BitCurator Users Forum 2017

The BitCurator Consortium is anindependent, community-ledmembership association thatsupports digital forensics practices in libraries, archives, and museums in order to help ensure the longevity and reliability of the cultural, scientific, and historical record.Hosted by theEducopia Institute, the Consortium wascreated in 2014, toenhance, promote, and explorethis growing area of professional activity.The BCCprovides a crucial hubwhere curators can learn from each other, share challenges and successes, and together define and advance technical and administrative workflows for born-digital content.

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The BitCurator Users Forum brings together representatives from libraries, archives, museums, and related information professions engaged in (or considering) digital forensics work to acquire, better understand, and make available born-digital materials. The 2017 forum will be expanded to two days providing even more opportunities for community members and users to engage and learn from each other. It will balance discussion of theory and practice of digital forensics and related digital analysis workflows with hands-on activities for users at all levels of experience with the BitCurator environment, digital forensics methods in general, and other tools used in digital analysis and curation.
The BitCurator Users Forum is organized by the BCC’s Program Committee:
Laura Alagna, Northwestern University Matthew Farrell, Duke University Susan Malsbury, New York Public Library Sam Meister, Educopia Institute Mary Samouelian, Harvard University
About Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university located on the shore of Lake Michigan in Evanston, Illinois, just north of Chicago. Northwestern has a rigorous academic life, attracting over $550 million in sponsored research each year, as well as a history of distinction in many areas, including performing arts, media, and athletics. Northwestern University Libraries supports the educational and information needs of the university community through a wide range of services and notable collections, which include 6.7 million volumes and 201 terabytes of unique digital content.
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