Hello colleagues, In commemoration of World Digital Preservation Day #WDPD2023, the Software Preservation Network’s Community Engagement Collaborative is pleased to announce a new event - The Idea Workshop! The event will take place on Thursday, November 2 at 15:00 UTC (see your local time here <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Software+Preservation+Network+Idea+Workshop&iso=20231102T15&p1=1440&ah=1&am=30> ). Register now to attend: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqceurpjgqEtLOUbA5opn3YPfB1mEe_84y The Idea Workshop <https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/the-idea-workshop/> is a place for people to pitch their ideas, plans, and projects related to software preservation in order to receive feedback and to find collaborators to help bring those ideas to life! Whether you have the seeds of an idea, you are halfway through an on-going project, or simply want to help, we hope you will join us in what will surely be an exciting event! Your Facilitators - Alicia Guite, Student, Virginia Tech - Henry Caicedo, Digital Archivist and Film Preservation Specialist, Cinemateca de Bogotá - Sara Rue, Access Services - Reserves Specialist, Wichita State University We look forward to having you at the Software Preservation Network Idea Workshop on November 2nd! With best wishes, Jess, on behalf of the SPN Community Engagement Collaborative *The SPN Community Engagement Collaborative occasionally invites our colleagues across professional and disciplinary communities to participate in an hour-long public discussion on topics related to software curation, preservation, and reuse. Join SPN <https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/get-involved/> to access more frequent conversations on software preservation!* *SUBSCRIBE to the Software Preservation Network listserv <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/software-preservation-network> and **STACKTRACE: Software Preservation Network Newsletter <https://us13.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=299460903c5acd28e01011bfe&id=868297ba30>* *to keep up with SPN. As a Software Preservation Network (SPN) subscriber, you will also receive announcements regarding upcoming software preservation and reuse-related events and resources.* -- Jess Farrell | she/her/hers Community Facilitator <https://educopia.org/bitcurator-edu/> Software Preservation Network <https://www.softwarepreservationnetwork.org/> and BitCurator Consortium <https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/> Educopia Institute ######################################################################## to manage your DLF-ANNOUNCE subscription, visit https://www.diglib.org/announce