Tag Archives: training

DPTP October 2009: carrots and sticks

Ed Pinsent is giving a presentation on metadata right now. It is always a good session as he works with the class and as always they come up with good stuff. It comes from them, they have the answers!  It seems to reveal more and more about the myriad of ways that people work. How [...]

DPTP October 2009 at the Hat and Tun

On day 3 of DPTP here in Hatton gardens. Again we see a wide variety of participants and backgrounds from UK and beyond. We have a full house of 22. Many thanks again to the DPC for their tremendous support with their scholarships. Here is a shot of William Kilbride talking about the DPC.

Good news from the DPC

My day today began with one of those moments that remind us how technology, and the world, changes. On the train I sat next to someone reading and scribbling on an academic text of some sort on which the words “network research” and “SNA” appeared prominently. I began reading, as one does (yes, I shouldn’t, [...]

Being Frank: William Kilbride talks DPC and DPTP

After the DPC’s sponsorship of two places for our most recent DPTP course in May, I was keen to talk to William Kilbride, Executive Director at DPC, about his work at the coalition and his thoughts on the future of the training programme. Frank Steiner: I understand you’ve just recently taken on the post at [...]

Latest Digital Preservation Training Programme, SOAS May 2009.

So another DPTP over! As presenters we felt it went really well. We again had a great group of people. The level of knowledge was very high and even so it seems the course really does help consolidate many levels of knowledge about digital preservation. For many it was OAIS and the class project seems [...]