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***apologies for cross-posting*** Dear Colleagues, We would like to invite you to take part in a survey on the training needs of staff in the field of digital preservation and digital curation within Europe and internationally which Goettingen State and University Library, Germany, is carrying out on behalf of “Digital Curator Vocational Education Europe” (DigCurV). DigCurV is a project funded by the European Commission’s Leonardo da Vinci programme and brings together organisations from Europe, Canada and the USA. Ireland is linked to the project through the participation of Trinity College Dublin. DigCurV (www.digcur-education.org) aims to address the availability of vocational training and education in digital preservation and curation by developing a curriculum and an interna-tional framework for training, as a response to the growing demand for staff with the skills and competences needed for the long-term management of digital collections in cultural insti-tutions. We are currently carrying out research to survey and analyse both the existing train-ing opportunities and training needs in the sector to inform the development of the curricu-lum. We are inviting managers, curators and experts in digital preservation to take part in this sur-vey of training needs. Your input will really help inform the curriculum framework and we greatly appreciate your time in assisting with this research. The survey is online at http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/544426/DigCurV-Survey-on-Training-Needs and will take you about 15 minutes to complete. We would be grateful for your response by 7th August. Yours sincerely, Claudia Engelhardt and Stefan Strathmann If you have any questions about the survey, please contact: Claudia Engelhardt or Stefan Strathmann Research and Development Department (RDD) Goettingen State and University Library Georg August Universitaet Goettingen Germany [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] If you have questions about the project, please contact: Katie McCadden Research Assistant Long Room Hub Trinity College Dublin Phone: +353 01 896 4470 E-mail: [log in to unmask] The DigCurV training needs survey is anonymous. Respondents will not be identified in the results, which will only used for the purpose of the survey or future research on digital preservation-training related topics; it will be treated as confidential according to the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz/BDSG). -- Susan Schreibman, PhD The Long Room Hub Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities School of English Trinity College Dublin Dublin 2, Ireland Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 353 1 896 3694 Mobile: 353 86 049 1966 http://irith.org http://macgreevy.org http://v-machine.org