Meeting of the practice network for social media archiving: access and use

Social media have become an integral part of our society. Therefore, it is important to archive these sources for research and (re)use. The Flemish-Dutch practice network for social media archiving, of which KB is a participant, is tackling this challenge together. This fourth meeting will focus less on the archiving itself, and more on the accessibility and use of archived social media.

The study day is free and is aimed at researchers who want to use social media as a resource and anyone in the Flemish and Dutch heritage sector who is working on or wants to start archiving social media. The day will be held in English.

9.30 am: coffee and tea on arrival

9.55 am: welcome (Tamara van Zwol, Dutch Digital Heritage Network, and Sophie Ham, KB)
10.00 am: Researching Twitter/X within Twi-XL (Iris Baas, University of Groningen)
10.40 am: Research access to data in platforms (Sercan Kiyak, KU Leuven)
11.20 am: Updates from the practice network, including on working groups SolrWayback and Twitter/X downloads

12.00 pm: lunch with networking opportunity and demo by the Twitter/X downloads working group.

1.30 pm: Choice of 3 workshops:

Speed dating research issues (Johanna Ferket, Letterenhuis, and Katrien Weyns, KADOC - KU Leuven)

Workshop 'Unlocking archived born-digital data' (Eveline Vlassenroot, UGent, and Friedel Geeraert, KBR)

Hands-on workshop 'Archiving social media' (Lode Scheers and Nastasia Vanderperren, meemoo)

2.30 pm: coffee break
2.40 pm: choice of 3 workshops:

Speed dating research issues (Johanna Ferket, Letterenhuis, and Katrien Weyns, KADOC - KU Leuven)

Workshop 'Unlocking archived born-digital data' (Eveline Vlassenroot, UGent, and Friedel Geeraert, KBR)

Workshop on behavioural profiles (Mirjam Verloop)

3.40 pm: looking back on the day (Ellen Van Keer, meemoo)
4 pm: drinks

This meeting will take place on 15 October (10 am-4 pm) at the KB in The Hague. Participation is free, but registration is compulsory. The language of the meeting will be English.

See all the current info and registration link on the Dutch Digital Heritage Network website: Bijeenkomst Praktijknetwerk sociale media archiveren: toegang en gebruik in beeld - Netwerk Digitaal Erfgoed (scroll to the green box for English)

We are organising this event as the Practice Network for Social Media Archiving (Flemish/Dutch), of which KB is a participant. This edition was made possible thanks to the Dutch Digital Heritage Network (NDE).