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DLF Forum 2023
2023-11-13 02:00 - 2023-11-17 10:00 (Australia/Sydney) | 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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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)

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

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/

'Just Keep the Bits' workshops - risk management and digital preservation (Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney, Brisbane)
2023-09-04 00:00 - 2023-09-14 23:59
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.

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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Wikimedia Singapore
2023-08-16 - 2023-08-20 | Online
Wikimania is the annual conference celebrating all the free knowledge projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation – Wikimedia Commons, MediaWiki, Meta-Wiki, Wikibooks, Wikidata, Wikinews, Wikipedia, Wikiquote, Wikisource, Wikispecies, Wikiversity, Wikivoyage, Wiktionary – with days of conferences, discussions, meetups, training, and workshops. Hundreds of volunteers and Free Knowledge leaders from around the world gather to discuss issues, report on new projects and approaches, and exchange ideas.
This 18th edition will be a collaboration among volunteers, chapters and user groups of the Wikimedia East, Southeast Asia and the Pacific (ESEAP).
Wikimania 2023 will run from 16–19 August in Singapore at the Suntec Singapore Convention and Exhibition Centre and online.
Workshops, hackathon and pre-conference activities happen on 15 August while post-conference and city tours happen on 20 August.

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Mythbusting Wikipedia: Misinformation, AI, and Volunteers
2023-08-01 13:00 - 14:00 | Online
Wikipedia is a free encyclopaedia, edited by volunteers from around the world. In this session you’ll learn how reliable Wikipedia is, how it’s being used in classrooms, and how it can help people understand referencing, misinformation, and the need for reliable sources. Information from Wikipedia is used by search engines like Google, and AI chatbots like Chat GPT, and you’ll see how easy it is to edit Wikipedia yourself to make sure this information remains correct.
A Zoom link to join the meeting will be sent to you the day before the webinar.
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Presenter
Belinda Spry, Executive Officer, Wikimedia Australia.
Time will be allowed for questions following the main presentation..
When
Tuesday, 1 August 1pm – 2pm AEST
Where
On Zoom – a link will be sent the day prior.
Please note this event will be recorded and available for attendees to view
Cost
ALIA Members and Non-members – FREE
More information
p. 1800 020 071
e. enquiry@alia.org.au

Heritage of the everyday: overlooked and undervalued?
2023-07-19 10:00 - 17:00 | Warrane Theatre, Museum of Sydney, Corner Phillip and Bridge Streets, Sydney, New South Wales, 2000, Australia
This Symposium will examine methods, tools and approaches that engage with ‘everyday heritage’, or the values associated with ordinary people and everyday life. It includes presentations and panel discussions on heritage and social value, digital methods and heritage industry practice. The Symposium’s Keynote Speaker is Professor Sian Jones, University of Stirling, UK, an interdisciplinary scholar with expertise in cultural heritage, as well as on the role of the past in the production of power, identity, and sense of place. Speakers and panellists will include team members from the Everyday Heritage Project, as well as leading Australian and international special guests who are working at the intersections of heritage practice and theory (Prof Stuart Jeffrey, Glasgow School of Art; Prof Denis Byrne, Western Sydney University; Chris Johnston, Heritage Specialist; Martina Tenzer, University of York; Dr Damian Lucas, Heritage NSW).
The Symposium is also an Australia ICOMOS event that promotes the ICOMOS 21st General Assembly and Scientific Symposium which will take place in Sydney (31 August – 9 September).
Ticket information:
Adult: $65, including lunch and afternoon tea
Student: $35, including lunch and afternoon tea
Tickets: Register here.
The Australian Research Council funded Everyday Heritage Linkage Project is a collaboration between the Universities of Canberra, Tasmania, Western Australia, and New South Wales and Partner Organisation GML Heritage. A summary of events in 2022 can be found here.
Please contact Sharpay Wu (Sharpay.Wu@canberra.edu.au) for further inquiries 😊

Wider local studies, 8th June 2023
2023-06-08 09:00 - 13:30
This is a national online local studies session for professional development and networking. Bookings are available now.
This will be recorded and made available online. Your participation in this is your agreement to this.
This is the link to book for the session on 7 June
This is the link to book for the session on 8 June
Please note the time zones for each sessions.

AWST is Australian Western Standard Time

ACST is Australian Central Standard Time

AEST is Australian Eastern Standard Time

The sessions each day start at:

9.00 for those in Western Australia

10.30 for those in South Australia and the Northern Territory

11.00 for those in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.

#DPClinic Aus - Digital Preservation ‘in and of’ the Cloud
2023-06-07 14:00 - 15:00
This event will take place at 14:00 AEST / 12:00 SGT, AWST / 16:00 NZST (click here for your local time).
#DPClinic Aus is an informal online space to discuss a popular digital preservation topic.
Join local Australasian DPC members for a community conversation about Digital Preservation and issues that arise when using the ‘Cloud’. We will be exploring issues including how to ensure and validate complete and safe downloads from cloud-based storage providers; creating useful manifests from cloud storage; what tools, workflows, and methods are people using; and how to get useful cloud downloads from donors/depositors. These and other issues will be discussed, so bring along any cloud-based issues, concerns or success stories to share with the community. There may not be clear solutions, but this will be an important discussion in a rapidly evolving area.
#DPConnect and #DPClinic are available to everyone in the digital preservation community, DPC Members and non-members alike, provided all participants are respectful and supportive of one another and adhere to the DPC’s Inclusion and Diversity Policy.

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Wider local studies, 7th June 2023
2023-06-07 09:00 - 13:30
