The course aims to develop in participants an appreciation of the issues surrounding digital preservation within the context of information systems, business processes, scientific data management, security and software development. Participants should leave with a coherent and practical understanding of activities surrounding digital preservation and, in particular, a developed understanding of selection and appraisal, workflow modelling, metadata definition, ingest process management, and a working knowledge of the issues surrounding audit and certification of digital repositories. The course raises awareness of sustainability issues and builds sustainability into the process of software development. Moreover, security issues are elaborated in terms of data and software security with respect to long term preservation.
