BitCurator User Forum 2016: Call For Proposals and Lightning Talk signup

[Matthew Disregardmatthew Farrell]

Hello -

 

On behalf of the Program Committee, I'm pleased to announce lightning talk sign ups and a call for proposals for the 2016 BitCurator User Forum to be held on 15 January 2016 in Chapel Hill, NC. To register for the User Forum, go to the BitCurator Consortium website. Full program description to follow shortly.

 

CALL FOR PROPOSALS: BEYOND FLOPPY DISKS

The BCC Program Committee invites proposals for a panel session titled "Beyond Floppy Disks" scheduled as part of the program at the 2016 BitCurator Users Forum on January 15, 2016 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The committee is seeking proposals for 10-15 minute presentations relevant to the session description below.

 

"Beyond Floppy Disks" session description:

 

Cultural heritage institutions are collecting a larger variety of media than ever before including external hard drives, computers, and files from hosted cloud services. While there are established workflows and best practices for smaller media objects, many institutions are just now beginning to tackle these other forms of media.

 

This panel will be a forum to discuss how some institutions are ingesting files from various media types, including the utilization of new tools and the development of new policies and workflows.

 

Deadline to submit panel session proposals is December 14, 2015.

 

 

LIGHTNING TALK SESSION SIGN UP

The BCC Program Committee invites participants to sign up for a lightning talk session scheduled as part of the program at the 2016 BitCurator Users Forum on January 15, 2016 at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The committee is seeking proposals for 5 minute lightning talk presentations relevant to the session description below.

 

Not Your Average BitCurator: How Repositories are Using BitCurator Tools in Different Ways:

 

As institutions become exposed to alternative digital forensic tools and their individual strengths and limitations, they are exploring the benefits of expanding their digital curation toolset beyond reliance on any single product. Moreover, the modular architecture of tools like BitCurator has fostered a growing community of contributors who have developed and shared scripts and modifications to the open source code base.

 

In this lightning talk session, speakers will share how they are using BitCurator tools as part of their digital curation workflow and how they have expanded BitCurator tools to meet the needs of their institution. The session will also allow time for forum participants to ask questions and share their integration challenges and outcomes.

 

Signups for either lightning talks or the panel are linked to above, and don't forget to register for the Forum on the  BUF registration page. We look forward to seeing you in January!

 

Best,

Farrell

Program Committee

BitCurator Consortium