The BitCurator Forum brings together representatives of all levels of experience from libraries, archives, museums, and related professions engaged in (or considering) digital archives work. The Forum will balance discussion of theory and practice of digital forensics, curation, and related digital analysis workflows. There will … Read more →
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 them with the tools needed to contribute to the open-source registry PRONOM, and an understanding of the field … Read more →
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 formalized administrative activities and … Read more →
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 →
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 law, federal law, and data security requirements set by Stanford University, while making as much … Read more →
In 2022, the University of Calgary Archives and Special Collections received an accrual to the fonds of Canadian composer Malcolm Forsyth: a documentary filmmaker had borrowed material from Forsyth years earlier and returned it to the estate. Included in this donation were roughly 100 3.5″ … Read more →
This lightning talk is about iteration, ongoing maintenance, and the reevaluation of work done before. Over the last seven years, the University of Toronto Libraries imaged many of the floppy disks in its manuscript and archives collections. This work provided a baseline level of preservation … Read more →
Great Question!, a staple of the BitCurator Forum, is your chance to ask the community anything related to digital archives and curation. Links shared in the chat Great Question and Answer: https://tinyurl.com/GreatQandA https://guides.library.yale.edu/c.php?g=300384&p=7842077 https://aptrust.org/ https://github.com/hvanstappen/droid2premis https://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2020/its-not-imposter-syndrome/ https://confluence.educopia.org/display/BC/Migrating+Bitcurator+VirtualBox+VM+to+Hyper-V https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/hyper-v-on-windows/quick-start/enable-hyper-v … Read more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 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 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 →
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 →