Session 3 – Exploring “Good Enough:” Using the NDSA Levels of Preservation to Establish a Shared Standard / Collaborative Appraisal of Born-Digital Archives

Brenna Edwards, Hyeeyoung Kim, and Christy Toms, University of Texas Austin; Emmeline Kaser, University of Georgia

Exploring “Good Enough:” Using the NDSA Levels of Preservation to Establish a Shared Standard Brenna Edwards, Hyeeyoung Kim, and Christy Toms, University of Texas Austin The University of Texas at Austin Digital Preservation Group (UT DigiPres) formed a new working group in September 2022 to … Read more →

BitCurator Forum 2023: Registration is Closing Soon!

Emily Sommers

Registration for the BitCurator Forum 2023 closes on March 24, 2023! As a reminder, we are proud to offer registration for BitCurator Forum 2023 at a sliding scale starting at $0. Again this year, we have group rates: discounted rates for groups of 3 or … Read more →

BitCurator Forum 2023: Professional Development support available!

Emily Sommers

DPOE-N (Digital Preservation Outreach & Education Network) is pleased to offer funding support for citizens and residents of the United States of America to attend BitCurator Forum 2023. Funding can be used to cover registration costs and associated travel expenses. Applications for funding from new … Read more →

BitCurator Forum 2023: Registration is now open!

Emily Sommers

The BCC Forum Committee is pleased to announce that the program for the 2023 BitCurator Forum is live and registration is open! Register via Eventbrite: https://bitcurator-forum-2023.eventbrite.com We are proud to offer registration for BitCurator Forum 2023 at a sliding scale starting at $0. Again this … Read more →

Session 3

Exploring “Good Enough:” Using the NDSA Levels of Preservation to Establish a Shared Standard Brenna Edwards, Hyeeyoung Kim, and Christy Toms, University of Texas Austin The University of Texas at Austin Digital Preservation Group (UT DigiPres) formed a new working group in September 2022 to … Read more →

Workshop 4: BitCurator Environment Updates 2023

BCC Software Development Committee The BitCurator Environment (BCE) began as an effort “to develop a system for collecting professionals that incorporates the functionality of many digital forensics tools,” and grew with the support of the members of the BitCurator Consortium (BCC). The independent, member-led community … Read more →

Session 2

Implementing Privacy Reviews in Digital Archival Collections Annie Schweikert and Victor Aguilar III, Stanford Libraries Stanford Libraries’ digital collections contain personally identifiable information and other forms of high-risk data, such as student, medical, and otherwise sensitive records. Archives staff must abide by archival ethics, state … Read more →

Session 1

Qiwi: Building a New Open Source App for Archivists Ethan Gates, Yale University Library At BUF 2021, I presented a lightning talk on potential archival and curation uses for QEMU, an open source emulator. As a follow up, I will present Qiwi (https://gitlab.com/eg-tech/qiwi), a graphical … Read more →

Workshop 3: Building a new skill takes time and directed effort: a practice plan for learning the command line

This workshop will not be recorded Workshop registration limit: 30 participants Dianne Dietrich, Cornell University Library; Farrell, Matthew, Duke University Libraries; Brian Dietz, NC State University Libraries There is a lot of value in learning to work at the command line: it can be more … Read more →

Workshop 2: Introduction to Using the Command Line in your BitCurator environment

Workshop registration limit: 30 participants Jessica Whyte, University of Toronto, with help from Andy Foster, Monique Lassere, Ken Lui, and Tessa Walsh  This workshop is a gentle introduction to the command-line environment, but with a BitCurator slant. The topics we’ll cover are: Knowing your environment … Read more →

Workshop 1: THE BITS IN THE BYTES: Understanding File Format Identification

Workshop registration limit: 30 participants Andrea Hricíková, Francesca Mackenzie, Andrey Kotov, and Kathryn Phelps, The UK National Archives During this workshop, attendees will gain hands-on experience in file format analysis and understand why this can be helpful during the day-to-day. Alongside this it will provide … Read more →

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BitCurator Forum 2023: Preliminary Program Now Available

Emily Sommers

The Forum Committee is pleased to announce that the preliminary program is now available for the BitCurator Forum 2023 (March 28-30, 2023). Registration will open in early January. This year will feature virtual panels, workshops, lightning talks, “Great Question!,” and Birds of a Feather sessions.  … Read more →

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Call for Proposals: 2023 BitCurator Forum – Deadline Extended

Emily Sommers

The BitCurator Consortium (BCC) invites proposals for the 2023 BitCurator Forum to be held virtually March 28-30, 2023. See more information on the Call for Proposals page. Submission Deadline: October 22, 2022

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Save the Date: 2023 BitCurator Forum

Emily Sommers

Mark off March 28-30, 2023 for the 2023 BitCurator Forum! This year will feature virtual panels, workshops, lightning talks, “Great Questions!,” Birds of a Feather sessions, and sponsor office hours.  We will also be experimenting with regional hybrid programming. Expect to see the Call For … Read more →

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