
    • Documentation including policy
    • Workflow steps: inventory, select and acquire, ingest, store, access
    • File formats
    • Metadata
    • Hardware and software needed
    • Storage options
    • Servers and networks
    • Demonstrations of seven open-source tools
    • Navigating institutional barriers including budget constraints, institutional resistance, technical barriers
    • Digital preservation and the climate crisis 
    • Hands on practice using two open-source tools

     

    Day One

    Getting digital content from depositors

    Preservation issues concerning digital records

    Preservation strategies and actions

    Open Archival Information System (OAIS) reference model

    National Digital Stewardship Alliance (NDSA) Levels of Preservation

    Documentation including policy

    Workflow steps: inventory, select and acquire, ingest, store, access

    File formats

    Metadata

    Hardware and software needed

    Storage options

    Servers and networks

    Navigating institutional barriers including budget constraints, institutional resistance, technical barriers

    Digital preservation and the climate crisis

     

    Day Two

    Demonstrations of seven open-source tools

    Hands on practice using two open-source tools

     

    *Additionally, handouts for registrants as well as a folder of digital objects will be shared prior to the first day of the workshop.



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    Mary Grace Kosta
    Archives Consultant
    London ON
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