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Conveniently, the AMIA conference comes right on the heels of edUi, which will be held in Richmond Nov 4-6. EdUi brings together web-folk in higher ed, museums, libraries and archives. Early bird tickets are still available - make a week of it! http://eduiconf.org/ -- Erin White Web Systems Librarian, VCU Libraries // edUi Planning Committee 804-827-3552 | [log in to unmask] | library.vcu.edu<http://www.library.vcu.edu> | eduiconf.org On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Lauren Sorensen <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > In association with the annual conference, the Association of Moving Image > Archivists will host its first ever hack day on November 6, 2013 in > Richmond, VA< > http://wiki.curatecamp.org/index.php/Association_of_Moving_Image_Archivists_%26_Digital_Library_Federation_Hack_Day_2013 > >. > The event will be a unique opportunity for practitioners and managers of > digital audiovisual collections to join with developers and engineers for > an intense day of collaboration to develop solutions for digital > audiovisual preservation and access. It will be fun and practical…and there > will be prizes! > > This year’s hack day is a partnership between AMIA and the Digital Library > Federation. A robust and diverse community of practitioners who advance > research, teaching and learning through the application of digital library > research, technology and services, DLF brings years of experience creating > and hosting events designed to foster collaboration and develop shared > solutions for common challenges. > > *What is a hack day? > * > A hack day or hackathon is an event that brings together computer > technologists and practitioners for an intense period of problem solving > through computer programming. Within digital preservation and curation > communities, hack days provide an opportunity for archivists, collection > managers, and others to work together with technologists to develop > software solutions for digital collections management needs. Hack days have > been held independently by groups such as the Open Planets Foundation, as > well as in association with preservation and access oriented conferences > including Open Repositories and Museums and the Web. > > The manifesto of a recent event at the Open Repositories conference framed > the benefits this way: “Transparent, fun, open collaboration in diversely > constituted teams…The creation of new professional networks over the > ossification of old ones. Effective engagement of non-developers > (researchers, repository managers) in development…Work done at the > conference over presentation of something prepared earlier.” > > *What if I’m not a developer/technologist/engineer? > * > Content managers and preservation practitioners will be as central to the > success of the event as keen developers. YOU will be responsible for > setting the agenda and the outcomes. The goal is to foster collaboration > between audiovisual preservation specialists and technologists, to solve > problems together and share expertise. > > *Why an AMIA hack day? > * > An audiovisual preservation-themed CURATEcamp was held in April 2013, > drawing over 120 registrants from at least 3 continents for a day of great > conversations and lightning talks. CURATEcamp is a series of > unconference-style events focused on connecting practitioners and > technologists interested in digital curation. The event generated a lot of > documentation and articulated many shared concerns. Topics covered included > digitization of video, film scanning, digital storage strategies, > proprietary digital video files in collections, and technical metadata for > preservation. The participants of the event agreed that more work needed to > be done and action taken, so the idea for an AMIA hack day was born. > > Discussions between managers of audiovisual collections and solutions > developers provided a fruitful starting point for a hack day project ideas, > including: > > -Simple fixity tools to use when transferring files from one storage medium > to another > -Technical metadata extraction and making use of these reports (MediaInfo, > ffprobe) > -Simple cataloging tools for AV, with eye towards contemporary frameworks/ > schema > -Discovery tools/UX for audiovisual collections, access at scale > > *What will be the format of the event? > * > In advance of the hack day, project ideas will be collected through the > registration form and the event wiki. On the morning of the event, > participants will review and discuss submitted project ideas. We’ll then > break into groups consisting of technologists and practitioners, selecting > an idea to work on together for the day and (if desired) throughout the > duration of the AMIA conference in the developers lounge. > > Projects will be presented during the conference closing plenary, Saturday > November 9 at 8:30am. Projects will be judged by a panel as well as by > conference attendees. > > *How can I participate? > * > Sign up! As this will be a highly participatory event, registration is > limited to those willing to get their hands dirty, so no onlookers please. > > If you are unsure whether you can or want to participate in the hack day > itself, you can still see the results by attending the AMIA closing > plenary, where hack day projects will be presented, and the audience will > have an opportunity to vote on their favorites. > > *Ready to sign up and join the fun? > * > REGISTER HERE< > https://docs.google.com/a/bavc.org/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENkeXlLY3JCX3pNYldGMEV5ZHRucWc6MA#gid=0 > >. > It’s free. > > *Questions? > * > Want more information? Interested in sponsoring by supporting the space or > providing prizes? Interested in being a judge? Contact the organizers: > > Lauren Sorensen: laurens [at] bavc [dot] org > Steven Villereal: villereal [at] gmail [dot] com > Kara Van Malssen: kara [at] avpreserve [dot] com > > *About AMIA > * > The Association of Moving Image Archivists is a non-profit professional > association established to advance the field of moving image archiving by > fostering cooperation among individuals and organizations concerned with > the acquisition, description, preservation, exhibition and use of moving > image materials. >