Dear Members of the DLF community:

The Digital Preservation Outreach and Education Network announces that applications are currently open for a free, upcoming workshop. Please see below for more information and a link to the application:

Moving Image and Sound Digital Preservation Software Tools & Intro to Python for AV

Instructor: Brendan Coates

May 4, 2022

12PM-5PM EST | 9AM-2PM PST

Applications accepted until April 22, 2022 

To Apply: https://airtable.com/shrTL9EPBvKaWyOBi?prefill_Application+for=recsBYVxQ70Q9Khvu 

About the workshop: With the ever-increasing scale and complexity of digital archival collections, archivists need to adapt their tools, workflows, and processes to match. While every institutional context is different, there are often opportunities to employ open source and command line tools to meet these challenges. Among the many benefits of utilizing the command line, the two most immediate tend to be: increased reliability of processes and more interesting work for archivists.

This 4-hour workshop will cover the basics of the command line interface (CLI) with a focus on its use in audiovisual archival workflows and digital preservation. The command line software discussed will help archivists navigate their terminals, find/ move/ rename digital objects, understand checksums and CRCs, create Bags per the BagIt specification, and introduce principles of scripting and automation for handling file data at scale.

This is an introductory course and users with no programming or command line experience are welcome; any archivist who routinely moves files, verifies metadata across systems, or works with audiovisual materials will learn techniques to improve their efficiency and gain familiarity with systems and workflows which take advantage of CLI capabilities. Users don’t need to have administrative privileges or the ability to install software on their local machines in order to participate. For users who can install software on their machines, there will be office hours prior to the workshop to go over any questions that arise as part of the setup.

Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions: [log in to unmask]

Natalie Baur
Program Director
DPOE-N

########################################################################

to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit https://www.diglib.org/announce