This one-day course will introduce you to basic principles, resources, and tools for working with born-digital archival material. It will help you establish workflows and procedures to enable your institution to successfully management common born-digital materials (Office documents, PDFs, images, audio, video, and email).

Outcomes: Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to:
• Discuss key digital curation principles as they relate to working with born-digital collections
• Understand current practices, resources, and tools for ingest and accession of born-digital materials
• Develop policies and workflows that meet your institution or organisation’s needs

Prerequisites: Attendees should hold born-digital archival material in their organisation (as opposed to digitized versions of paper/analogue items). Attendees should have access to a laptop with wireless connectivity and the ability to independently download and install applications to the laptop. (Prior to the workshop a list of free applications that need to be installed before the workshop will be circulated at attendees.)

Who should attend: Practitioners in cultural heritage organisations or community groups looking in increase their digital capabilities, knowledge, and skill in handling born-digital materials. Also IT professionals working in cultural heritage who seek to better understand archival concerns and workflows.

Facilitator: Valerie Love