[TriLUG] November TA3M

[Sean Alexandre]

You're invited to the November Techno-Activism Third Mondays (TA3M) in Durham!
TA3M is an informal meetup designed to connect software creators and activists
who are interested in censorship, surveillance, and open technology. The event
takes place in different cities around the globe every third Monday of the
month.

WHAT: TA3M in Durham [1,2]
WHEN: Monday November 18th from 7pm 'till 9pm
WHERE: SplatSpace [3]
TOPIC: The Challenge of Archiving Dynamic Websites at ibiblio

TA3M is explicitly informal and open. You're invited to hack the process, ask
questions, and be critical. You are very welcome to join in if you have
something you want to share or discuss. 

This month's presentation is on ibiblio [4], and the challenge of archiving
dynamic websites.  ibiblio is the Public's Library and Digital Archive. It
hosts a range of collections across many disciplines. Their core task --
providing infrastructure for digital collection development and preservation of
digital content -- has gotten more challenging over time. Sites made before
roughly 1997 are relatively easy to archive. With a few exceptions (RIP blink
tag), they render today just like they did in 1997, and the only concerns of
the archivist are those of the underlying media: flipped bits or crashed disk
heads, for example.  This talk will give a brief introduction to archiving
digital content and will then explore more complex archiving problems faced
today. We'll close with a call to action and discussion of how the challenges
of archiving dynamic websites might be overcome.

Our presenter is Cristóbal Palmer [5], the technical director of ibiblio.org,
and an advocate for Free and Open Source Software.  

[1] https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays
[2] https://wiki.openitp.org/events:techno-activism_3rd_mondays:durham
[3] http://splatspace.org/location/
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibiblio
[5] http://cmpalmer.org