Other Events
The web pages of the History
of Science Society and the Society
for History of Technology both keep calendars of events
of their own meetings and those sponsored by others in the
history of science and history of technology, respectively.
The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California has
events almost every month. For information about their events,
see their online
calendar of events. Below are some additional meetings
and events of particular relevance to IT history.
To submit events for listing on this site, click
here.
Society of American Archivists
Information Architecture for Electronic Records
February 09, 2012
Web Seminar
How do you improve user experience of the collections and services your program delivers through the Web?
In this course you’ll learn about features, methods, and tools developed by the Information Architecture (IA) community to support the principles of user-centered design. Information architecture (IA) is the application of ethnographic research methods to understand the uses of a collection of information objects. These and the visitors’ understanding of the information form the basis of an organizing principle for materials so that we can more easily find and use what we need.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Basic Electronics Records
March 02, 2012
Boston, Massachusetts
You have to start somewhere and this workshop gives you the basics. You are introduced to the principles of appraising, accessioning, preserving and providing access to records in digital formats.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Project Management for Archivists
March 02, 2012
Bloomington, Indiana
Workshop Description
You’re involved in a variety of projects every day, from such small projects as developing a new procedures manual to such large projects as digitizing a collection. But because project management methodologies aren’t automatically included in formal education or many archival education programs, you’ll want to take advantage of this workshop to acquire the basic knowledge and tools necessary for managing successful projects.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Managing Electronic Records in Archives and Special Collections
March 08, 2012
College Station, Texas
In this workshop you’ll get more than policy and theory! After review and discussion about electronic record issues facing colleges and universities, you’ll break into groups to discuss case studies and report findings. Day 2 will be devoted to demonstrations of tools supporting electronic records workflows including Archivematica, HTTrack, and forensic tools. Attendees will learn about and use open source tools for ingest and management of electronic records.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Visual Literary for Photograph Collections
March 09, 2012
Chicago, Illinois
This workshop provides methods to gain information from photographs and to understand how this information can be applied in a practical manner to help manage, arrange, and describe collections more effectively and for researchers to extract information. If you’ve attended SAA’s “Understanding Photographs” workshop, this is your next step! This workshop adds more concepts that are important for understanding the intellectual and physical nature of photographs. Incorporating these concepts into daily practice can have practical and economical benefit for the archivist and provide better service to the researcher. Learn to understand the photograph as artifact,visual literacy, and their application to photograph collection management and research uses.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Security in Archives and Manuscript Repositories
March 12, 2012 - March 13, 2012
Fargo, North Dakota
Archival theft continues to be Big Business! News of archival theft is no longer restricted to professional literature but appears all too frequently in the mainstream media. What is stolen? Who steals? How can you fight back? This workshop explores all of these issues in depth through lectures, case studies, exercises, and discussion.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Preserving Digital Archives: Concepts and Competencies
March 13, 2012
New Orleans, Louisiana
What do you need to know to preserve born-digital materials successfully once they’ve crossed the archives threshold? With an emphasis on modern records and technology, you’ll learn about the concepts and competencies you need to construct and administer digital archives. You’ll examine accepted digital archives models and implementations and emerging standards of practice, as well as preservation metadata schemas and their use in digital archives.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
EAC-CPF: Encoded Archival Context - Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families
March 23, 2012
Austin, Texas
How can EAC-CPF enhance your institution’s records–and how can you get started using it? In this workshop you’ll learn how to create EAC-CPF records, with hands-on application of the elements to existing data; discuss balancing existing data with additional data components as part of an implementation strategy; and examine existing projects to consider how EAC-CPF may be implemented locally, regionally, or nationally.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Digital Repositories
March 23, 2012
Middletown, Connecticut
Truly a Digital Repositories 101 course! Participate in knowledge-building discussions and activities that focus on defining, selecting, and implementing digital repositories (DRs) as well as a review of basic decisions that must be made before and during the development of a digital collection and digital repository program. The instructors address the role of the archivist in DR construction and deployment; the standards, best practices, and realities of content and metadata deposit; the strategies for developing administrative structures; policies; the long-term preservation concerns; and marketing your repository.
More
Information
Society of American Archivists
Archivists' Guide to Balancing Legal Issues in Photographic Collections
March 28, 2012
Greensboro, North Carolina
Uneasy about copyright when it comes to your repository’s photographic collections? Need some practical advice? This functional workshop will provide down-to-earth guidance to help you deal with copyright issues relevant to photographic materials in archival and library collections.
More
Information
Go to page:
1 | 2 | 3
| 
