Starting out with digital preservation software

At this joint event hosted by the ARA South East & London Region and the Section for Archives and Technology, two speakers will share their experiences with digital preservation systems. Each talk will be followed by a Q&A session with our speakers and representatives from the Section for Archives and Technology.

PROGRAMME
14:00 - 14:10 Welcome and Introduction

14:10 - A school archive using Preservica, Georgina Robinson, Archivist, Eton College
In 2022, the IT team at Eton College approved the use of Preservica for the long-term preservation of the college’s digital records. Georgina will talk about what led to this decision, her experience of using Preservica and how this ‘new’ digital archive is helping with advocacy.

14:50 - Archivematica and Open Source: Benefits, Challenges and Opportunities, Rachel MacGregor, Digital Preservation Officer, Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Rachel will talk about the benefits and drawbacks of choosing open source software with a focus on Archivematica, her experiences with using the software and lessons learnt from the experience. She will also talk about the wider context, the community and considerations for any service looking at software and systems.

15:30 – finish

THE SPEAKERS

Eton College Archives
Georgina Robinson is an archivist at Eton College Archives; she is responsible for records management, digital preservation and the photographic archive. Georgina is currently working to establish a systematic transfer of analogue and born-digital records to the archives and to facilitate their long-term preservation. Georgina is also Chair of the ARA Environmental Sustainability Group.

Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Rachel MacGregor (Digital Preservation Officer) has been working at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick for nearly five years and before that has had considerable experience in digital preservation and working with physical archive collections. Her role involves taking a lead on implementing digital preservation strategies and solutions, developing policies, procedures and workflows and advocating for digital preservation internally and with donors, depositors, stakeholders and the broader archives community.

Event cost:

Bookings can be made on Eventbrite here.

ARA members - Free

Non-members - £5