Launch of the BitCurator Consortium (BCC) website

We are excited to announce the launch of the BitCurator Consortium (BCC) website at http://bitcuratorconsortium.org/. The website contains numerous information resources about the BitCurator Consortium, digital forensics, and more, including:

• How the Consortium works, including its organizational mission and governance structure
• How to join, membership costs, and benefits
• Information on applying digital forensics tools and methods in cultural heritage institutions
• Case studies, publications, and presentations
• Updates on current BitCurator R&D (e.g. BitCurator Access project)
• How to use BitCurator (documentation and video tutorials provided)
• How people are using BitCurator, including manuals and workflows

The BCC is an independent, community-led membership association that supports the curation of born-digital materials by libraries, archives, and museums. Members of the BitCurator user community founded BCC in 2014 to enhance, promote, and explore this growing area of professional activity. Member benefits include:

• Voting rights
• Eligibility to serve on the BCC Executive Council and Committees
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Subscription to a dedicated BCC member mailing list
• Special registration rates for BCC events

About BitCurator

The BitCurator environment is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution that includes open source and public domain digital forensics tools, as well as unique reporting mechanisms and user interfaces, designed to assist libraries, archives, and museums with the curation of born-digital materials. Funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the BitCurator project has developed, packaged, and documented open-source forensics and data analysis tools to create forensic disk images, analyze files and file systems, extract file system metadata, identify and redact sensitive information, and identify and remove duplicate files.

The BCC operates as an affiliated community of the Educopia Institute, a nonprofit organization that advances cultural, scientific, and scholarly institutions by catalyzing networks and collaborative communities to facilitate collective impact. Learn more about BCC and its growing network of libraries, archives, and museums athttp://bitcuratorconsortium.org/.