Advice, Articles, & Toolkits
Endangered Data Week is a collaborative effort coordinated across campuses, nonprofits, libraries, citizen science initiatives, and cultural heritage institutions, to shed light on public datasets that are in danger of being deleted, repressed, mishandled, or lost. Browse their map and list of events that are happening!
10 Myths about Canadian Copyright Law via Copyrightlaws.com
Reflections on PASIG 2019: Advancing Digital Preservation Through Community Cultivation by Oya Y. Rieger [The Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group (PASIG)]
Do’s and Don’t’s of Job Talks – a Twitter thread by Liz Bucar @BucarLiz
Recap: SAA-UW Decolonizing Archives Online Panel via Society of American Archivists – University of Wisconsin
Conferences, Symposiums, Workshops and such…
VRA Bulletin
Call for Content – first-ever open access issue!
Deadline: Friday, March 1st
Learn More & Submit Something
VRA Foundation Regional Workshop
Topic: Metadata and Management of Cultural Heritage Digital Media: From Fundamentals to Future Trends
When: April 26, 2019
Where: The Smithsonian’s Freer|Sackler
Register Here
Summer Educational Institute
Where: University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM
When: June 4-7, 2019
Take a look at the 2019 Schedule
Learn More & Register Here
Webinars, Classes, and more
Documentary Heritage & Preservation Services for New York
Topic: Finding Aid Basics
This workshop covers the basics of collection-level finding aids and focuses on content and formatting as governed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), the descriptive standard for archival materials.
Watch Here (free)
Lyrasis
Topic: Digital Collection Policy Development and Content Selection/Prioritization – Two-hour online class
When: March 8, 2019
Register Here
Lyrasis
Topic: Creating Online Exhibits: New Ways to Reach Out, Advocate, and Publicize Your Collections and Services
When: March 6, 2019
Register Here
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