Il giorno 12 gennaio 2009 l'ICCU ospiterà il seminario CASPAR (Cultural, Artistic and Scientific knowledge for Preservation, Access and Retrieval).

CASPAR Training Day for the Cultural Domain

All those involved in memory institutions are more and more faced with the problem of managing an increasing amount of Digital Objects (it does not matter whether they are “born digital” or are the “digital surrogate” of physical objects) and, more importantly, are faced with the problem of how to preserve those digital objects for future generations, in line with the main mission of the memory institutions.

The seminar will present in detail a real case study, in order for the attendees to get an understanding of the main digital preservation issues and challenges when applied to the Cultural Heritage sector, and an appreciation of the range of roles and responsibilities involved with digital preservation activities.

Target Audience

The seminar is mostly addressing practitioners and researchers from memory institutions such as archives, libraries, museums, repositories, government departments, legal and commercial sectors with an interest in the topic of preservation of digital objects that are in some way related to the cultural sector.

Participants will leave with an awareness of the relevance of preservation in the sector of Cultural Heritage, increasingly becoming (also) digital. Through the presentation of a practical experience from an actual use case, supported by demos and examples tailored to the actual user needs, participants will gain a basic knowledge of the OAIS reference model and an understanding of the preservation planning process.

Programme

08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Welcome (Mariella Guercio, University of Urbino)
09:00 – 10:00 Setting the scene for Cultural Heritage: An actual use case (Mario Hernandez, UNESCO and Virtual Lab ISTI-CNR) exemplify some threats
10:00 – 10:30 Preservation cultural threats (David Giaretta, Science and Technology Facilities Council)
10:30 – 11:15 The preservation process and issues/steps to consider:

• The main concepts of the OAIS (Open Archival Information System) Reference Model (Carlo Meghini, ISTI-CNR)

11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:00 Preservation Information Conceptual Model (Yannis Tzitzikas, FORTH - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas)
12:00 – 12:30 CASPAR Preservation Infrastructure (Luigi Briguglio, Engineering Ingegneria Informatica)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:45 User needs and authenticity (Giovanni Michetti, University of Urbino)
14:45 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 16:45 Demos and practical examples (Mario Hernandez, UNESCO)

• Documentation of the process and knowledge (Rep Info toolbox, The packaging component, The Preservation Data Storage, The finding manager, The virtualiser, the Preservation Orchestration Manager).
• Authenticity model

16:45 – 17:15 Interactive session (collection of participants’ needs)
17:15 – 17:30 Wrap up and closing (Mariella Guercio, University of Urbino)

Registration

Participation to the seminar is free, but it is necessary to register in advance. Attendance will be limited to 30 participants, on a first come first serve basis. In order to register, please fill in the online registration form.

If you have further questions about your registration please contact: info@casparpreserves.eu.

Further Information

If you have any further queries or require additional information, please contact Silvia Boi (University of Urbino) at: msilviaboi@gmail.com