Just-published case study on ULCC web site In October 2012 the DPTP delivered a two-day version of our course for the National Library of Ireland. The course was so popular that it was over-subscribed by other local archivists and librarians keen to learn about digital preservation. Now ULCC have published a case study about our success. One of our personal triumphs in 2012 is the way we are making the OAIS Model more understandable.... Read more

It seems that annual rollovers are one of those things that we could think of a million things we’d rather be doing.  Why is it we never pay it much attention until it’s too late, and it causes so much distress? The second webinar in our ULCC Customer Series saw an extremely good turnout with 30+ delegates.  Richard Havinga charted the route through some dangerous territory, and navigating us through the various pitfalls that this... Read more

I very much enjoyed the DPC’s latest event on metadata, particularly the first half of the day which concentrated on the PREMIS preservation metadata standard. One of my interests is how I can improve my teaching when I’m training students on the Digital Preservation Training Programme on this subject. Angela Dappert’s excellent presentation and exercise, now available here, has been enormously helpful for this. My tendency has been... Read more

On the 25th of March 2013 we ran a webinar on upgrading to Moodle 2.4 which proved to be quite successful. We asked a couple of questions before the event on how important you feel the upgrade is, and whether you had enough information. Initially 97% of participants said they didn’t have enough information but by then end of the webinar, 100% of attendees said they either had enough information or still had a few questions. The... Read more

Last week we held an e-ILP Focus Group to review the current version of our e-ILP block. We were delighted that it was over-subscribed and the feedback gathered includes attendees as well as several institutions who couldn’t attend. It was very informative with practitioners collaborating in directed activities and discussions on what functionality they thought an e-ILP system should have, who it should be designed for, the level of... Read more