The Digital Preservation Coalition (Aus) is hosting a series of ‘Just Keep the Bits’ workshops on risk management and digital preservation in Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane from 4 – 14 September 2023. General Just keep the bits! A digital preservation workshop about risk management and digital preservation Digital preservation is a complex challenge with… Read More »
ALIA Digitisation and Preservation: Engagement Hear speakers from Trove, Wikimedia, and the Biodiversity Heritage Library discuss internal and external engagement for digitised collections. A significant portion digitisation practitioners' time is dedicated to digitising and cataloguing collections, but it is crucial to assess whether we effectively connect, communicate, and collaborate with others to truly promote the… Read More »
14 Sep 2023 at 2-3 pm AEST Queensland State Archives General Book Now The 2019 Tandanya- Adelaide Declaration describes archives as “textual armouries” and calls on public archives to reimagine themselves as “an ethical space of encounter, respect, negotiation and collaboration”. The solution for breaking down the textual armouries is often thought to be digital… Read More »
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 »
;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
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 »
;The National Digital Forum (NDF) is a network of cultural professionals, technologists, educators, and creatives from the cultural sector working together to enhance digital interaction with culture and heritage in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Their annual conference, NDF23 Whakane \ Evolve will take place November 20-22 in Wellington. Early bird tickets available now
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 »
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 »
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 »
#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 »
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 »