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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
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 »
