As part of the EWA20 Conference, we will be running some pre-conference workshops. The workshops will take place on Wednesday 15 April 2020, from 9.30am to 4.30pm, at Maynooth University, Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland. Workshops are open to students, scholars, historians, librarians, archivists, heritage professionals, IT developers, educators, administrators, interested amateurs etc.
Please Note: Registration will be essential to reserve a place.
Registration: from 08.45am in Maynooth University Arts and Humanities Institute
SESSION 1 – 9.30-11.30am
Web Archiving for Beginners
Session 1 A: 9.30-10.30am – Seminar R1
Maria Ryan and Joanna Finnegan (National Library of Ireland)
- Keywords: web archiving, beginners, workflows
- Intended Audience: LIS/Archival science students, or anyone who would like to gain a basic understanding of web archiving
- Description: An overview of the processes of web archiving for beginners
The UK Web Archive Online Services
Session 1 A: 10.30-11.30am – Seminar R1
Helena Byrne (British Library)
- Keywords: Web Archives, UK Web Archive (UKWA), UKWA User Interface, How to use UKWA online services, UKWA Bingo
- Intended Audience: Anyone who wants to use the UK Web Archive user interface.
- Requirements: Access to the UKWA user interface on a device bigger than a mobile phone.
- Description
Archiving “Weird Facebook” Art
Session 1 B: 9.30-11.30am – Seminar R1
Justice Thelot (Montréal)
- Keywords: online art, digital collages, Facebook groups, archiving Facebook art, weird art
- Intended Audience: Artists, Curators, web scholars, anyone interested.
- Description
BREAK: 11.30am-12.00pm
SESSION 2 – 12.00-1.30pm
An introduction to Webrecorder
Session 2: 12.00-1.30pm – TR Lab
Anisa Hawes (Independent Curatorial Researcher)
- Keywords: web archiving tools; open source; free; social media; curator not crawler; performative
- Intended Audience: Anyone keen to capture the web as they experience it. Particularly those who want to archive complex, dynamic content found on social media platforms.
- Requirements:
- Essential:
- 1. Sign-up for a free Webrecorder account at https://webrecorder.io/_register [+ email Anisa to let her know you have done that – don’t worry further details will be provided]
- 2. Laptop. Webrecorder does not currently support mobile or tablet devices.
- Optional:
- Install Webrecorder Desktop [https://github.com/webrecorder/webrecorder-desktop/releases/tag/v2.0.1]
- Description: This session will begin with a click-through demo of Rhizome’s Webrecorder [https://webrecorder.io/], introducing the tool’s key characteristics and capabilities. It will then open up into a hands-on workshop, with time for experimentation and questions.
LUNCH: 1.30-2.30pm
SESSION 3 – 2.30-4.30pm
Doing web archeology: discussing the challenges of safekeeping ideals and practices of access for all from the early stage of the Dutch web
Session 3 A: 2.30-4.30pm – Seminar R1
Dr Susan Aasman (University of Groningen) and Dr Kees Teszelszky (KB – National Library of the Netherlands)
- Keywords: web archeology, collecting, provenance, guidelines, homepages
- Intended Audience: Students, (web) historians, media scholars, computer scientists, archivists, curators, policy makers and managers working at cultural heritage institutions
- Description
Topic Modelling Web Archive Data with R
Session 3 B: 2.30-4.30pm – TR Lab
Chris Beausang (Maynooth University)
- Keywords: Topic modelling, R (programming language), web archive data (text), politics
- Intended Audience: Especially for beginners, and useful for students/scholars in the arts, humanities, social sciences, media studies, political science etc.
- Requirements: a laptop (Mac or Windows) on which R (https://www.r-project.org/) and RStudio (https://rstudio.com/) have been installed.
- Description
