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SCAPE Training Event - Preserving Your Preservation Tools

Created by Becky McGuinness on Dec 13, 2013 · last edited by Becky McGuinness · on Jan 21, 2014 (view history) · 19 versions

Registration is now open at: https://scape-preserving-tools.eventbrite.co.uk

There is a major conference taking place in the Hague on 24-25 March, we advise booking accommodation as soon as possible. There is a list of hotels in the Hague, and in Leiden (11 minutes away by train) below.

Date and venue

Wednesday 26 March 2014 at 09:30 - 17:00 and Thursday 27 March 09:00 - 17:00

National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)
Prins Willem-Alexanderhof 5,
2595 BE The Hague,
Netherlands

Overview

Learning to Think Like a Package Maintainer

Lots of great digital preservation applications and services exist, however very few are actively maintained and thus preserved! This is a big problem! By introducing the steps to develop these and engage the support of the community, this training course looks at what can be done to improve this situation. Specifically, this training course looks at how to prepare packages for submission into the very heart of many digital environments; the operating system and directly associated “app-stores”. Attendees will be given hands-on experience with developing and maintaining packages rather than software and key differences will be discussed and evaluated. Better preservation of preservation tools, means better preservation our digital history.

Learning Outcomes (by the end of the training event the attendees will be able to):

Understand the complexities of package management and distinguish between the different practices relating to both package objectives and chosen programming language.
Be able to carry out advanced package management operations in order to critically appraise current packages and propose changes.
Understand the importance of clearly defined versioning and licenses and the role of clear documentation and examples.
Apply best practice techniques in order to create a simple package suitable for long term maintenance.
Evaluate a number of options for managing package configuration and behavior relating to package installation, removal, upgrade and re-installation.
Analyse opportunities for automating package management and releases, maintaining a clear focus on the user and not the developer.
Critically evaluate opportunities to generalise package management to allow the easy building and maintenance of packages on multiple platforms.
Assess the potential to apply package management techniques in your own environment.

Delegates will receive a certificate of attendance for the training course.

Agenda

The agenda is available here: Agenda - Preserving Your Preservation Tools

The event will be conducted in English.

Who should attend?

Software and tool developers, system administrators
No digital preservation knowledge required
You will learn how to make your software sustainable so it is easily distributed, installed, and used.

Registration

Please register at: https://scape-preserving-tools.eventbrite.co.uk. Registration will close on 19 March.

Morning and afternoon coffee breaks and lunch will be provided and are included in the registration fee.

*Please ensure you bring your laptop with you so you can participate in the practical exercises.*

How to prepare

The event will be very hands-on and will include a number of demonstrations and practical exercises. Please bring a laptop to fully participate in the event.

There is a pre-reading list with background information about the topics that will be covered here: TBC

Travel and accommodation information

There is a map and instructions of how to get to the KB here: http://www.kb.nl/en/address-and-opening-hours/building-area-map Take the exit from platform 12 and you will arrive at the KB main entrance.

From Schiphol airport there is a direct train which takes you to Den Haag Centraal station in 30 minutes. Click here for the journey planner.

A list of nearby hotels can be seen here: Hotel_DenHaag_Jan2014.doc

Many hotels are getting booked up due to a major conference taking place in The Hague at the same time.

Please consider Leiden for alternative accommodation. Leiden is 11 train minutes away from the Den Haag Centraal station.

There is a fast train going to Den Hague Centraal about every 15 minutes.

A few hotel options in Leiden:

Opposite the train station, 3 stars: http://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/ibis-leiden-centre.en-gb.html?sid=aad3683370647f19a656e874545b38a0;dcid=1
About 5 minutes walk from the train station, 2 stars: http://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/mayflower.en-gb.html?sid=aad3683370647f19a656e874545b38a0;dcid=1;checkin=2014-03-25;checkout=2014-03-27;srfid=db38428b44c4ab91b882b9c8ebd9dbd51edcdb96X8
About 10 minutes walk from the train station, 3 stars: http://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/de-doelen.en-gb.html?sid=aad3683370647f19a656e874545b38a0;dcid=1;checkin=2014-03-25;checkout=2014-03-27;srfid=db38428b44c4ab91b882b9c8ebd9dbd51edcdb96X3
About 10 minutes walk from the train station, 3 stars: http://www.booking.com/hotel/nl/best-western-city-leiden.en-gb.html?sid=aad3683370647f19a656e874545b38a0;dcid=1;checkin=2014-03-25;checkout=2014-03-27;srfid=db38428b44c4ab91b882b9c8ebd9dbd51edcdb96X10

Event dinner

The (self-paid) event dinner will take place on the evening of Wednesday 26 March. Please indicate if you would like to book a place when registering.

Further information

If you have any questions about the event please email us: rebecca [at] openplanetsfoundation [dot] org or melanie [dot] imming [at] kb [dot] nl.