Thank you to the NEDCC for their generous sponsorship of the BitCurator Users Forum!
Are you looking for an alternative to VirtualBox VM for BitCurator installation via virtual machine? The Migrating BitCurator VirtualBox VM to Hyper-V documentation provides instructions for installing BitCurator for use with Hyper-V. Hyper-V creates virtual machines on x86-64 systems running Windows. Many thanks to Shelly … Read more →
The Quickstart Guide includes detailed instructions to assist you in setting up the BitCurator virtual machine (and/or installing the environment on a dedicated host) and help you get started with common tools in the environment.
The BitCurator Wiki is the repository for community documentation on the BitCurator environment. It is maintained by the BCC Documentation & Training Committee.
Congratulations to the Documentation and Training Committee! Their incredible maintenance work on open documentation and guidance related to the open source BitCurator software and other tools within the BitCurator environment was recognized with one of the first ever Sustainability awards from the NDSA Excellence awards. … Read more →
The BitCurator Consortium is happy to welcome the University of Toronto and the University of Minnesota as our newest members! UTL is already using BitCurator in some of their workflows, particularly for processing born-digital institutional records. They have an active role in supporting and using … Read more →
Registration is Closing Soon! Registration for the BitCurator Users Forum 2021 closes October 1st, 2021! We are proud to offer registration for BitCurator Users Forum 2021 at a sliding scale starting at $0. New this year, we have introduced group rates: discounted rates for groups … Read more →
The BCC Membership Committee is excited to invite you to participate in the BCC Peer Mentorship Program! The goals for this new program are twofold: to orient people to the BCC, encouraging them to build relationships and get involved; and to facilitate professional mentorship around … Read more →
The BitCurator Consortium (BCC) invites you to explore membership as an opportunity to engage with a growing group of dedicated, community-minded digital archives professionals! Initially founded in 2014 to build a strong community of practice for the Andrew W. Mellon-funded BitCurator projects, the BCC has … Read more →
The BitCurator Consortium was pleased to facilitate a free, public virtual event called Great Question! on April 23, 2021 from 2-3:30 PM Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4). The recording is available below, along with a “transcript” (Airtable database) of the questions raised and answers shared. … Read more →
The BitCurator Consortium is happy to welcome Iowa State University as our newest member! ISU has been working to develop a holistic approach to digital curation, which makes them well-positioned to dive into work with our collaborative community. They are looking forward to having a … Read more →
What are the barriers to teaching digital forensics and born-digital archiving? If you missed their talk at #DigiPres21, the #BitCuratorEdu has a blog post up with some high-level findings and recs: https://educopia.org/what-are-the-barriers-to-teaching-digital-forensics/
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🗞️Extra, EXTRA: The @bitconsortium Quarterly Newsletter is out! Featuring:
🔹Recordings & Resources from #BUF21
🔹New members
🔹Updates from the #BitCuratorEdu project
Read the full issue: https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/bitcurator-consortium-newsletter-autumn-2021/
Thanks to @NKrabben, Alison Rhonemus, Ben Turkus, and Caroline Gil Rodríguez for helping us think differently about troubleshooting at #BUF21, and thanks to @SAA_ERS for sharing those lessons!
The 2021 BitCurator Users Forum session on troubleshooting proved that there’s no one way to troubleshoot, but that different combinations of community engagement, knowledge, and sometimes even acceptance of failure can lead to success. https://saaers.wordpress.com/2021/11/16/recap-bitcurator-users-forum-session-4-troubleshooting-october-13-2021/
"2020 forced all of us at @Educopia to take a fresh look at our work and our values—personally, as a team, and within each of our affiliated communities and research projects."
For more on what we did and how we did it, see our latest Annual Report: https://educopia.org/annual-report-2020/
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