Preserving eBooks: where are we now? jan 27, 2pm (GMT) | Digital Preservation Coalition

This event will bring together expert speakers from across the digital preservation community to discuss and share experiences on the preservation and provision of ongoing access to eBooks.

In 2014 the DPC published a Technology Watch report on Preserving eBooks (http://dx.doi.org/10.7207/twr14-01). As well as outlining the emergence of eBooks as a feature of modern life, the Report highlighted key challenges associated with their digital preservation including the definition and scope of eBooks; format issues, digital rights management, preservation responsibilities, and the complex business ecosystem in which they are created.

Over a decade on from that seminal publication, the DPC is delighted to convene an expert panel who will present on a range of projects and initiatives that have aimed to address these challenges, or define and tackle emerging issues.

This event will provide an opportunity to hear from speakers who are actively working on eBook preservation, on a range of projects, services and collaborations. There will be opportunities to ask questions and time scheduled for discussion.

Agenda

14:00 – Welcome and introduction

14:10 – Ebook preservation would be easy if it weren't for humans: soft skills, hard problems - Alicia Wise (CLOCKSS)

14:40 – The Open Book Futures Project: what are we doing and why? – Gareth Cole (University of Exeter)

15:20 – Break

15:30 – Embedding Preservability for New Forms of Scholarship - Karen Hanson (Portico) and Jonathan Greenberg (NYU Division of Libraries)

16:00 – The Mitigation Doom Spiral: The Why, When, and How of Defending Digital Publications Against Decay - Jasmine Mulliken (Stanford University)

16:30 – Break

16:40 – ePUB/A for eBook preservation - Neil Jefferies (Open Preservation Foundation)

17:10 – Discussion and Q&A

17:30 – Close