Presentation during World Digital Preservation Day 2018 and International Conference 'Memory Makers' organised by DPC and the Dutch Digital Heritage Network

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Maureen Pennock
Head of Digital Preservation, The British Library

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Our Digital Collection(s)
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Our staff
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Structural location

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Strategic relationship
Collection Management:
We ensure the Collection is
visible, accessible and
useable by the customer at
the point of need
Digital Preservation:
We ensure the Library’s
Digital Collections are
properly preserved for future
generations

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Team Structure
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Skillsets

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Team training (examples)
• Digital Preservation Training
Programme
• Conference attendance
• Confident Communications
• Persuading & Influencing
• Manual Handling
• Research and Writing
• Certified Information Professional
• Strategic Performance Management
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• Statistical programming
• Statistics: Understanding & Analysing
Data
• Project & Programme Management;
Agile
• TOGAF
• DP Tools (eg signature creation)
• Neo4j Graph databases
• Programming (Python, Javascript etc)

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If you deal with digital content, then digital
preservation is part of your job.
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Internal advocacy and training: Intro to DP
• Custom-built half day digital preservation
training course for colleagues across the
BL
•Run eight times over past three years
•Attended by over 150 colleagues
•Introduces DP, DP@BL, strategy &
policy, lifecycle, and DP projects
•Delivered primarily by DP team, plus
guest speaker
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Knowledge exchange & outreach
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British Library Digital Preservation Team
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maureen.pennock@bl.uk
@mopennock
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