CASPAR Training Day for the Cultural and Scientific Domains 12th/13th January

On 12 January 2009, CASPAR welcomed over forty participants to its Training Day for the Scientific and Cultural Domains in Rome's Instituto Centrale per il Catalogo delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche (ICCU). The event was very informative and covered a wide range of topics including: preservation threats, the preservation process and issues/steps to consider, preservation information conceptual models, preservation infrastructure and
authenticity, among others.

The afternoon offered attendees the opportunity to break into two parallel sessions regarding either cultural data or scientific data. It was a very good chance for the public to learn more about the goals and progress of CASPAR while asking questions and becoming involved in the project.

Programme

08:30 – 09:00 Registration and Welcome (Rossella Caffo, ICCU director)

09:00 – 09:30 Preservation threats (David Giaretta, Science and Technology Facilities Council)

09:30 – 10:30 The preservation process and issues/steps to consider:
• The main concepts of the OAIS (Open Archival Information System) Reference Model (Carlo Meghini, ISTI-CNR)

10:30 – 11:00 Break

11:00 – 11:30 Preservation Information Conceptual Model (Yannis Marketakis, FORTH - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas).

11:30 – 12:00 CASPAR Preservation Infrastructure (Luigi Briguglio, Engineering-Ingegneria Informatica)

12:00 – 12:30 Authenticity (Mariella Guercio, Giovanni Michetti, University of Urbino)

12:30 – 12:45 Outline of the afternoon session on preservation of cultural data (Mario Hernandez, UNESCO and Virtual Lab ISTI-CNR) exemplify some threats

12:45 – 13:00 Outline of the afternoon session on preservation of scientific data (Luigi Fusco, European Space Agency)

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

PARALLEL SESSIONS

CULTURAL

14:00 – 14:45 User needs of cultural Community (Mariella Guercio)

14:45 – 16:00 A use case, demos and practical examples on preservation of cultural data (Mario Hernandez, UNESCO)
• Documentation of the process and knowledge (Rep Info toolbox, The packaging component, The Preservation Data Storage, The finding manager, The virtualiser, the Preservation Orchestration Manager).
• Authenticity model

SCIENTIFIC

14:00 – 14:45–User needs of scientific communities (Luigi Fusco, European Space Agency)

14:45 – 16:00 An actual use case (Sergio Albani, European Space Agency)
Demos and practical examples (Fulvio Marelli, Advanced Computer Systems - Yannis Marketakis, FORTH)

16:00 – 16:30 Break

16:30– 17:00 Continuation of the parallel sessions

17:00 – 17:30 Interactive session (collection of participants’ needs)

17:30 – 18:00 Wrap up and closing (David Giaretta, Science and Technology Facilities Council)

Tour of the European Space Agency (ESA) 13th January 2009

Location: Building 9, Floor 0, Room 9007 (Training Room)

09:00 - Welcome (Luigi Fusco)

09:20 – ESA data and activities (L. Fusco)

3D Virtual Theatre, Building 14, Floor 0

10:00 – ESA archives and facilities (N. Houghton)

Tour starting from the Training Room

11:00 – Break

11:30 – Open Discussion

Training Room

12:30 - Lunch

Venue

The seminar on January 12th will take place at the Istituto Centrale per il Catalogo Unico delle biblioteche italiane e per le informazioni bibliografiche (ICCU) premises located in Viale Castro Pretorio, 105 - 00185 Roma - Italy. The site can be easily reached from the central railway station (Roma Termini) by metro line B direction Rebibbia stopping at Castro Pretorio.

The Tour of the European Space Agency (ESA) on January 13th will take place at take place at the European Space Agency (ESA) – ESRIN premises located in Via Galileo Galilei - 00044 - Frascati (Rome) - Italy. The site can be easily reached by local train from the central railway station (Roma Termini).

Further Information

If you have any further queries or require additional information, please contact Silvia Boi (University of Urbino) at: msilviaboi@gmail.com