Announcing the IIPC Technical Speaker Series

By Jefferson Bailey, Director, Web Archiving (Internet Archive) & IIPC Chair

The IIPC is excited to announce a call for presenters in a new online series, the IIPC Technical Speaker Series. The goal of the IIPC Technical Speaker Series (TSS) is to facilitate knowledge sharing and foster conversations and collaborations among IIPC members around web archiving technical work.

The TSS will feature 30-60 minute online presentations or demonstrations related to tool development, software engineering, infrastructure management, or other specific technology projects. Presentations can take any format, including prepared slides, open conversations, or live demonstrations via screen sharing. Presentations will be from employees at IIPC member organizations and attendance will be open to all IIPC members. The TSS is intended to be informational, not a formal training or education program, and to provide an open venue for knowledge exchange on technical issues. The series will also give IIPC members the chance to demo and discuss technical work (including R&D, prototype, or early-stage work) taking place in member institutions that may have no other venue for presentation or discussion.

If you are interested in presenting, please fill out the short application form.

Details on applying:

• Applicants must be employed by an IIPC member institution in good standing
• Access to an online webinar system (WebEx, Zoom, etc) will be provided
• Presentations will be scheduled for 60 minutes, but can be shorter and should allow time for questions and discussion
• Small stipends are available to presenters, if needed or if helpful in getting managerial approval to participate.

We aim to have a 2-3 TSS events per quarter, scheduled at a time amenable to as many time zones as possible. Details on upcoming speakers and registration will be shared via the normal IIPC communication channels (listservs, blog, slack, twitter). This project is funded as part of IIPC’s 2018 suite of projects, including work by IIPC Portfolios and Working Groups, as well as other forthcoming member services. The TSS is currently administered by the IIPC Steering Committee Chair (jefferson@archive.org) and the IIPC Program and Communications Officer (Olga.Holownia@bl.uk). Contact either or both with any questions.

Please apply and present to the IIPC community all the excellent technical work taking place at your organization!