Rachel Tropea
@rtropea.bsky.social
Senior Coordinator, RMIT University Archives. Melbourne (Narrm), Australia.
#DigitalPreservation #CriticalArchives
#DigitalPreservation #CriticalArchives
⚡JOB ALERT - please share! RMIT is hiring our next Senior Archivist. We’re looking for a knowledgeable subject expert & supportive team member. Fantastic opportunity to engage with RMITs historical collection, a talented team & a great place to work. Apply here! shorturl.at/30KtK
January 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM
⚡JOB ALERT - please share! RMIT is hiring our next Senior Archivist. We’re looking for a knowledgeable subject expert & supportive team member. Fantastic opportunity to engage with RMITs historical collection, a talented team & a great place to work. Apply here! shorturl.at/30KtK
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My article called "Trustworthiness of Digital Records through NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation," has been published in one of our core journals @araukie.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trustworthiness of digital records through NDSA levels of digital preservation
For the long-term preservation of the digital records created in organizations that have archival value, digital preservation techniques are used. These techniques also contribute to the preservati...
www.tandfonline.com
December 31, 2024 at 11:30 PM
My article called "Trustworthiness of Digital Records through NDSA Levels of Digital Preservation," has been published in one of our core journals @araukie.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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So the #DigiPres year starts with a bang with the updated OAIS finally released public.ccsds.org/Pubs/650x0m3...
public.ccsds.org
January 1, 2025 at 9:50 PM
So the #DigiPres year starts with a bang with the updated OAIS finally released public.ccsds.org/Pubs/650x0m3...
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In Sept 2024, I received an IMLS Early Career Research Grant to study field-wide challenges and potential opportunities for born-digital stewardship through the lens of practitioner experiences. You can follow project updates and news here: digistew.unc.edu
Communities of Practice in Born-Digital Stewardship
digistew.unc.edu
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 PM
In Sept 2024, I received an IMLS Early Career Research Grant to study field-wide challenges and potential opportunities for born-digital stewardship through the lens of practitioner experiences. You can follow project updates and news here: digistew.unc.edu
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Our first Call to Community brainstorming workshop for iPRES 2025 is next week! This one is optimised for NZ/Aus/Asia/Pacific folks. Join us on Tues 10 Dec 1-2.30 NZT / 11-12.30 AEST. Sign up at events.humanitix.com/ipres-2025-c...
December 2, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Our first Call to Community brainstorming workshop for iPRES 2025 is next week! This one is optimised for NZ/Aus/Asia/Pacific folks. Join us on Tues 10 Dec 1-2.30 NZT / 11-12.30 AEST. Sign up at events.humanitix.com/ipres-2025-c...
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Very happy to announce that the latest issue of Archives & Manuscripts has just been published—a special issue on research and practice in archives, with myself and @rtropea.bsky.social as guest editors: publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/asa #archives #records #GLAM #research #publication
Archives & Manuscripts
Archives and Manuscripts: The Journal of the Australian Society of Archivists
publications.archivists.org.au
December 3, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Very happy to announce that the latest issue of Archives & Manuscripts has just been published—a special issue on research and practice in archives, with myself and @rtropea.bsky.social as guest editors: publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/asa #archives #records #GLAM #research #publication
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The updated Collection Preservation Policy for the State Library of NSW is now available online: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/polici.... This is the first review of this policy since the creation of the #DigitalPreservation Framework in 2022. 1/2
Legislation and policies
The Library's policies inform our services and programs, and provide guidelines on practical matters such as accessing the collections, copyright and photocopying.
www.sl.nsw.gov.au
November 26, 2024 at 10:39 PM
The updated Collection Preservation Policy for the State Library of NSW is now available online: www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/polici.... This is the first review of this policy since the creation of the #DigitalPreservation Framework in 2022. 1/2
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It's #dpc #digitalpreservation #ff Follow Friday. Am finding lots of friendly and familiar faces over here this week so am very happy. I made an (incomplete) list of some of the #digipres and related people and accounts that I followed in the old place. Help yourself. go.bsky.app/7GdMRS3
November 15, 2024 at 12:22 PM
It's #dpc #digitalpreservation #ff Follow Friday. Am finding lots of friendly and familiar faces over here this week so am very happy. I made an (incomplete) list of some of the #digipres and related people and accounts that I followed in the old place. Help yourself. go.bsky.app/7GdMRS3
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Interested in archival metadata? What about positionality? Tomorrow I'm hosting the Critical Archives Reading Group where we will be discussing Owen C. King's recent article "Archival meta-metadata: revision history and positionality of finding aids." RSVP here: unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Critical Archives Reading Group - Owen C. King. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Critical Archives Reading Group - Owen C. King. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
unimelb.zoom.us
November 26, 2024 at 12:35 AM
Interested in archival metadata? What about positionality? Tomorrow I'm hosting the Critical Archives Reading Group where we will be discussing Owen C. King's recent article "Archival meta-metadata: revision history and positionality of finding aids." RSVP here: unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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We are seeking expressions of interest to join #iPRES2025 committees and be a reviewer! If you would like to be involved, please fill out this form by 31 January 2025, End of Day, AoE: https://buff.ly/3V51lb2
November 26, 2024 at 12:37 AM
We are seeking expressions of interest to join #iPRES2025 committees and be a reviewer! If you would like to be involved, please fill out this form by 31 January 2025, End of Day, AoE: https://buff.ly/3V51lb2
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Congrats to Internet Archive’s Nick Norman, who has won a 2024 Anthem Community Voice Award in the category for Best Use of Technology! 🎉🏆
Learn more about Nick & his work in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/11/19/c...
Learn more about Nick & his work in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/11/19/c...
November 19, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Congrats to Internet Archive’s Nick Norman, who has won a 2024 Anthem Community Voice Award in the category for Best Use of Technology! 🎉🏆
Learn more about Nick & his work in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/11/19/c...
Learn more about Nick & his work in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/11/19/c...
Next Critical Archives Reading Group (Melb) meeting is 27 Nov, 1pmAEDT. We're reading O. King, "Archival meta-metadata: revision history and positionality of finding aids", Archival Science, v 24, 509-29, link.springer.com/article/10.1... Reg. details: www.criticalarchivesreading.com/2024/11/meet...
Archival meta-metadata: revision history and positionality of finding aids - Archival Science
This article starts from two observations about archival description. First, creating finding aids requires significant judgment and interpretation, and is therefore inevitably influenced by the posit...
link.springer.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Next Critical Archives Reading Group (Melb) meeting is 27 Nov, 1pmAEDT. We're reading O. King, "Archival meta-metadata: revision history and positionality of finding aids", Archival Science, v 24, 509-29, link.springer.com/article/10.1... Reg. details: www.criticalarchivesreading.com/2024/11/meet...