Community/Camps/Geneva2019
Without the World Wide Web, there would be no Archivematica. And without CERN, there would be no World Wide Web. So it only seems fitting that Archivematica Camp is heading to the birthplace of the web in October 2019!
Inspired by similar events like Hydra Camp, Islandora Camp and Fedora Camp, Archivematica Camp is intended to provide a space for anyone interested in or currently using Archivematica to come together, learn about the platform from other users, and share their experiences.
A big thanks to CERN, Docuteam, and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for co-hosting this camp!
Dates and Location
October 22-24, 2019 - CERN
Sessions will be held at the CERN campus just outside of Geneva, Switzerland. Check back for specific room information closer to the camp date.
Registration
Registration is now available through CERN's event portal: https://indico.cern.ch/event/792825/
Please note that you must continue to payment options. Registrations without payment will be considered invalid.
Early bird: €400.00, available until July 15st
Full price: €450.00, available until October 14th (or until we sell out)
Full registration gets you three full days of training, discussion, and deep dive sessions into related topics like METS visualization and preservation planning, taught by experienced Archivematica users and developers! Full registration also includes lunch and coffee breaks for all three days as well as appetizers at the group social event (To Be Announced).
Know before you go
Digital preservation knowledge expectations
If you've registered because you are curious about Archivematica but not sure what a SIP, DIP, or AIP is, you might find it helpful to read up on digital preservation fundamentals before Day 1. We recommend Ashley Blewer's digital preservation and OAIS slidedecks as good starting points to learn about digital preservation and the OAIS reference model, on which Archivematica is based. If you want to dive deeper, there are a lot of OAIS and digital preservation primers out there! A basic grounding in the fundamentals should be enough to get you started.
Bring a laptop
We have hands-on sessions planned and Archivematica pipelines ready for learning, so please bring a laptop! You may want to set up your own pipeline using vagrant and VirtualBox - this isn't required, but if you're keen then go for it. You'll find instructions to do that here (please do this before you arrive at camp!).
Food
The morning coffee break will be catered and lunches will be provided. There are other places to find food and drink on the CERN campus as well.
Accessibility TBD
Code of conduct
We are committed to providing a welcoming and positive experience for everyone, whether you are in a session, online, or in a social setting. This means that Archivematica Camp Geneva is governed by a Code of Conduct, which you can read at the bottom of this page.
Questions or concerns?
Please email us at info@artefactual.com with "Archivematica Camp Geneva" in the subject line and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Camp Counsellors
From the community:
- Representative from CERN
- Representative from Docuteam GmbH
- Representative from United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR)
From Artefactual Systems:
- Ashley Blewer, AV Preservation Specialist / Systems Archivist
- Kelly Stewart, Director of Archival & Digital Preservation Services
- Justin Simpson, Managing Director
Local support for this camp is provided by CERN, Docuteam, and United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). Thank you!
Schedule
Tuesday, October 22: Day One - Archivematica 101
| Time | TBD
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| 9:00am - 9:30pm | Welcome, announcements, and about Archivematica
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| 9:30am - 10:30pm | Module 1: Archivematica in the digital preservation landscape
Topics covered include: where does Archivematica fit into the digital preservation landscape, what does Archivematica promise to do, what doesn't Archivematica do. | |
| 10:30am - 10:45am | Break
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| 10:45am - 12:00pm | Module 2: How does Archivematica actually work?
Topics covered include: Archivematica's conceptual model, packages (transfers, bags, SIPs, AIPs, DIPs), microservices as implementations of preservation actions, workflows, storage spaces, how the Storage Service works, and how to get at your content. | |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm - 2:45pm | Module 3: Archivematica's core functionality
Topics covered include: understanding Archivematica's dashboard, including the Transfer tab, Ingest tab, Administration tab, and Preservation planning tab, plus a first look at an AIP produced by Archivematica. This afternoon session includes hands-on exercises. | |
| 2:45pm - 3:00pm | Break | |
| 3:00pm - 4:30pm | Module 3: Archivematica's core functionality, continued
Topics covered include: understanding Archivematica's dashboard, including the Transfer tab, Ingest tab, Administration tab, and Preservation planning tab, plus a first look at an AIP produced by Archivematica. This afternoon session includes hands-on exercises. | |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Social group dinners -- Sign-up sheet to come! | |
Note: participants are welcome to join the morning session, afternoon session, or both sessions as they wish. Participants may also wish to join the Camp on Day Two.
Wednesday, October 23: Day Two
| Time | TBD | TBD |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | Schedule overview and plan for the day | |
| 9:30am - 10:45am | Module 4: Stream 1 - Understanding AIPs
Topics covered include how the AIP is structured and a close look at the METS file, as well as some community work to visualize METS files in a more human-friendly way. |
Module 4: Stream 2 - Supporting Archivematica users and their workflows
Topics covered include technical architecture, deployment, and working open-source. |
| 10:45am - 11:00am | Break | |
| 11:00am - 12:00pm | Community profile -- UNHRC
"Keep your eyes on the information", Patricia Sleeman | |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm - 2:45pm | Module 5: Stream 1 - Building on core: Archivematica's specialized workflows
Topics covered include transfers of zipped files, disk images, metadata.csv, manual normalization, and a look at automation tools. This module includes hands-on exercises. |
Module 5: Stream 2 - Understanding Archivematica's logs and performance evaluation
Topics include monitoring, logs, the API, and automation tools. |
| 2:45pm - 3:00pm | Break | |
| 3:00pm-4:00pm | Community profile -- CERN
"Benchmarking Archivematica for CERN scale", Jorik van Kemenade and Jean-Yves Le Meur | |
| 4:00pm - 4:45pm | Community profile -- DocuTeam | |
| 6:00pm - 8:00pm | Reception! More information to come.
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Thursday, October 24: Day Three
| Time | TBD | TBD |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | CERN tour
TBD | |
| 10:15pm - 12:00pm | Module 6: Stream 1 - Archivematica's non-core functionality
Topics covered include a look at the Backlog and Appraisal tab, AIP reingest, AIP encryption, transcription. This module includes hands-on exercises. |
Module 6: Stream 2 - Working with Archivematica data
Topics covered include accessing Archivematica’s data, other GitHub highlights, features showcase. |
| 12:00pm - 1:00pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00pm - 2:00pm | Module 7: Archivematica in the community
Topics covered include how the code is written, collaborative digital preservation, and a look at the Archivematica roadmap. | |
| 2:00pm - 3:00pm | Module 8: Implementation roundtable
Discussion of various ways Archivematica can be implemented with a checklist of what you need to actually run Archivematica. Campers are invited to share their particular Archivematica implementations, real or imagined. Questions and participation mandatory! | |
| 3:00pm - 3:15pm | Wrap up
Safe travels! | |
Local arrangements
Hotels
Participants interested in staying at the CERN Hotel should contact by email CERN.Hostel@cern.ch or call +41 22 767 4481 and they should mention they are attending Archivematica Camp 2019. The block of rooms held are Single occupancy with private bathroom, at a cost of CHF 58.00 per night. The block name is "W-Archivematica Camp 10.19". For budget code or team account requests, these fields should remain blank.
CERN hostel rooms are now full.
For attendees wanting to stay in downtown Geneva, see the following hotel recommendations, see CERN's recommendations page.
Things to do in/near CERN/Geneva
Coming soon!
Places to eat
Coming soon!
Code of Conduct
The Archivematica community is dedicated to providing a welcoming and positive experience for everyone, whether they are in a formal session or a social setting related to an Archivematica event, or are taking part in activities online. Archivematica community participants come from all over the world and bring with them a wide variety of professional, personal and social backgrounds; whatever these may be, we treat colleagues with dignity and respect. We are sensitive to the fact that the international nature of the Archivematica community means that we span many different social norms around language and behaviour and we strive to conduct ourselves in ways that are unlikely to cause offense. In the event that someone’s conduct is causing offense or distress, the Archivematica Camp has a detailed Anti-Harassment Policy, details below, which can be applied to address the problem.
The first step in dealing with any serious misconduct is to contact a member of the organizing group, or a counsellor at an Archivematica Camp (please see counsellors, above). These people will be made known before and during any Archivematica Camp event.
Anti-Harassment Policy
The Archivematica community is dedicated to providing a harassment-free conference/camp experience for everyone. If you have been harassed, please consult this protocol for conflict resolution which makes clear how we can help.
The Archivematica community has established the following policy to make it clear that we do not tolerate harassment in any form. Sexual or discriminatory language and imagery are not appropriate for any event venue, including talks, or any other communication channel used during the conference (such as social media).
Harassment includes:
- offensive verbal comments related to sex, gender, ethnicity, nationality, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, age, race, religion;
- sexual or discriminatory images in public spaces;
- deliberate intimidation;
- stalking;
- harassing photography or recording;
- sustained disruption of talks or other events;
- inappropriate physical contact; and
- unwelcome sexual attention.
The lingua franca of Archivematica Camp is English; however, English may not be the native language of Archivematica Camp participants. Further, cultural norms around what may be considered obscene and offensive communication will vary among Archivematica Camp attendees. Campers are asked to please be mindful of the international character of Archivematica Camp, and to use respectful and clear language free of slang to facilitate communication.
Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.
If a participant engages in harassing behavior, event organizers and Archivematica representatives (or their designees) may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender, expulsion from Archivematica Camp, or contacting a higher authority such as a representative from the offender’s institution.
If a participant raises a concern relating to actions covered by this policy in good faith, there will be no retaliation for bringing forward their concern. Threatening or taking action against someone for invoking this policy or for participating in any related investigation will be considered a violation of this policy.
Participants are expected to follow the anti-harassment policy at all Camp-related venues, Camp-related social events, and online communication channels.
We expect attendees and speakers past and present to be respectful to each other, and we will deal with any incidents that arise, including on social media.
We value your participation in the Archivematica community and your support in keeping the Archivematica community a safe, welcoming, and friendly space for fellow participants.
Acknowledgments
This policy is based on the PASIG Code of Conduct, portions of which were modified from the Open Repositories’ code of conduct, which was itself modified from Seattle Attic’s code of conduct and the Ada Initiative’s event harassment policy.
License
This document is licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA.