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 »
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 »
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.
Navigating cultural awareness and sensitivity in displaying digital collections online. A discussion on the balance between access and culturally and socially appropriate levels of display when creating online digital collections. One month prior you will find the booking link here: https://www.alia.org.au/events-and-training
Robin Wright from the Digital Preservation Coalition will reiterate the importance of Digital Preservation practices. Kerrie Shaw will then demonstrate live the use of these three free tools which she uses in her workflows daily. If you wish to download the programmes before and click along that's great but not necessary. The programmes can… Read More »
Join us as Pamela McGowan from Queanbeyan-Palerang recounts the trails and tribulations of building a digitisation space for their region.
Advocacy and a good relationship with your IT department are essential to enabling digitisation projects and digital preservation to be carried out. Join us as we impart our learnings and learn IT's love language to better enable you to carry out your role.