October 29, 2008
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

DEADLINE EXTENDED: FRIDAY, MAY 30
REGISTER ONLINE: www.nedcc.org
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The NEW School for Scanning. . .

Media in Motion: The Challenge of Preservation in the Digital Age
October 29, 2008
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Kodak Fellowship will be awarded each year to a student of merit who intends to pursue a career in the field of moving image archiving. The student selected as the Kodak Fellow will receive:

• A $4,000 scholarship for the upcoming academic year. Funds will be sent to the student’s educational institution and credited toward tuition and/or registration fees.
• Complementary registration to the AMIA Conference. Reimbursements and/or a per diem will also be provided to cover travel, hotel accommodations, and other reasonable costs.
• A six-week summer internship at Kodak and other film restoration facilities in Los Angeles. Transportation and housing will be provided at no cost, and the student will be paid an hourly wage to offset other living expenses. See http://www.amianet.org/events/kodak.php

AMIA Scholarship Program

Registration Open for NISO's March 14 Digital Preservation Forum

The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) will host a forum on "Digital Preservation: Planning Today for Tomorrow's Resources," to be held March 14, 2008 in Washington, DC.

With the increasing number of digital objects—both those born digital and those that have been converted to digital formats to enhance access, delivery, and creative use of library collections—the need to focus on how these digital objects themselves will be preserved is paramount. Good business practices require attention to interoperability with various systems and platforms, a focus on accessibility, and use of and attention to formats that will be allow for extensibility and flexibility. By creating well-formed content at the outset and paying attention to digital preservation issues as part of the collection management plan, we can better ensure the longevity of these collections. NISO's Digital Preservation forum will provide insight and allow for further discussion of these issues.

The keynote speaker will be Evan Owens, Chief Technology Officer for Portico, a not-for-profit service that provides a permanent archive of scholarly literature. Other confirmed speakers include Lucy Nowell (National Science Foundation), Tom Clareson (PALINET), Martin Kalfatovic (Smithsonian Institution Libraries), and Deborah Thomas and David Brunton (National Digital Newspaper Program, Library of Congress).

http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=667

Program dates: January 21, 2008 - March 17, 2008
Application deadline: December 10, 2007

Preserving digital assets and content is one of the most significant challenges facing institutions and organizations throughout the world. Enormous amounts of digital information have already been lost forever.

The Digital Repository Work Study program is an exciting opportunity to learn and develop experience in this cutting-edge and challenging field. Participants will be given direct hands-on experience in implementing technology solutions to support the long-term preservation of digital assets. They will be provided with an opportunity to implement and test a range of open-source and commercial applications, including DSpace (MIT), Fedora (Cornell University), Greenstone (New Zealand), DAITSS (Florida State), and ContentDM (OCLC). Learning opportunities may also include research into emerging standards, challenges, and technical innovations related to digital preservation.

This work study opportunity is intended for individuals with working knowledge and experience in SE Linux/Unix, Tomcat, Apache, PostgresSQL, Perl, and Java. Participants will work as part of a team that includes system administrators, programmers, archivists and librarians.