The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) and the PDF Association (PDFA) have signed an agreement to formally recognise their on-going collaborative partnership.

The Open Preservation Foundation (OPF) and the PDF Association (PDFA) have signed an agreement to formally recognise their on-going collaborative partnership.

Signed by Olaf Drümmer, Chairman of the PDFA and Ed Fay, Executive Director of the OPF, the agreement aims to enhance the effectiveness of their respective activities by sharing access to one another’s interest groups, working groups and planning documentation.

‘We have worked closely with the PDF Association over the past year,’ explains Ed Fay. ‘Olaf Drümmer was the keynote speaker at our event last year ‘Preserving PDF: identify, validate, repair’, and we’re collaborating with them again on a project right now,’ he said.

‘The PDFA and OPF have complementary areas of expertise in a variety of areas, and have already developed a successful working relationship’ commented Duff Johnson, PDF Association Executive Director. The Agreement reflects our commitment to continue our collaboration,’ said Johnson.

About the PDFA
Founded in 2006 as the PDF/A Competence Center, the PDF Association exists to promote the adoption and implementation of International Standards for PDF technology. Website: http://www.pdfa.org/

About OPF
The Open Preservation Foundation sustains technology and knowledge for the long-term management of digital cultural heritage, in all its forms. We provide our members with reliable solutions to the challenges of digital preservation through technology stewardship, knowledge exchange, and advocacy and alliances.

Reduced Tuition for Online Digital Curation Program

 Out-of-state and international students can now enjoy a dramatically discounted tuition for courses in the University of Maine’s Digital Curation Certificate program, provided they begin coursework by fall 2014.

Courses offered in the Fall include  DIG 500 (Introduction to Digital Curation), which covers how digital artifacts are made, acquired into collections, and tracked, including legal and technical considerations and DIG 540 (Digital Collections and Exhibitions), which covers how to gather material in a database and put it on the Web.

Although the certificate is designed to be completed in two years, part-time students may cherry-pick individual courses or spread the 18 credits (6 courses) over a longer period. To make things easier for students currently working in collecting institutions, we have designed the final course as an internship that may take place in the student's own workplace.

You can find up-to-date information about the program, including a link to register for courses, at: http://digitalcuration.umaine.edu