REMINDER - PLANETS TRAINING EVENT, SOFIA, BULGARIA, 16-18 SEPTEMBER 2009:
BURSARY PLACES AVAILABLEDeadline for applications extended to Wednesday 29 July
2009‘Digital Preservation – The Planets Way’: Strategies for Central and
Eastern EuropeOutreach and training event organised by Planets project
(http://www.planets-project.eu)Date: 16‑18 September 2009Venue: Arena di
Serdica hotel,Sofia, Bulgaria  Website:
http://www.planets-project.eu/events/sofia-2009/Contact:
sofia-grants@... (Preservation and Long-term Access
through NETworked Services) will host a three-day outreach and training event at
the Arena di Serdica hotel in Sofia on 16-18 September 2009. The project has
joined forces with the Central European Initiative to offer 15 bursary places to
participants from nine countries to attend the event.  Participants from
Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Serbia and Ukraine are eligible for this support. This will be the
first major specialist digital preservation event targeted at information and
preservation professionals from Eastern and Central Europe, and is designed for
CEOs, Heads of IT, and preservation / curation / IT staff from collection,
education, memory and heritage institutions across the Central and Eastern
European region. ‘Digital Preservation – the Planets Way’ will explore
the case for preservation of digital objects, the actions required, and the
Planets solutions to the issues.  The first day of the event will focus on the
challenges of digital preservation and introduce the Planets tools and services.
 On days two and three delegates will gain hands-on experience of working with
Planets and a scenario (sample collection) to develop a preservation plan and
preserve digital objects.  The event will include plenty of opportunity for
discussion and the sharing of ideas and best practice.  Lectures, workshops and
discussions will be provided by distinguished experts from the EU: we anticipate
the team of lecturers and workshop leaders will include specialists from the
British Library, HATII at the University of Glasgow, National Archive of the
Netherlands, Vienna University of Technology, University of Cologne, and the
Austrian National Library.You can see full details about the bursary scheme
at:http://www.planets-project.eu/events/sofia-2009/cei-bursary/. You should
submit your completed application by 17:30 CET on Wednesday 29 July.  If you
have any questions about the scheme, please e-mail us at:
sofia-grants@.... We hope you will join us to experience how the
tools and methods developed by the Planets project can assist in developing and
sustaining your long-term digital preservation strategy. 

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