Rapid Response: A Digital Collecting Quest

1- Short Session Description: There is no shortage of events that merit an emergency digital collection response - a quickly implemented strategy to collect and archive community-contributed photos, videos, stories and social media content. Is your group/institution prepared for such an event? Emergency digital collecting requires a rapid response and poses a particular set of challenges not normally found in routine digital collecting initiatives. Choose your path in this workshop, where we’ll run through a tabletop exercise designed to help assess readiness and prepare for collecting in times of crisis.

2- Session Format & Style: This is a participatory workshop where we will run through a tabletop exercise together, followed by discussion.

3- Takeaways: Participants will learn the basic steps needed to plan for an event that requires a rapid-response digital collecting strategy. They will also leave with a version of the tabletop exercise, additional resources, and hands-on experience that they can use to run scenarios with groups at their home institutions to assess readiness and prepare for such an event.

4- Organization: Fully-formed

5- Contact Information:

Elizabeth Mitchell - eam5hc@virginia.edu

University of Virginia Library

Community Advocate, Scholars’ Lab

Kara McClurken - kmm6ef@virginia.edu

University of Virginia Library

Director, Preservation Services

Jeremy Boggs - jeremy@virginia.edu

University of Virginia Library

Head of Research and Development, Scholars’ Lab