1. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow A future with no history meets a history with no future: perspectives on how much we should know about digital preservation @WilliamKilbride william@dpconline.org

2. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow What does Digital Preservation sound like? How much do students need to know? Why that matters? What is to be done? (3 ways of being) (2 big ideas thanks to DigiCurV) (4 scenarios) (curricula)

3. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Digital Preservation Makes Bleak Reading?

4. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow The Newham Archive Cyber-boffins to the rescue!

5. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow ………………………………………… ………………………………………… ………………………………………… Digital preservation typically makes bleak reading 2 Raises awareness but doesn’t really solve the problem

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7. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Digital preservation or Digital continuity or Digital legacy or Permanent access or Digital curation or Intelligent continuity or Cyber lifecycle or Long term data retention or Whatever term you wish to coin this week Thinking of clever words and arguing over their meanings is easier than finding solutions

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11. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow How hard can it be? Daunting challenge Decade of research and development Replete with jargon and acronyms Turf war between professions? Disconnected from practice? A whole new barrier? The solutions are in here, but how does one make sense of it all?

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13. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Challenge growing on (at least) three axes Scale Complexity Importance

14. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow How can we frame a curriculum around this? Two observations from (substantiated by) DigCurv: Flexibility Breadth

15. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow ‘What I wish I knew before I started’

16. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow DigCurV Focus Groups and APARSEN Improve communication between technical and non-technical staff through shared vocabulary. Raise awareness of digital across organizations. Better integrate physical and digital collections. Ensure staff possessed domain knowledge and curation skills. Develop methodologies for keeping on top of rapidly changing technologies. Provide non-technical staff with a basic understanding of IT concepts. Develop mechanisms for informed decisions about standards and systems. Maximize access and understand users. Make informed decisions about selecting digital collections. Embed process in the normal workflows of the organization. Better understand the legal issues surrounding digital curation

17. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow And if you really push them they say... Train staff to be flexible

18. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Breadth... DigCurv Curriculum Framework Mapped to actual roles Clear but flexed to local needs Extensive but not doctrinaire From experience not assumption

19. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Strong recognition of Business planning and Business improvement Projects and services

20. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Strong knowledge of principles and practice Engaged with users Manages ‘up and across’

21. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Strong knowledge of regulation and legalities Implicitly strong knowledge of use case

22. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Responsive to change Integrity – works up and down

23. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Train staff to be flexible Why this is the correct approach in four thought experiments about digital preservation and how it is changing

24. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Digital objects Project Infrastructure and technological innovation Pilot Plan Fund Propose Scope Invite Fieldwork Quality assure merge Processing Delivery handover Obsolescence Release Value Begin PRESERVATION-READY OBJECTS? Digital Preservation in 10 years time 1: the preservation ready objects

25. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Digital Preservation in 10 years time 1: the preservation ready objects Deal with the route causes of obsolescence via: File formats Documentation E-Discovery

26. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Digital Preservation in 10 years time 2: Preservation As A Service Trusted repository an obsolete concept (metaphor) Staff and skills Organisation Succession planning Micro-services The ‘internet of things’

27. www.dpconline.org Product Lifecycle Management Concrete TIMBUS Example CAD/CAM System Machine Tool Manufacturer Supply Chain Management Material Supplier Material Manufacturer

28. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Finding dependencies Varying performances Virtualisation / emulation of preservation tools Micro-services Digital Preservation in 10 years time 2: Preservation As A Service

29. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Digital Preservation in 10 years time 3: All Digital Preservation as Web Archiving 3Es: everything, everywhere, electronic Open linked data Legal deposit WARC standard Policy and institutions Commercial services Producer / Archive hand-off

30. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow Digital Preservation in 10 years time 4: Virtualisation for preservation Preservation on demand Ubiquitous tools and services Virtual platforms for computing Virtualisation manager Invisible preservation

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32. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow So … what makes a curriculum Responsive to technology Responsive to emerging research Based on actual needs Adapted to role and environment Values not technology

33. www.dpconline.org our digital memory accessible tomorrow So … what makes a SUCCESSFUL curriculum What will digital preservation be like in a decade? Tell me that and I will describe the curriculum in detail… ‘In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.’ Eric Hoffer via Patricia Sleeman

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