Photo: “Computerfestival in Amsterdam; jongeren rond computer,” Nationaal Archief / Fotocollectie Anefo

Do you feel overwhelmed when you try to find an email from last month?  Do you want to start the semester organized to keep track of your Google documents, slides, and other files, but aren’t sure how?  Worried about making sure your photos and memories don’t disappear with the social media site where you share them?  Come hang out with a digital archivist!  We’ll talk about how you can use the same tools and principles that archivists use to manage your digital stuff.

We will be providing captioning via Zoom, and handouts will be made available digitally at the start of the workshop.  If there is anything else that would make this workshop more accessible to you, please let us know by emailing Sarah Barsness at bars13@umn.edu.

Audience

Attendance is limited to 25. This workshop is primarily intended for students, but anybody with an interest in learning more about personal digital preservation is welcome to attend.

Learning Outcomes

In this workshop, participants will

• Hear about how digital archivists are able to organize large amounts of information, decide what to keep and what to discard, and and keep it all usable in the long-term
• Learn how they can apply archival strategies to their own lives and confidently manage their digital records