The Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives presents

A 2-day workshop:

Digital Preservation Best Practices: Lessons Learned from the Experts

When: March 3-4, 2014 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

Where: ANLA office, Suite 201, 15 Hallett Crescent, St. John’s

Presenters: Slavko Manojlovich, Associate University Librarian (Information Technology and QEII Library), Memorial University of Newfoundland; Benoit Pauwels, Head of Systems and Innovation Team for the Archives and Libraries, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Description: Will the digital content you create today be accessible and usable in 10 years? This workshop will provide attendees with an overview of the key components of a best practices digital preservation management strategy which will insure, to the extent possible, long-term access to our valuable digital collections (digitized and born-digital) Topics covered will include OAIS (a reference model for an Open Archival Information System) and the processes, procedures and tools associated with the PLANETS (Presevation and Long-term Access Through Network Services) Project.
The session content will be enhanced by a live demonstration of Archivematica, a state-of-the-art digital preservation workflow based on curation micro-services. The workshop content is applicable to any digital repository software platform including CONTENTdm, DSpace, Eprints, ArchivesSpace, etc.

Presenters:
Slavko Manojlovich, Associate University Librarian (Information Technology and QEII Library), Memorial University of Newfoundland
Slavko is responsible for managing all the automation programs for the Memorial University Libraries including the Digital Archives Initiative, one of Canada’s premier and heavily used collection of digitized cultural, historical and research resources and the university’s Research Repository, comprised of born digital scholarly papers, presentations and a growing number of electronic theses. He is also a member of the Canadian Council of Academies Expert Panel on “Memory Institutions and the Digital Revolution”.

Benoit Pauwels, Head of Systems and Innovation Team for the Archives and Libraries, Université Libre de Bruxelles
Benoit has been involved since the beginning of the century in the setup and management of various digital repositories for the Université Libre de Bruxelles, based on a variety of software packages: ETD-db, DSpace, ContentDM. Recently we have started a mass digitisation program for PhD theses, in a first instance, to be followed by other scholarly material, photograph collections in support of academic courses and administrative and cultural heritage archives of the University. With the exponential growth of the number of digital objects to manage and to preserve, we undertook a study on distributed digital preservation, resulting in a pilot setup of Archivematica as file format normalisation platform for all born digital or digitised objects managed by the Archives & Libraries, and in an international Private LOCKSS Network of 5 institutions (in 3 different countries).

Fees: Members: $350 Non-members: $400

Registration deadline: February 15, 2014

Some financial assistance for transportation costs is available for members: please contact the ANLA office for more information.

The Canadian Council of Archives (CCA) is pleased to announce the availability of additional webinar offerings. CCA Webinars are practical, interactive and instructed by leading experts within each subject field.

ARCHIVAL APPRAISAL WEBINAR
This interactive 90-minute webinar is available:
o December 17 from 11am to 12:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)
o January 21 from 12pm to 1:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)

PRESERVE AND PROTECT: ARCHIVES SECURITY WEBINAR This interactive 90-minute webinar is available:
o December 19 from 12pm to 1:30 EST ($165 plus HST)
o January 13 from 1pm to 2:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)

COPYRIGHT UPDATE WEBINAR: BILL C-11 & HOW IT AFFECTS YOUR ARCHIVES This interactive 90-minute webinar is available:
o December 11 from 2pm to 3:30pm EST ($165 plus HST)

NAAB BOOTCAMP
Each Bootcamp includes three (3) consecutive 90-minute webinar and is
available:
o Bootcamp #4 December 10, 11, 12 from 12pm to 1:30pm EST
o Bootcamp #5 January 14, 15, 16 from 12pm to 1:30pm EST
Bootcamp Registration: Primary Registration is $635.00 plus HST

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Discounts and additional fees:
* Receive a 10% discount when the same person registers for 2 or
more webinars.
* $25 for each additional person attending from your organization
(conditions apply and excludes NAAB Bootcamp).
* Secondary registration for NAAB Bootcamp is $125 plus HST
* Extra computer and telephone access points are available for a
fee of $20 each.

TO REGISTER PLEASE VISIT: http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/webinars.html
OR CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REGISTRATION FORM

The Newfoundland Historical Society along with the Museum Association of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Association of Newfoundland and Labrador Archives

will be holding its annual Gilbert Higgins free public lecture on

Thursday, November 28, 2013

at 8 pm

at Hampton Hall Lecture Theatre, located at the Marine Institute on Ridge Road

This month’s lecturer will be Paul Smith, and his talk is titled:

“A Mesmerizing Miscellany of Marvelous and Majestic Mummers: The Marketing of a Newfoundland Christmas Tradition.”-Gilbert Higgins Lecture.

This illustrated presentation explores the ways in which commodification of nostalgia has become the focus of some sectors of the market place. The marketing of tradition is by no means a new phenomenon and it has been far more extensive than we perhaps realize.  This underestimation possibly stems from the fact that, while we perceive today that marketing is facilitated through some form of corporate broker or entrepreneur, in reality this is not always the case.  Instead performers have often taken on this role themselves.  Similarly, at the grass roots level local artists and crafts people seeing performances of traditions such, as mummers, have turn those experiences into marketable wares.

Refreshments to follow

Parking is free and everyone is welcome to attend!