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The libraries and K&IM skillset of the future

CILIP

The event was hosted at the the Hive, a unique joint venture from the University of Worcester and Worcestershire County Council housing a public library, university library and archives in one environmentally friendly building. Read more about the workshop. The day was made possible with sponsorship from CB Resourcing and WF Education.

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Web archiving partners meet in 2019

Archive-It

by the Archive-It team. As more and more organizations are involved in web archiving, we want to make sure that their networks are close and supportive. Both events featured program and technology updates from Internet Archive staff, news and case studies from Archive-It partners, and informal time for discussion and working groups.

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Digital scholarship and the web: Exploring new sources and emerging research methods

Archive-It

Two sociologists and alumnae of the Archives Unleashed cohorts program shared early findings and encouraged attendees to increase support for computational research with cultural heritage collections as data. Columbia University’s Human Rights web archive collection was used as a primary source.

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The future of RIM education

The Schedule

Possible avenues to pursue: Our new case study series might help to bridge the gap between theory and practice. One suggestion was to have a Toastmasters sort of group that could get together to workshop training/workshops you plan to present to constituents. You can find the overview here.

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Archive-It Partner News, May 2018

Archive-It

by the Archive-It team. Join us at the annual Archive-It Partner Meeting. We hope you can join us for an afternoon partner meeting on Tuesday, August 14, 2018 preceding ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2018 , the joint annual meeting of CoSA, NAGARA, and SAA. May 30: Beginners’ Web Archiving Workshop at METRO – New York, NY.

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New choices, new directions: Piloting the 2018 Mexican Government Web Archive

Archive-It

You can now view the collection via Archive-It here: [link]. Archived presidential candidacy website of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Archive-It was interested in the proposal and we quickly signed a Memorandum of Understanding, giving us a defined allowance and time frame for the archiving of the websites.

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Preservica, IRMS and ARA digital preservation training a great success!

Preservica

Over the course of 2015/16 the Preservica team has been pairing up with the Information and Records Management Society (IRMS) and ARA (UK) to deliver a series of practical workshops and webinars on digital preservation. Next up, we’ll be attending and presenting at the annual IRMS conference in Brighton.