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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear all<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Apologies for any duplicate posts</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">I am pleased to announce that the authors of the OAIS, ISO16363, and ISO16919 standards, including myself, have collaborated under the umbrella of PTAB (Primary Trustworthy Digital Repository
 Authorisation Body) to hold a training course for Managers of Digital Repositories in Pasadena, USA from 26-30 January 2015.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Please let me know as soon as possible if you or any of your colleagues wish to take part and register your interest as places are limited<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>– see details below.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB">..David</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red">PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%"><img width="118" height="81" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFFA93.1B3CCE20" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CF8FD9.62E87370"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">High Level Training Course on ISO 16363 for Managers of Digital Repositories<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">Pasadena, USA - 26-30 January 2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">The Primary Trustworthy Digital Repository Authorisation Body (ISO-PTAB) plays a major
 role in training auditors and repository managers.  There are three important ISO standards:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ISO 14721 (OAIS – a reference model for what is required for an archive to provide long-term preservation of digital information)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#002060;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ISO 16363 (Audit and certification of trustworthy digital repositories – sets out comprehensive metrics for what an archive must do, based on OAIS)
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#002060;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">ISO 16919 (Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of candidate trustworthy digital repositories – specifies the competencies and requirements on
 auditing bodies) <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">These three standards form a closely-related family and an understanding of their principles
 and use will become increasingly important in establishing an internationally recognised and certified set of trustworthy digital repositories.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060">The authors of these standards will be running a 5-day training course in Pasadena from
 26-30 January 2015.  The cost is $2000 with a 10% ‘earlybird’ discount available until 20 December 2014. Places for this course are limited so
<b>please register your interest</b> on the PTAB web site as soon as possible and we will forward further information and logistics, including registration and payment details – see
</span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.iso16363.org/"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">http://www.iso16363.org/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#002060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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