FREE Practical digital preservation training & education series for ARA members from Preservica

Join fellow archivists, records managers, independent practitioners, and Preservica experts for a free of charge four-part online training & education series packed full of best practice and real-world examples to help you jump-start your digital preservation journey.

The series will explore the practical steps of building a digital archive using Preservica Starter edition (free-forever 5GB). You will have the opportunity to interact and follow along as you work your way through a series of tasks, quickly building your very own digital archive in Starter.

You will hear from digital preservation practitioners and industry experts as they share best practices and discuss how they’ve developed robust digital preservation programs at their organisations. You will also advance your knowledge in some of the fundamental concepts in digital preservation.

Here’s what to expect from the four-part series:

Digital Preservation 101 - Wednesday 19th January at 10.30am-11.45am

Explore the core pillars of digital preservation and learn about key business drivers.

Essential Skills - Wednesday 16th February at 10.30am-11.45am

Follow along in this practical session that explores preservation fundamentals, with a focus on metadata, security & access.

Building The Business Case - Wednesday 16th March at 10.30am-11.45am

Learn how to impress stakeholders and highlight institutional value as you work towards securing funding for digital preservation.

Preparing for the future - Wednesday 27th April at 10.30am-11.45am

Discover what the future holds with embedded preservation and new processes to handle the growing complexity & scale of data.

This series is exclusively for ARA and IRMS member and limited to the first 250 members that sign-up – learn more enrol for the series today!

When you click on the enrol now link on the Preservica website it takes you to the Preservica Starter sign up page - this is correct. Sign up here and you will receive a confirmation that you are enrolled and will then receive information on logging into the training in due course.