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2. ERPANET works to enhance the preservation of cultural and scientific digital objects through raising awareness, providing access to experience, sharing policies and strategies, and improving practices.

3. www.erpanet.org Objectives of ERPANET ERPANET will enhance the preservation of cultural heritage and scientific objects through nine core objectives. It will: raise awareness of sources of information about the preservation of digital objects appraise and evaluate information sources and developments in digital preservation and make available results of research provide an enquiry and advisory service on preservation issues, practice and technology

4. www.erpanet.org Objectives cont. implement six development workshops conduct case studies hold a suite of eight training seminars stimulate research and encourage the development of standards in digital preservation build an online community stimulate awareness among software producers of the preservation needs of the user community

5. www.erpanet.org The Project Nodes The Humanities Technology and Information Institute (HATII) (University of Glasgow) Schweizerisches Bundesarchiv Nationaal Archief van Nederland Institute for Archival and Library Science (Università degli Studi di Urbino)

6. www.erpanet.org ERPANET Products Charter Advisory Workshops Assessments Tools Studies Training

7. www.erpanet.org Charter Mobilise actors Achieve coordination of efforts Focus stakeholders on issues Direction towards areas of activity Establish priorities Create basis of knowledge Encourage and promote the use of open standards

8. www.erpanet.org erpa advisory Provides the Community with access to answers to digital preservation expertise Builds a Resource of Authoritative Answers to Digital Preservation Questions (a database of frequently asked questions with answers) Makes accessible examples of best practice

9. www.erpanet.org erpa workshops PlaceMonthYear ToledoJune2002 UrbinoOctober2002 BernApril2003 RomeNovember2003 AntwerpApril2004 BudapestOctober2004 XML as a preservation Strategy Long term preservation of databases Digitisation, Conservation, and Preservation Developing Policies and Legislation Digital Repositories - Audit and Certification Integrity, Authenticity, Accuracy, and Audit

10. www.erpanet.org erpa assessments Authoritative online information service Review-based gateway to activities Analytic reviews of pivotal published and online literature Assessment of relevant technical guidelines and standards

11. www.erpanet.org erpa tools Tools to enable institutions to approach their digital preservation challenges proactively. Tools to be released in 2003 include: A policy building framework Strategies for costing digital preservation Digital object risk management methods Guidelines for selecting technologies

12. www.erpanet.org erpa studies Case studies in cultural heritage, public administration, scientific, and business domains exploring: objective relevance and subjective awareness of digital preservation cooperation current practice costs audit

13. www.erpanet.org erpa studies Illustrate methodologies and practices Provide a basis for establishing practical guidelines Increase awareness Stimulate sharing of information and experiences Encourage cooperation and discussion

14. www.erpanet.org erpa studies Round 2Round 3 RetailAutomotive ArchitectureTrain traffic control AerospaceInsurance Entertainment (film)Air traffic control The fourth round will concentrate on security services e.g. police, passport control, private security, prisons etc.

15. www.erpanet.org erpa training

16. www.erpanet.org erpa training Walkthrough of the OAIS Reference Model OAIS Functionality Interpretation of the Model OAIS Metadata Current applications of the Model Potential limitation of the Model Practical activities

17. www.erpanet.org erpa training PlaceMonthYearFocus CopenhagenNovember2002OAIS Interpretation and Implementation ParisJanuary2003Policies for Digital Preservation KerkiraMay2003Web Archiving MarburgSeptember2003Metadata LisboaDecember2003Appraisal of Scientific Data CorkMarch2004Building Records Management Policies and Procedures ViennaJune2004Standards AmsterdamSeptember2004New Age Data- multimedia, virtual reality

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