[Personal_archives] Fwd: Personal Digital Archiving 2016 Proposals - Deadline This Friday!

[Rodney Carter]

In case you were still mulling over submitting your proposal, Friday is
your last chance to apply for the PDA2016 conference in Ann Arbor in May.

And don't forget to sign up for the new SISPA mailing list if you haven't
already - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__groups.google.com_d_forum_personal-5Farchives&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=lTweT6LWcYrwveIOX2-IomUlBCV1l8AjLvlVWcw6GIE&s=hjTwfti1tVUS8nZXM6ZT_xmEbtGf_To-B5XHXwO8h7s&e=  - this one
will cease functioning at the end of the month.

Cheers,
Rodney


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Lance Stuchell <lstuch at umich.edu>
Date: Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:58 AM
Subject: Personal Digital Archiving 2016 Proposals - Deadline This Friday!
To: pdaconference2016 at umich.edu


*T*he deadline for submitting proposals for Personal Digital Archiving 2016
is this *Friday, January 15*. Please keep those great proposals coming!
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We are pleased to announce that the annual Personal Digital Archiving 2016
conference will be hosted at the University of Michigan <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__umich.edu_&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=lTweT6LWcYrwveIOX2-IomUlBCV1l8AjLvlVWcw6GIE&s=yN7Stgx0wtygaLGzh-SZ-YJTFtBNt4j5VNppVwgMmLM&e= > in
Ann Arbor on May 12-14, 2016.

As the centrality of personal digital archives and the ubiquity of digital
content grows, librarians, archivists, scholars, students, activists, and
those who fill the role of the "family IT person," have to deal with how to
best select, preserve, and manage digital material. PDA 2016 seeks to host
a discussion across domains focusing on how to best manage personal digital
material, be it at a large institution or in a home office.

Personal Digital Archiving 2016 invites proposals on a variety of relevant
topics, suggested but not limited to:

   - Personal digital archives and why they matter to individuals,
   communities, and organizations
   - Distinctions between personal information management and the archive
   - Key threats to personal digital archives
   - Applying selection criteria to personal digital archives
   - The digital archive during a person's life and after death
   - Management tools and techniques for personal digital archives
   - Costs associated with maintaining a personal digital archive

We also welcome proposals for hands-on full and half-day workshops for
Saturday, May 14. In particular, workshops may be focused on mobilizing
communities of interest or on digital archive tools and techniques.

For PDA 2016, we seek to create a balanced showcase for current and
emerging scholarship on personal information management and personal
digital archiving, as well as for exciting and innovative projects and
programs. We strongly encourage proposals from a wide-range of people and
organizations. These may include but are not limited to: community
organizations focused on gathering oral histories or other local
collections, academia, graduate students of all levels in all related
disciplines, those preserving familial material, activist groups,
hobbyists, tool developers, and information professionals such as
archivists, librarians, and curators. For proposals focusing on sharing
practice, please note that we are not only seeking "perfect" archiving
solutions and strongly encourage proposals discussing "good enough"
preservation and challenges or roadblocks to archiving this content.

PDA 2016 will follow the format of the last conference, with two days of
presentations, panels, and posters, and a third day of workshops. The
program committee seeks proposals for:

   - 10-­20 ­minute presentations
   - 5 ­minute lightning talks
   - posters (including demos)
   - workshops, particularly those emphasizing technology or procedures
   enabling grassroots or familial archiving efforts (taking place on the
   third day).

Your submissions should include:

   - The title of your presentation
   - For 10­-20­ minute presentations: a 300 ­word abstract
   - For lightning talks and posters: a 150-­300 word abstract
   - For workshop proposals: a 150­-300 word curriculum overview, including
   approximate number of hours needed, what tools will be taught, and
   computing infrastructure requirements
   - For panel proposals: a 150­-300 word overview of the topic and
   suggestions for additional presenters
   - A brief biographical sketch (a paragraph or so) or CV (no more than 2
   pages)

The Program and Host Committees will group presentations by common themes
when possible. Shorter presentations may be grouped into relevant panels.
We will be incorporating a variety of discussion periods to encourage
interaction and the sharing of different perspectives among what will
hopefully be a diverse group of attendees.

All proposals are due by *Friday**, January 15th*. Submit proposals or any
questions to the PDA 2016 Program Committee at pdaproposals at umich.edu.
Check https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.lib.umich.edu_pda2016&d=AwIFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=QabRtqRLHYuuwiC4qnUN0XbpKQpUwgD4P821WPka6y_QpdnaBbs49TAsb3slvPhv&m=lTweT6LWcYrwveIOX2-IomUlBCV1l8AjLvlVWcw6GIE&s=JxWMXzYSqjoNYbi_XqguigSJ82mDJchas8zt85JxtbI&e=  for further information and updates.

Lance Stuchell, on behalf of the PDA 2016 Program Committee

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Lance Stuchell
Digital Preservation Librarian
Department of Preservation and Conservation
University Library, University of Michigan
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