The BitCurator Consortium (BCC) invites you to explore membership
<https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/get-involved/#get-involved> as an
opportunity to engage with a growing group of dedicated, community-minded
digital archives professionals!

Initially founded in 2014 to build a strong community of practice for the
Andrew W. Mellon-funded BitCurator projects
<https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/projects/>, the BCC has matured into a
dedicated community of information professionals working together on
digital archives, curation, preservation, and forensics topics.

2020 intensified and galvanized how BCC members interact with one another,
resulting in increased engagement and new projects. In the last 18 months
the BCC...

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   updated our Charter to broaden our focus from digital forensics
   specifically to digital archives and curation more broadly, better
   reflecting what the community had already been doing in monthly community
   calls, in committee projects, and at the BitCurator Users Forum.
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   launched 3 new committees
   <https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/about/#committees> that have allowed
   us to deepen member engagement, open up the community to volunteers, and
   strengthen BitCurator user support.
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   published an updated wiki <https://confluence.educopia.org/display/BC>,
   launched a new website with more resources
   <https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/resources/> and information,
started a Python
   Study Group pilot
   <https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/bcc-launches-python-study-group-pilot/>,
   and re-launched the software development committee, which will provide more
   direct professional development in software development for BCC members.
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   designed and launched our first all-virtual BitCurator Users Forum
   <https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/forum/>! The pandemic-prompted shift
   from in-person to virtual event led to our most highly attended
Forum yet (2x
   daily attendance over previous years) and continued our year-over-year
   growth in attendance from our first Forum in 2016.
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   Added a new member benefit to help members quickly integrate into the
   community: an initial workflow consultation with a member of the BCC
   Membership Committee!


Hallmarks of the BitCurator Consortium are our welcoming community, our
intentional inclusivity of many diverse digital archiving roles, our rich
training resources, and our forums for targeted, facilitated conversation
and action in digital archiving and curation.The community’s focus is
multifaceted, and we cover many tools, processes, and functions that happen
outside of the BitCurator environment (examples of our recent community
discussions may be found here
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m8RMX1hA4V2lurVv9CZi0vmgvDZ1VSvz29ogvwUFhbk/pub>).
If you share an interest in any of these topics, there is a place for you
in the community.

We’d love to welcome you to the BCC! Membership is $2,000 per year and
organizations can pay for multiple years at once. We also have group
memberships available. For more information, please visit our website
<https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/get-involved/#fees> or contact
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