Join us for Archiving 2021: 9-24 June

About the Archiving Conference

Since 2004, Archiving has been bringing together an international community of technical experts, managers, practitioners, and academics from cultural heritage institutions, universities, and commercial enterprises, to explore and discuss state-of-the-art imaging, digitization, preservation, and access for 2D, 3D, and AV materials, including documents, photographs, books, paintings, videos, and born digital works.

The interdisciplinary focus of the conference creates a rich environment for information exchange. In addition to presenting the latest research results on digitization and curation, Archiving investigates new technologies, strategies, and policies, as well as reports on successful projects that can serve as benchmarks in the field and explores different platforms and ways of visualizing collection data, allowing for deeper connections with collections.

ARCHIVING 2021 PROGRAM

Held over two weeks, Archiving includes beginning to advanced Short Courses; virtual Behind-the-Scenes Tours; Exhibits; a robust Technical Papers Program; and vibrant networking opportunities. Short courses will occur 9-18 June; the technical program occurs 21-24 June.

• All courses and technical talks are presented live, with real-time text commenting and live Q&A. Recordings of live sessions will be available to attendees until 30 September 2021.
• Expanded across more days, but fewer hours/day, to allow you to participate while attending to other work and personal responsibilities. Events generally fall within 10:00 – 15:00 EDT/16:00 – 21:00 CET. 
• Course and All-Access Passport registration options will offer discounts on fees.

PROGRAM TOPICS

Authors are invited to submit abstracts for peer-review describing original work in technical areas related to 2D, 3D, and AV materials in:

• Imaging / Digitization
• Preservation / Archiving
• Access of 2D, 3D, and AV materials
• Management and Partnerships

All submitted proposals are peer reviewed by the program committee to assure that the conference provides significant, timely, and authoritative information. All papers presented at Archiving 2021 are published Open Access. LEARN MORE.

Learn More: Archiving Webinars

View the recordings of four webinars recorded in Spring 2020 that introduce the conference and its main focus. These informative presentations serve as an introduction to the topics and understanding the contents and importance of the papers presented at this meeting:

• Digitization, Preservation, and Access: The Three Pillars of Cultural Heritage Archiving, Jeanine Nault, Smithsonian Institution  View Recording 
• Digitizing for Cultural Heritage: Imaging, Standards, and Quality, Peter Burns, Burns Digital Imaging  View Recording
• Designing Preservation, Responding to Collection and User Community Needs, David Walls, US Government Publishing Office View Recording 
• Access: Mind the Gap, Ariela Netiv, Heritage Leiden View Recording  
  Download Ariela Netiv's Resource List

ARCHIVING 2021 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE

General Chair

Walther Hasselo, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (the Netherlands)

Technical Program Chair

Fenella France, Library of Congress (US)

Short Course Chairs

Steffen Hankiewicz, intranda GmbH (Germany)
Bethany Scott, University of Houston Libraries (US)

Steering Committee

Peter Burns, Burns Digital Imaging (US), chair
Fenella France, Library of Congress (US)
Steffen Hankiewicz, intranda GmbH (Germany)
Walther Hasselo, Erfgoed Leiden en Omstreken (the Netherlands)
Jeanine Nault, Smithsonian Institution (US)
Bethany Scott, University of Houston Libraries (US)
David Wyble, Avian Rochester (US)