BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//6.6.4.4//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69@wrocah.ac.uk DTSTART:20190902T103000Z DTEND:20190902T160000Z DTSTAMP:20190617T144237Z URL:https://wrocah.ac.uk/events/born-digital-archives-a-practical-introduc tion/ SUMMARY:Born-Digital Archives: A Practical Introduction DESCRIPTION:A bespoke research workshop and networking event in partnership with the British Library.\n \;\nThis event takes place at The British Library\, St Pancras\, London - directions and map here.\n \;\nWRoCAH students can claim travel expenses to attend this workshop\n \;\n\n&n bsp\;\n\nThe ‘papers’ of writers\, artists\, activists and public figu res are today most likely to be produced in digital form on desktop comput ers\, laptops\, phones\, tablets and other handheld devices. This ‘born- digital’ content might include draft works\, notes\, emails and other co rrespondence\, databases\, spreadsheets\, presentations\, photos\, film an d social media. \n\nAs a result\, the contemporary collections of librarie s and archives are increasingly acquired in digital format – whether as discrete files or as complete operating systems and hard drives. Archivist s and librarians face questions about how to preserve\, organise and enabl e access to this material\, stimulating innovations in archival practice. This is changing not just the ways in which researchers are able practical ly to access contemporary archival collections but also the questions they are able to ask of the material and to the research methodologies that ca n be employed. \n\nThis workshop offers a chance to explore some of the im plications of born-digital archives with academics\, staff from the Britis h Library\, and fellow AHRC PhD researchers from the CHASE\, South West &a mp\; Wales\, and WRoCAH Doctoral Training Partnerships. You will gain valu able insights into work-in-progress at the British Library to enhance acce ss to its born-digital literary collections. You will also have the chance to feed into wider discussion around how libraries and archives should ai m to collect\, curate\, preserve and develop born-digital material and dat a of all kinds. This is also a great opportunity to meet and network with British Library curators\, established academics and other PhD researchers and who are already working with born-digital collections or are planning to do so in future. \n\nThis event will be of interest to anyone who is i nterested in contemporary archives and digital humanities\, whose research draws on digital resources (or is likely to in future) or who is interest ed in pursuing a future career in the archives and libraries sector. \n\nT his newly-designed\, bespoke training course for AHRC-funded doctoral rese archers in the Arts and Humanities will be delivered by a range of interna tional experts. Demand is therefore expected to be high\, so please book y our place today.\n\nCOMPLETE THE BOOKING FORM HERE\nRelated reading (not c ompulsory!): Pledge\, J. &\; Dickens\, E. (2017). Process and progress: working with born-digital material in the Wendy Cope Archive at the Briti sh Library. Archives and Manuscripts\, 1-11. \n \;\nProgramme\n\n\n\n1 0.30-\n\n11.00\nRegistration\, Tea &\; Coffee\n\n\n11.00-11.45\nIntrodu ction:\n\nOverview of born-digital and ‘hybrid’ archives at the BL\n\n Archiving emails\n\nBrief summary of the technical challenges and process\ nRachael Foss\n\n(Head of Contemporary Archival and Manuscript Collections )\n\nCallum McKean\n\n(Curator\, Contemporary Literary Archives &\; MSS )\n\nJonathan Pledge\n\n(Curator\, Contemporary Archives &\; MSS: Polit ics &\; Public Life)\n\n\n11.45-12.15\nCase Studies: research using bor n-digital archives\nFlorian Stadtler\n(Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Lit eratures\, Department of English and Film\, University of Exeter)Lise Jail lant\n(Lecturer\, School of the Arts\, English and Drama\, Loughborough Un iversity)\n\n\n12.15-13.00\nGroup discussions:\n\nCurrent PhD students sha re their research interests and use of/interest in born-digital archives – facilitated by BL staff and external research collaborators. \n\n\n13. 00-14.00\nLUNCH\n\n\n14.00-14.45\nPARALLEL SESSIONS\n\nStudents split into groups and do each of the following sessions in turn\n\n\nUser-testing: u sing the terminals in the Rare Books &\; MSS Reading Room to view and i nterrogate born-digital content\nSeminar/discussion: Facilitated by BL sta ff and external academics\, based on reading circulated in advance of the workshop\nTreasures Gallery:Opportunity to visit the BL’s Treasures Gall ery\n\n\n14.00-14.45\nUser-testing: using the terminals in the Rare Books &\; MSS Reading Room to view and interrogate born-digital content\nSemi nar/discussion: Facilitated by BL staff and external academics\, based on reading circulated in advance of the workshop\nTreasures Gallery:Opportuni ty to visit the BL’s Treasures Gallery\n\n\n14.45-15.45\nFeedback from u ser testing\, followed by refreshments and networking\n\n\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wrocah.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ artificial-intelligence-3382507_960_720.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR