CILIP's Preservation and Conservation Alliance (PACA) formulates policy and initiates action on issues of preservation, conservation, security and heritage whether written, visual, printed, spoken or electronic
Key interests of PACA
- Advocacy
- Buildings and storage
- Conservation research
- Cooperative preservation and conservation activities
- Digital preservation
- Disaster management
- Education and training
- Historic libraries
- Legal deposit and archiving
- Strategic planning within the organisational context
Digital Preservation Roadshows 2011
Following on from the very successful 'Decoding the Digital' conference, the British Library Preservation Advisory Centre and the Digital Preservation Coalition are undertaking a short programme of digital preservation roadshows across the UK in 2011.
The first events were in London and Glasgow. Forthcoming roadshows take place Cardiff and York.
These events are designed to:
- raise awareness of digital preservation issues
- increase involvement with digital preservation activities and
- signpost the support and resources available to help you on your way
They provide an introduction to digital preservation, build an understanding of the risks to digital materials, include practical sessions to help apply digital preservation planning and tools, and feature speakers sharing their own experiences of putting digital preservation into practice.
The sessions are aimed at librarians, archivists and collection managers in all sectors who want to find out more about the implications of having to retain, manage and provide ongoing access to large quantities of digital material.