World Digital Preservation Day (2023)

World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD) is held on the first Thursday of every November. This year we celebrate all things digital preservation on 2nd November 2023! The DPC invites all data creators, curators and consumers from around the world to celebrate digital preservation by participating in a whole day dedicated to all of the benefits… Read More »

DLF Forum 2023

St. Louis Union Station Hotel 1820 Market Street, St. Louis, MO, United States

;The DLF (Digital Library Federation) Forum's annual conference which includes events with Learn@DLF and NDSA’s (National Digital Stewardship Alliance) Digital Preservation will take place between November 12-16, 2023 at St. Louis, Missouri, for learning, networking, and skill-building to inspire and connect a community of digital library, museum, archives, and cultural heritage practitioners. Registration information

WikiCon 2023 Brisbane

Punthill Apartment Hotel 40 Astor Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Wikimedia Australia is excited to announce our 2023 national conference WikiCon 2023 will be held in Brisbane on 18 November 2023! We invite anyone interested in open knowledge and meeting fellow Wikimedians to join us for an exciting program covering all things Wiki. Everyone is welcome, from beginners to experts, as we cover some of… Read More »

Museums & Social Media Summit

Are you curious about how museums are leveraging the power of social media to reach and engage with their audiences? If so, then you won’t want to miss the Museums & Social Media Summit. Join us for two action-packed days as we delve into the latest social media trends and strategies for museums. Our lineup… Read More »

Transformation: Bibliography & Print in the digital age (BSANZ conference)

Keynote speakers: Pip Williams, author of The Dictionary of Lost Words and The Bookbinder of Jericho Geoff Thompson, artist and illustrator, Queensland Museum   Individual papers on topics including: • Digital storytelling around individual items and collections • Transformations in production and publishing throughout history • Transforming the book from manuscript to print (and beyond)… Read More »

#BDCH23 Born Digital Cultural Heritage Now

Australian Centre for the Moving Image Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Where is born-digital cultural heritage at now? How are our tools and methodologies for researching, preserving and accessing born-digital heritage developing? What are we collecting and preserving? Are we meeting the urgent challenges – technical, ethical, legal, institutional, conceptual, and cultural – that must be addressed to ensure this legacy is not lost? Over two… Read More »

Born Digital Heritage Now #BDCH23

Australian Centre for the Moving Image Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

#BDCH23 Is the third iteration of the Born Digital Cultural Heritage conference series. The first and second iterations – in 2014 and 2022 – brought together academics and practitioners from across the world to consider issues in the field of born digital heritage, from a range of disciplinary perspectives. A notable feature of this conference series… Read More »

Introducing Wikipedia

Online

Agenda 1:30 pm - 2:00 pm Introducing Wikipedia Learn about the Wikimedia Movement and why Wikipedia is so important to us all. 2:00 pm - 2:25 pm Editing Wikipedia Log in to your Wikipedia account and start editing. Follow along as we guide you through editing a page, adding a reference, and publishing your work. 2:26 pm - 2:29 pm Workshop… Read More »

18th International Digital Curation Conference

The 18th edition of the International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC24) will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland between 19-21 February 2024. The main theme of IDCC this year will be Trust through Transparency taken from every vantage point of our communities. About the International Digital Curation Conference The International Digital Curation Conference (IDCC) is an established annual event with a unique place in the… Read More »

ALIA Digitisation Preservation: Photographic tools, tips, and techniques

In this free online webinar Andrew Yeo (Fryer Library, University of Queensland) and Bryce Doudle (Maitland City Council) will discuss their respective roles, projects and practical ways you could implement some of the tips, tools and techniques they employ. There will time for questions at the end after the talks.