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The notes from the 9/9/13 NDSA Outreach WG call are now available at
The group is looking to engage the wider NDSA community on the priorities and strategies to most effectively utilize the skills of the Outreach WG. A survey to that effect will be coming down the pipe shortly.
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The September 2013 Library of Congress Digital Preservation Newsletter is now available.
http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/news/newsletter/201309.pdf
In this issue:
* The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada using the Levels of Digital Preservation
* The George Sanger Collection at UT Austin Videogame Archive
* An Analysis of Current Digital Preservation Policies
* What Is It That We Actually DO (at the Library of Congress)?
* Recent Interviews with: Matthew G. Kirschenbaum from the University of Maryland and Jason Scott from the Archive Team
* New and recently updated resources: The Digital Preservation Business Case Toolkit; The Activists' Guide to Archiving Video; Digital Preservation Videos for the Classroom; Digital Preservation in a Box; Rich Online Resources Documenting the 1963 March on Washington
* Other news: Help Pick Panels for the 2014 South By Southwest Conference; Xporting Digital Format Sustainability Descriptions as XML; Format Migration and More Launching Points for Applied Research
* Upcoming Events: National Book Festival, Sept. 21-22, Washington, DC; Cultural Heritage Archives: Networks, Innovation & Collaboration Symposium, Sept. 26-27, Washington, DC; 2013 DLF Forum, Nov. 3-6, Austin, TX; Best Practices Exchange, Nov. 13-15, Salt Lake City, UT; Aligning National Approaches to Digital Preservation: An Action Assembly, Nov. 18-20, Barcelona, Spain
THATCamp Philly returns later this month for its third year! Held on September 27 and 28, 2013 in downtown Philadelphia at the Chemical Heritage Foundation is the premiere humanities and technology event of the year for Philadelphia. Apply now to participate in this free unconference where YOU get to determine what is on the agenda. This innovative and intensive participatory event will include one day of technical workshops (Friday, September 27) and one day of interactive sessions (Saturday, September 28). Attendees of THATCamp Philly will enrich essential emerging cultures of collaboration and technology in the fields of arts, education, technology, museums, libraries and archives.
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Limited spaces! Apply now at http://2013.thatcampphilly.org/registration/ if you:
-are interested in the digital humanities; -wish to share ideas with people in the greater Philadelphia region to develop strategies for improving access and understanding of the humanities; -wish to learn technical skills and tools to expand the reach and efficiency of humanities work; -wish to network with and help build a collegial community where we can rely on our colleagues' help, critiques, resources, ideas, and support; -are techie and think that you can contribute to cultural institutions' digital efforts; -are NOT techie but wish that you were; -are a student, scholar, or academic; -are broke: THATCamp Philly is free!
For more information, go to http://2013.thatcampphilly.org/