Reminder: Invitation to Planets Training and Outreach event ‘Digital
Preservation – The Planets Way’ 16-18 September, Arena di Serdica Hotel,
Sofia, Bulgaria.Does your organisation know what to preserve digitally for the
future? Do you want to discuss your strategies for digital preservation with
colleagues and experts? Do you know how to preserve your collections for the
future? Do you know which tools and services to use for this? The volume of
digital content that organisations intend to store is expected to rise
twenty-fold over the next ten years; is your institution prepared for this?Join
us at our second ‘Digital Preservation – the Planets Way’ event to
discover more about the Planets tools and services that could help you to
preserve vital digital information for the future. Learn about strategies that
could be put in place at your company or institution and discuss ideas of
best-practice with experts and colleagues from across Europe.‘Digital
Preservation – The Planets Way’ will bring together leading researchers to
demonstrate the sustainable framework and technology which will enable archives,
libraries and other large collection holders to approach digital preservation.
Delegates will have the unique opportunity to experiment with the suite of
Planets tools and services before they are made available to the public and will
be set a challenge to preserve a sample collection.The event will also have a
special regional focus and will include presentations from two institutions in
Southern and Eastern Europe. To see the full programme and to register please
visit our events page at:http://www.planets-project.eu/events/sofia-2009/Due to
the practical nature of much of the event there is an upper limit of 60
delegates on Day 1 and 40 delegates on Days 2 and 3. The final closing date for
registration is Thursday 10 September 2009.Planets (Preservation and Long-Term
Access through Networked Services) is a four-year project co-funded by the
European Union under Framework Programme 6 to address core digital preservation
challenges. Planets is building practical tools and services to help ensure
long-term access to our digital cultural and scientific assets. For more
information about Planets or to sign up to our user community, please visit
www.planets-project.eu.

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