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ICOMOS 21st General Assembly and Scientific Symposium
2023-08-31 - 2023-09-09 | International Convention Centre (ICC Sydney), Darling Drive, Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW, 2000, Australia
ICOMOS (the International Council on Monuments and Sites) is a global organisation of cultural heritage professionals, which serves as the principal advisory body on cultural heritage to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee and works for the conservation and protection of cultural heritage places. It is the only global non-government organisation dedicated to promoting the application of theory, methodology, and scientific techniques to the conservation of the architectural and archaeological heritage.
The theme of the four-day Scientific Symposium: ‘Heritage Changes: Resilience – Responsibility – Rights – Relationships’, reflects the tumultuous changes taking place in the world, but also a positive message about the role of our heritage in supporting rapid recovery and inclusive approaches.
Australia ICOMOS, is inviting delegates from around the world to Sydney for the 21st Triennial General Assembly and Scientific Symposium of ICOMOS from 31 August – 9 September 2023.
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'Just Keep the Bits' workshops - risk management and digital preservation (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane)
2023-09-04 00:00 - 2023-09-14 23:59 (Australia/Sydney)
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 many different facets and so many things that can go wrong! How do you design an approach to digital preservation that will meet these challenges? Or if you’ve already embarked on your digital preservation journey, how do you validate and fine tune what you’re already doing? In short, how do you: “just keep the bits”?
This workshop will dig into the various threats our digital content faces, from technical breakdown to cyber attack. It will introduce a simple risk assessment based approach to document, analyse and offer routes to mitigate these risks, breaking the challenge down into manageable and understandable components. The workshop will take a collaborative approach and will combine an initial presentation with plenary and group based discussions and exercises.
The workshop will give participants the chance to discuss and learn about the most challenging questions in digital preservation, such as: how much digital preservation is enough or what’s an acceptable level of risk? There are no right or wrong answers, but this workshop will help the participants begin to find appropriate answers for their own organizational contexts and to learn in a friendly and collaborative environment.
Please see below for links to the event pages in the relevant cities:
Just Keep the Bits Workshop – Melbourne – Digital Preservation Coalition (dpconline.org)

Just Keep the Bits Workshop – Canberra – Digital Preservation Coalition (dpconline.org)
Just Keep the Bits Workshop – Sydney – Digital Preservation Coalition (dpconline.org)
Just Keep the Bits Workshop – Brisbane – Digital Preservation Coalition (dpconline.org)
Agenda

Storing bits and mitigating hits – presentation by Paul Wheatley, Head of Research and Practice at the Digital Preservation Coalition (40mins)
Risk and mitigation – plenary exercise (20mins)
Break (10mins)
Risk assess a digital archive – small groups activity (40mins)
Reporting back and discussion (30mins)
Wrap up, feedback and final thoughts (10mins)

Registration
Places are strictly limited and should be booked in advance. Early booking is recommended as we expect this event will be popular. Due to the limited number of places, DPC members can register two attendees for an event. If you wish to register more, please contact Ellie O’Leary (eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org). If there are places available after registration opens to all, this limit will be changed.
Registration is free. DPC Members have priority registration until the 25th of August, after which registration will open to non-DPC Members. DPC Members, please log in to the website Events – Digital Preservation Coalition (dpconline.org) for the booking link.

ALIA Digitisation Preservation Webinar - Engagement
2023-09-13 13:00 - 14:00
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 significance of these items. With this challenge in mind, the ALIA Digitisation and Preservation group will be holding a live webinar on Wednesday 13th of September at 1 pm AEST. We will have the privilege of listening to speakers from Trove, Wikimedia, and the Biodiversity Heritage Library on internal and external engagement for digitised collections.
Register via Zoom here
You will receive a link to join after registering. Hope to see you there!
A recording of the webinar will be made available at https://digitalpreservation.alia.org.au/

The Tandanya Adelaide Declaration and a discussion of ethical decisions around digital preservation
2023-09-14 14:00 - 15:00 | Queensland State Archives, 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Queensland, 4113, Australia
14 Sep 2023 at 2-3 pm AEST
Queensland State Archives
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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 technologies, but the digital record has its own challenges with reciprocity and Indigenous data sovereignty. The questions of what to preserve and who should decide are as relevant for digital records as they are for textual records. This presentation will discuss how the Tandanya Declaration applies to digital preservation and how the ethics of digital preservation apply in Indigenous rights frameworks.
How should the digital preservation community address the ethical challenges arising from digital preservation and ensure that learnings are not only taken onboard but embedded within everyday practice? The session will consider a range of issues that challenge our approaches to collecting, preserving and providing access to information, from the de-colonialisation of archives, to collecting the record of divisive cultural topics, to environmental impact and the challenge of misinformation in the so-called post-truth world.
The speakers will provide their thoughts on the challenges faced by digital archivists before opening a conversation with the audience on how we not only facilitate change, but how to verify that our preservation processes meet the demands of a 21st century digital archive.
Speakers
Dr Rose Barrowcliffe, Butchulla-Wonamutta researcher and artist based on Gubbi Gubbi Country on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Macquarie University and First Nations Archives Advisor to the Queensland State Archives.
Paul Wheatley, Head of Research and Practice, Digital Preservation Coalition. Paul has over 20 years’ experience in digital preservation, including working on the seminal Cedars Project in the late 1990s, leading the Digital Preservation team at the British Library, and on the SPRUCE Project.
The session will conclude with a Q&A session with the audience and a panel including Dr Barrowcliffe, Paul Wheatley and Josephine Marsh, Acting State Archivist at the Queensland State Archives.
Registration
Registration is open to all. Places are strictly limited and should be booked in advance. Early booking is recommended as we expect this event will be popular.
If you have any questions about registration please contact Ellie O’Leary (eleanor.oleary@dpconline.org)or Robin Wright (robin.wright@dpconline.org).
DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy
The DPC Community is guided by the values set out in our Strategic Plan and aims to be respectful, welcoming, inclusive and transparent. We encourage diversity in all its forms and are committed to being accessible to everyone who wishes to engage with the topic of digital preservation, whilst remaining technology and vendor neutral. We ask all those who are part of this community to be positive, accepting, and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others in alignment with our DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy.

Venue Location: Diamantina Room, Queensland State Archives, 435 Compton Road, Runcorn, Queensland
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Event Location: Queensland State Archives

435 Compton Road
Runcorn
Queensland
QLD 4113
Australia

World Digital Preservation Day (2023)
2023-11-02
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 and opportunities enabled by the hard work of our dynamic and collaborative community.
World Digital Preservation Day – Digital Preservation Coalition (dpconline.org)

DLF Forum 2023
2023-11-13 02:00 - 2023-11-17 10:00 | St. Louis Union Station Hotel, 1820 Market Street, St. Louis, MO, 63103, 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.
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WikiCon 2023 Brisbane
2023-11-18 - 2023-11-19 | 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 the exciting developments, tools and projects that our Australian community are undertaking on Wikipedia, Wikidata, WikiCommons, WikiSource and other Wiki platforms.

Region: QLD
Location: The Conference Room at Punthill Apartment Hotel Spring Hill, 40 Astor Terrace, Brisbane, 4000
Share link: https://events.humanitix.com/wikicon-2023-brisbane – or download calendar item (.ics)

NDF23 - National Digital Forum 2023
2023-11-20 07:00 - 2023-11-22 15:00 | Te Papa Tongarewa, 55 Cable Street, Wellington, New Zealand
;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

Museums & Social Media Summit
2023-11-20 08:00 - 2023-11-21 17:00
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 of expert speakers will share their insights and best practices for using platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok to tell compelling stories, build brand awareness, and connect with museum-goersin new and exciting ways.
Whether you’re a seasoned social media pro or just starting to dip your toes in the water, this event is the perfect opportunity to take your museum’s social media game to the next level!
Our virtual format makes it easy and affordable for you to bring the latest ideas from the digital side of museums to your team.
MuseumNext : Museums & Social Media Summit – Tickets

Transformation: Bibliography & Print in the digital age (BSANZ conference)
2023-11-27 - 2023-11-28
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)
• The journeys editions take across time and language
• The importance of the analogue artefact in the digital age
• Online crowdsourcing of information about our special collections
Registration
All participants must register using the ‘Get tickets’ button. The fee of $25 AUD for waged participants ($0 for unwaged participants) helps the society cover the costs of the conference.

#BDCH23 Born Digital Cultural Heritage Now
2023-11-29 08:00 - 2023-12-01 17:00 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, 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 days, archivists, curators, historians, theorists and industry leaders from across the world will tackle these questions. Join researchers, practitioners and industry professionals to share insights and knowledge, and collaboratively address how we can safeguard born-digital media for future generations.

Registration
In-person @ ACMI

Full $250
Concession $50
ACMI Member $180
Online

Full $50
Concession $25

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Born Digital Heritage Now #BDCH23
2023-11-30 - 2023-12-01 | Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, 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 has been the deliberate attempt to establish dialogue between those working in different professional fields. We recognise that born digital heritage reaches into all disciplines and that, if we want to make progress on the challenges of preserving born digital heritage, it takes people from a range of disciplines and professions working together. Therefore, we seek to break down professional silos and other barriers that inhibit the discussion and sharing of questions, knowledge and know how to address common challenges that we al face when researching, preserving and accessing different forms of born digital cultural heritage.
#BDCH23 will consider where born digital cultural heritage is at now. What are we making progress on and what are the urgent challenges? How are we going to safeguard our digital heritage for future generations?
For this event, we aim to expand the fields of discussions to include architecture and design and extend the focus on digital games and media arts to include websites, networking and other relevant domains. The challenges of preserving digital cultural heritage aren’t limited to legacy technologies, of course, but also affect contemporary platforms such as apps, VR, AR, etc.
Registrations:
#BDCH23 will be a hybrid conference held at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image in Melbourne and online via zoom.

Introducing Wikipedia
2023-12-07 13:30 - 15:30 | 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 ends

2:30 pm – 3:30 pm
Drop in session / Q&A (optional)

During this optional session, Wikimedia Australia staff and volunteers will chat about projects they’ve been working on, answer any questions, and offer additional assistance.

18th International Digital Curation Conference
2024-02-19 - 2024-02-22
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 digital curation community, reaching out to individuals, organisations and institutions across all disciplines and domains involved in curating data and providing an opportunity to get together with like-minded data practitioners to discuss policy and practice.
Trust through Transparency
One of the (many) concerns of this age is the ability to trust information around us, especially as we enter a new era of Artificial Intelligence, where what you see cannot always be believed.
Transparency is one way to promote trust, by being clear about what we do, and why we do it. This is true whether you are the researcher creating data, the repository that curates that data, or a reuser of the deposited data.
Open Science promotes transparency in how data are collected, verified, and used, in order that we can trust findings built on them.

ALIA Digitisation Preservation: Photographic tools, tips, and techniques
2024-05-30 13:00 - 14:00
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.

Copyright, creative commons and donation paperwork
2025-06-25 13:00 - 14:00 | Online

Culturally Conscious Display: Ethical Practices for Digital Collections
2025-08-06 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
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

Digital Preservation Tools - A live demonstration
2025-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
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 be found here:
https://exiftool.org/gui/
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/information-management/manage-information/preserving-digital-records/droid/
https://github.com/LibraryOfCongress/bagger
