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• Spring 2025 Workshop - Digital Preservation vs. Digital Asset Management: The Differences and Why They Matter (Virtual)

  • When
    2025-03-13
  •  
    9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    Zoom
  • Spaces left
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  Digital Preservation vs. Digital Asset Management: The Differences and Why They Matter (virtual)
  

  Instructor  | Chelsea FERnandes, Archives and Special Collections Librarian, Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
  

  THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025 (REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MARCH 7TH)
  

  This workshop explores the differences between digital preservation and digital asset management (DAM), familiarizing attendees with the history of both so that attendees are better equipped to make policy and purchasing decisions at their institutions. Attendees will participate in polling and discussion throughout the workshop. The workshop will focus on the broad concepts of DAM and digital preservation, so no technical knowledge is required. Special attention will be given to exploring the current leading platforms such as Archivematica and Preservica for digital preservation and ContentDM, AM Quartex and Islandora among others for DAM. The workshop will also review platforms that are often used for either digital preservation or DAM but were not designed for either.
  

  Please note that this workshop will not be recorded, so please plan to attended live.
  

  Questions about this workshop? Please contact the Education Committee at education@newenglandarchivists.org.

  Questions about registration? Please contact NEA's Registrar, Becky White, at registrar@newenglandarchivists.org.  Or, see our FAQ.

  Please be advised that workshop registration is separate from meeting registration and that onsite registration will NOT be available for workshops; attendees must register in advance.

  There will be a room available onsite at the conference hotel that attendees of Digital Preservation vs. Digital Asset Management may use while attending the workshop. Please note - the workshop will not be streamed in this room but wifi, outlets, tables, and chairs will be available for attendees to use.

  Don't have a Member Profile password yet?  Contact the NEA Membership Committee to receive one.

  If you want to register online, but still need to pay by check, the system will generate an invoice that you can print out and mail to the attention of:
  

  Margaret Dalton
  NEA Treasurer-Elect
  Harvard Law School Library
  1545 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  

  Please make all checks payable to New England Archivists.

  For questions or concerns about accessibility and/or disability accommodations that you would like addressed before registration, please contact NEA’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee at diversity@newenglandarchivists.org for assistance.
  

  CANCELLATION POLICY: NEA will issue a refund minus a $10 cancellation fee for up to 10 days prior to the meeting. Exceptions to the cancellation policy will be made at the discretion of the Registrar.

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• Spring 2025 Workshop - Simple DOS Commands for Digital Records Arrangement and Description (In-Person)

  • When
    2025-03-13
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel | 1 Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Spaces left
    4

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  Simple DOS Commands for Digital Records Arrangement and Description (In-person)
  

  Instructor  | Kent D. Randell, Assistant Archivist for Digital Collections, Dartmouth College
  

  THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025 (REGISTRATION CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 28TH)
  

  Please join New England Archivists for Simple DOS Commands for Digital Records Arrangement and Description. Archive like its 1989! Learn how to use five simple DOS commands, in conjunction with Excel and Notepad, to create and run your own Batch scripts and make processing electronic records easier. The aim of this workshop is to let archivists become more self-sufficient with digital records and operate in an environment where electronic records resources may be scarce.
  
  Attendees will learn five commands in the command-line version of DOS, a text-based file operating system that comes packaged with Windows. The commands are: Delete (del), directory (dir), make directory (md), rename, and move. Participants will learn how to get file data out of DOS and into Excel and how to write a simple batch (.bat) script that can delete, rename, and move files. The instructor will also demonstrate creating checksums in DOS and using DOS tools like exif to mine metadata.
  
  NO PRIOR PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE OR DOS EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!
  
  Participants should bring a Windows-based laptop to the session. The workshop instructor will be able to provide attendees with a temporary laptop (maximum number of laptops: 10). If participants wish to reserve one of the loaner laptops provided by the instructor, participants must email the Education Committee (education@newenglandarchivists.org).
  
  Attendees will be provided a pre-packaged set of files with which to practice sorting, deleting, and renaming. Attendees will then run exif on some files to mine their metadata and output the data to a text file.
  

  Questions about this workshop? Please contact the Education Committee at education@newenglandarchivists.org.

  Questions about registration? Please contact NEA's Registrar, Becky White, at registrar@newenglandarchivists.org.  Or, see our FAQ.

  Please be advised that workshop registration is separate from meeting registration and that onsite registration will NOT be available for workshops; attendees must register in advance.

  Don't have a Member Profile password yet?  Contact the NEA Membership Committee to receive one.

  If you want to register online, but still need to pay by check, the system will generate an invoice that you can print out and mail to the attention of:
  

  Margaret Dalton
  NEA Treasurer-Elect
  Harvard Law School Library
  1545 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  

  Please make all checks payable to New England Archivists.

  For questions or concerns about accessibility and/or disability accommodations that you would like addressed before registration, please contact NEA’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee at diversity@newenglandarchivists.org for assistance.
  

  CANCELLATION POLICY: NEA will issue a refund minus a $10 cancellation fee for up to 10 days prior to the meeting. Exceptions to the cancellation policy will be made at the discretion of the Registrar.

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• Spring 2025 Workshop - Facilitation and Project Management for All (In-Person)

  • When
    2025-03-13
  •  
    1:00 PM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel | 1 Monarch Place, Springfield, Massachusetts
  • Spaces left
    13

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  Facilitation and Project Management for All (In-person)
  

  Instructor  | Jessica Farrell, Redstart Works
  

  THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2025 (REGISTRATION CLOSES ON FEBRUARY 28TH)
  

  Are you new to collaborative work or are you looking for a new perspective on how to move projects along? "Facilitation and Project Management for All" demystifies collaborative work in the face of all of those #feelings that emerge when working in diverse groups. Significant administrative and planning labor goes into developing anti-oppressive spaces. We will cover topics like setting expectations, making direct asks of your colleagues, building consensus, moving to action, and more. We will explore empathetic facilitation, honest communication, and meeting people where they are. There are several full group discussions, and we will practice an advanced facilitation method called "taking stack" This workshop may be useful if you are working on a community project, committee, or working group; if you are managing a project or program team; or if you aspire to lead or coordinate work in the future.
  

  Questions about this workshop? Please contact the Education Committee at education@newenglandarchivists.org.

  Questions about registration? Please contact NEA's Registrar, Becky White, at registrar@newenglandarchivists.org.  Or, see our FAQ.

  Please be advised that workshop registration is separate from meeting registration and that onsite registration will NOT be available for workshops; attendees must register in advance.

  Don't have a Member Profile password yet?  Contact the NEA Membership Committee to receive one.

  If you want to register online, but still need to pay by check, the system will generate an invoice that you can print out and mail to the attention of:
  

  Margaret Dalton
  NEA Treasurer-Elect
  Harvard Law School Library
  1545 Massachusetts Avenue
  Cambridge, MA 02138
  

  Please make all checks payable to New England Archivists.

  For questions or concerns about accessibility and/or disability accommodations that you would like addressed before registration, please contact NEA’s Inclusion and Diversity Committee at diversity@newenglandarchivists.org for assistance.
  

  CANCELLATION POLICY: NEA will issue a refund minus a $10 cancellation fee for up to 10 days prior to the meeting. Exceptions to the cancellation policy will be made at the discretion of the Registrar.

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