This event may be of interest to list members. -----Original Message----- From: Repositories discussion list [mailto:jisc-repositor...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Rebecca McGuinness Sent: 25 March 2013 10:22 To: jisc-repositor...@jiscmail.ac.uk Subject: Registration open for OPF Hackathon: A Practical Approach to Disk Images & Digital Forensics, 15-15 May, Copenhagen
Registration is now open for the next OPF hackathon at: http://opf-digital-forensics.eventbrite.com/ The world of digital forensics offers many useful and practical techniques for capturing, understanding and preserving digital collections. This event will provide participants with a chance to learn what digital forensics has to offer the digital preservation community by getting hands on with data, tools and new techniques. Our expert facilitators will be on hand to guide you through these challenging concepts and processes in a manner that is easy to understand and apply. This blog post (http://www.openplanetsfoundation.org/blogs/2013-03-18-digital-forensics-and-emulation-preservationista) provides an overview of the application of forensic techniques and emulation technologies in digital preservation. Who should attend? Digital preservation practitioners; digital librarians and archivists, digital curators, repository managers and those with an interest in understanding and working as a team to solve concrete preservation challenges. Developers who write digital preservation software, and are interested in the technical challenges of solving concrete digital preservation challenges. What can I expect from the event? The agenda for the event is set by you: the practitioners. You will bring with you disk images of digital data you want to assess, analyse and preserve. As part of a team, and with support from experts, you'll apply forensics tools to solve your digital preservation challenges. The best way of learning practical preservation skills is by getting hands-on experience of actually doing it. By the end of the event you'll have solved your preservation challenges, learnt new skills you can take back to the office/library/archive, and will have become part of a supportive community of digital preservation practitioners. The technical problem solving and software development will be delivered by you: the developers. You will bring your laptop-based development setup and your best coding skills. Working closely with other devs, and our experts, you'll apply forensics tools, emulation and virtualisation, and other software tools (you've scripted up, hacked and enhanced) to solve the digital preservation challenges provided by the practitioners. By the end of the event you'll have provided the technical drive to solve some challenging preservation problems, experienced the freedom of agile development, and will have become part of a supportive community of technical experts. Agenda The event agenda can be seen here: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/KB/Agenda+-+Disk+Images+and+Digital+Forensics+%28Copenhagen%29. Please note the start and end times. Further information For more information about how to prepare for the event, and travel and accommodation information, please visit the event wiki page: http://wiki.opf-labs.org/display/KB/2013-05-15+OPF+Hackathon+-+A+Practical+Approach+to+Disk+Images+and+Digital+Forensics+%28Copenhagen%29. Registration OPF members are invited to attend free-of charge. Non-members are welcome to attend at a charge of EUR225. Please register at: http://opf-digital-forensics.eventbrite.com/. *OPF Hackathon: Tackling Real-World Collection Challenges with Digital Forensics Tools and Methods* We will also be hosting a second event on Digital Forensics at the University of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA on 3-5 June. Speakers and facilitators may vary. Registration for this event will open soon. Kind Regards, Rebecca McGuinness Open Planets Foundation
