Are you a museum conservator, curator, archivist working with digital materials?
Are you looking for more skills, knowledge, and tools to help acquire, process, analyze, and curate the digital materials in your collections? Then Curating the Bits: Enabling digital curation activities with BitCurator and BitCurator Access <http://mw2016.museumsandtheweb.com/proposal/curating-the-bits-enabling-digital-curation-activities-with-bitcurator-and-bitcurator-access/> half-day workshop on April 6, 2016 at the upcoming Museums and the Web 2016 conference is the event for you! This workshop will provide an introduction to how digital forensics tools and methods can support a variety of important tasks related to acquiring and analyzing born-digital materials and data. Workshop participants will learn about and get experience using BitCurator environment tools that can assist with various aspects of digital curation, including pre-imaging data triage; forensic disk imaging; file system analysis and reporting; identification of private and individually identifying information; and export of technical and other metadata. Participants will gain a practical understanding of how to apply these tools in their own institutions and establish contacts in peer institutions who are undertaking similar work. Register for the workshop here: http://mw2016.museumsandtheweb.com/registration/ More about BitCurator The BitCurator environment is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that includes open source and public domain digital forensics tools and unique reporting mechanisms and user interfaces designed to assist libraries, archives, and museums with the curation of born-digital materials. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the BitCurator project has developed, packaged, and documented open-source forensics and data analysis tools to create forensic disk images, analyze files and file systems, extract file system metadata, identify and redact sensitive information, and identify and remove duplicate files. About the BitCurator Consortium The BitCurator Consortium (BCC) is an independent, community-led membership association that supports digital forensics practices in libraries, archives, and museums in order to help ensure the longevity and reliability of the cultural, scientific, and historical record. Members of the BitCurator user community founded BCC in 2014 to enhance, promote, and explore this growing area of professional activity. Member benefits include: - Access to a BCC help desk - Prioritization in future enhancement requests - Dedicated educational offerings - Voting rights - Eligibility to serve on the BCC Executive Council and Committees - Professional development and training opportunities - Subscription to a dedicated BCC member mailing list - Special registration rates for BCC events Some URLs that you might find useful: BitCurator Consortium website https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/ Documentation related to the BitCurator software environment http://wiki.bitcurator.net/ Best, Sam Meister Preservation Communities Manager, Educopia Institute [email protected] http://educopia.org
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