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DOCAM 2010

Tue, 2010-02-16 20:33

Start: 03/03/2010 - 10:00 End: 05/03/2010 - 17:00

Fifth international Summit on the documentation and conservation of the media arts heritage.

The DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage) Research Alliance presents the 2010 DOCAM Summit, which will mark the end of five years of research. DOCAM is an international research alliance initiated by the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology. Its main objective is to develop new methodologies and tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting digital, technological, and electronic works of art. [read more...]

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Digital Preservation - Project Manager

Tue, 2010-02-16 18:16

VACANCY
There is a vacancy for the position of Digital Preservation Project Manager in the Parliamentary Archives, on a fixed term appointment to 31 March 2012, with the possibility of extension or permanency.

BACKGROUND
The Parliamentary Archives provides a records management and archives service for Houses of Parliament, and assists compliance of the House of Lords administration with Freedom of Information and Data Protection legislation. It supports the corporate aims of Parliament in the areas of effective information [read more...]

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Applications Developer at the Archaeology Data Service (ADS)

Mon, 2010-02-15 15:03

Applications are invited for a full-time 12 month fixed term post of
Applications Developer, available immediately. ADS has been awarded funding
by AHRC to migrate its digital archive system to a fedora-based repository,
and the post holder will be required to take the Java programming lead for
this project. Applicants should have a computing or software engineering
qualification, and a high level of java programming expertise. Experience
with Oracle and the implementation and configuration of fedora would be an
advantage. [read more...]

Archaeology and 3D technology

Mapping, Memory and the City

Mon, 2010-02-15 14:50

Start: 24/02/2010 - 16:00 End: 26/02/2010 - 17:00

This conference invites a re-evaluation of the role of maps and mapping practices in cultural explorations of urban space and memory. We invite contributions from across a broad interdisciplinary field, drawing together scholars and practitioners working in film and cultural studies, architecture, geography, urban studies, as well as those with interests in social and cultural memory, archival practice and urban heritage. Of special interest are contributions addressing the role of film and film historiography in relation to place, landscape and urban memory. [read more...]

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Prioritization for preservation, conservation and digitization

Mon, 2010-02-15 14:43

Start: 23/02/2010 - 09:30 End: 23/02/2010 - 16:00

"There’s so much [to preserve / conserve / digitize] … people need skills in how you select the right materials … how you make the decisions and what you have to bear in mind" Focus group research into preservation training needs, June 2009. [read more...]

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Improving information management: How to conduct an Information Audit

Mon, 2010-02-15 14:29

Start: 24/02/2010 - 10:00 End: 24/02/2010 - 16:30

A key part of improving information management is to know what information you hold. Information audits enable you to identify what information you organisation has, where it is and who is responsible for it. This practical one day session covers the different approaches that can be taken to audit your information and how to analyse and present the results.

The workshop will cover:
* Purpose & use of an information audit

* Options for carrying out an audit

- Scalability for large & small museums

- Quantitative & qualitative results) [read more...]

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Transforming Culture in the Digital Age

Mon, 2010-02-15 14:12

Start: 14/04/2010 - 10:00 End: 16/04/2010 - 18:00

Increasingly, we see new forms of culture being born in the variety of online environments. Users have become producers taking over production of online content and traditional hierarchies of users and producers are collapsing. At the same time, traditional memory institutions like museums, archives, libraries and acknowledged artists struggle to make sense of the transformations that are coming together with new technologies. [read more...]