DigitalPreservationEurope

DigitalPreservationEurope (known under „DPE“) is the European Union project in Information Society Technologies (IST) priority funded under Sixth Framework Programme of EU.The project started in the April 2006 and will end in the March 2009.

The project focuses on dissemination of the digital preservation issues to professionals as well as non-professionals, and on the coordination of digital preservation activities across Europe.

Among other activities, DPE has produced DRAMBORA Toolkit, which is the tool for digital repository planning and digital repository assessment regarding their trustworthiness and sustainable development. It focuses on all issues concerning digital repository planning, projecting, planning, maintenance, preservation and organization as well as political and economical issues

9 institutions from 8 European Union countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands and the United Kingdom) are involved in the DigitalPreservationEurope project. The project is being coordinated by HATII (Humanities Advanced Technology And Information Institute at The University of Glasgow) [ [http://www.hatii.arts.gla.ac.uk/ Humanities Advanced Technology And Information Institute - HATII] - The Institut at the University of Glasgow.] in Scotland.Other participants include Fernuniversitaet in Hagen [ [http://www.fernuni-hagen.de/ Fernuniversitaet in Hagen] - University of Hagen.] , Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale [ [http://www.rinascimento-digitale.it/ Fondazione “Rinascimento Digitale: Nuove Tecnologie per i Beni Culturali”] - Digital Renaissance Foundation: New Technologies for Cultural Heritage.] , Ministero per i beni e le attivita culturali [ [http://www.beniculturali.it/ Ministero per i beni e le attivita culturali] - The Ministry for Cultural Assets and Activities of Italy.] , Narodni Knihovna Ceske Republiky [ [http://www.nkp.cz/ Narodni Knihovna Ceske Republiky] - National Library of the Czech Republic.] , Nationaal Archief [ [http://www.nationaalarchief.nl/ Het Nationaal Archief] - National Archives of the Netherlands.] , Statsbiblioteket [ [http://www.statsbiblioteket.dk/ Statsbiblioteket] - The State and University Library in Aarhus (Denmark).] , Technische Universitaet Wien [ [http://www.tuwien.ac.at/ Technische Universitaet Wien] - The Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna).] and Vilniaus Universitetas [ [http://www.vu.lt/en/ Vilniaus Universitetas] - the Lithuanian higher education institution.] .

References

ee also

* Digital curation
* Digital preservation
* Digital Repository Audit Method Based on Risk Assessment

External links

* [http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/ Official DigitalPreservation Europe website]
* [http://cordis.europa.eu/ist/ EU: Information Society Technologies (IST)]
* [http://www.repositoryaudit.eu/ DRAMBORA Toolkit]
* [http://www.digitalpreservationeurope.eu/publications/reports/Repository_Planning_Checklist_and_Guidance.pdf Planning Tool for Trusted Electronic Repositories - PLATTER]