More Life After Ten from Principles to Practice
On Thursday 5th November, a new session of Life After Ten will take place at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library) in The Hague. This day is fully dedicated to collaboration, knowledge sharing, and establishing a concrete preservation policy.===========================================
More Life After Ten: From Principles to Practice
Developing a digital preservation policy for research data
In many research contexts, research data is kept for a minimum retention period of around ten years. But what happens after that? Life After Ten explores what is needed to ensure research data remains accessible and valuable beyond that initial retention period.
Following our first There is Life After Ten event in June this year, LCRDM, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) are bringing together a small group of colleagues from the research data community for practical follow-up workshops.
Our first event explored how FAIR, TRUST and digital preservation can work together to support research data over the longer term. This follow-up moves the conversation into practice.
Taking place on World Digital Preservation Day 2026, the day will focus on developing a digital preservation policy and considering what is needed to make that policy work within your organization.
With a maximum of 30 participants, the workshop will provide space for active discussion, collaboration and knowledge sharing. Participants will work on the foundations of an effective digital preservation policy before choosing an afternoon workshop focused either on building support for that policy or putting it into practice through workflows and processes.
Event Details
- Date: Thursday 5th November
- Time: 09:30 – 15:00
- Venue: Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague
- Registration: Register via Eventbrite
Programme
The programme focuses on active collaboration and practical outcomes:
- 09:30 – Morning Session: We will work together on building the foundations for an effective preservation policy. In this practical workshop, we will work with the foundations of an effective digital preservation policy and begin drafting the key elements needed to develop yours.
- 12:30 | Networking Lunch
- 13:30 | Afternoon Sessions: Choose between two workshops: one focused on advocating for your digital preservation policy, and one exploring how to put your policy into practice through effective workflows and processes.
- 15:00 | Closing
Registration
Would you like to join us? Please ensure you register in advance via the link below:
