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Event	ICPSR Digital Preservation Team Cosponsors Fall Lecture Series
Location	University of Michigan
Date	September 9 - October 7, 2008
Organization	ICPSR; University of Michigan School of Information; Society of American Archivists Student Chapter
Annotation	The University of Michigan School of Information, ICPSR, and the Society of American Archivists(SAA) Student Chapter are co-sponsoring a Digital Preservation lecture series. Anyone interested in digital preservation management is invited to attend. Our goal is to use this series to test changes in our curriculum. We encourage anyone interested to attend as this is a unique opportunity to learn about practice, standards, and developments in the digital preservation community. We hope to see you there! Below is our schedule for Fall 2008: Tuesday, 09/02/08: Five Stages of Digital Preservation (Ehrlicher Room/411 West Hall at SI: 3:30-5:00pm) -Nancy Y. McGovern, Digital Preservation Officer, ICPSR Thursday, 09/04/08: Legal Challenges for Digital Preservation (G150 at ICPSR: 3:30-5:00pm) -Aprille C. McKay, Digital Preservation Specialist, ICPSR Tuesday, 09/16/08: Working with OAIS (Ehrlicher Room/411 West Hall at SI: 3:30-5:00pm) -Nancy Y. McGovern, Digital Preservation Officer, ICPSR Tuesday, 09/23/08: Repositories, Tools and Workflows for Digital Preservation (Ehrlicher Room/411 West Hall at SI: 3:30-5:00pm) -McGovern/McKay, ICPSR Thursday, 09/25/08: Preservation Metadata (G150 at ICPSR: 3:30-5:00pm) -Kari R. Smith, Head, Visual Resources Collections, History of Art Thursday, 10/2/08: Identifying and Securing the Requisite Resources for Digital Preservation (G150 at ICPSR: 3:30-5:00pm) -McGovern/McKay, ICPSR Tuesday, 10/7/08: Digital Preservation Readiness (Ehrlicher Room/411 West Hall at SI: 3:30-5:00pm) -McGovern/McKay, ICPSR

Event	Digital Preservation Management: Implementing Short-term Strategies for Long-term Problems
Location	Ann Arbor MI
Date	October 19-24, 2008
Organization	ICPSR
Annotation	The documentation for Digital Preservation at ICPSR will continue to grow as we develop a comprehensive set of policies for digital preservation and as we engage in ongoing preservation planning. Digital Preservation at ICPSR will also be co-sponsoring a Digital Preservation Management Series running through Fall 2008. ICPSR also hosts the Digital Preservation Management tutorial.

Event	*Archiving 2008*
Location	Bern, Switzerland
Date	June 24-27, 2008
Organization	The Society for Imaging Science and Technology
Annotation	ICPSR tracks the proceedings from this annual conference.