Planets registration

Invitation to Planets Outreach and Training event,
22-24 June 2009

You are invited to participate in the Planets Outreach
and Training event, 'Digital Preservation - the Planets way'
at the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Denmark,
on 22-24 June 2009.
The event will consider the challenges of digital
preservation and how the Planets tools and framework
can assist national institutions with digital preservation.

Registration is now open, and a full event programme and
registration form is available on the Planets website

Day 1 of the event explores the challenges of digital
preservation and introduces the Planets tools and services.
On Days 2 and 3 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,
sharing ideas and best practice and to ask questions.

The event is aimed at CEOs, Heads of IT, Curation and
Preservation, IT staff, digital librarians and archivists,
curators, policy managers and other staff
preparing to or involved in preserving digital content.

You can register for either Day 1 only at a cost of 80 EUR,
or for all three days at a cost of 175 EUR.

Due to the nature of the event there is an upper capacity of 60
delegates on Day 1 and 40 delegates on Days 2 and 3.

Final closing date for all registrations is 11 June 2009.

This event is the first in a series of outreach and training events
to be hosted at venues across Europe between
June 2009 and May 2010.

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, please visit the Planets site.