Presentation of Papers at National and International Conferences, Events and Webinars
Presentations
2020
- Larsen, David A. and Bandile Sizani, “Curating your Collections Digitally – telling stories from your digital archive,” third in the second webinar series “Reaching your Audience Digitally,” June 18, 2020.
- Larsen, David A. and Bandile Sizani, “Working with Metadata – offline, online an in spreadsheets,”second in the second webinar series “Reaching your Audience Digitally,” June 9, 2020.
- Larsen, David A. and Bandile Sizani, “Preparing your material for upload to your digital archive – arrangement, standards and tools,” first in the second webinar series “Reaching your Audience Digitally,” May 26, 2020.
- Larsen, David A. and Bandile Sizani, “Administering your Memat System,” second in the webinar series “Reaching Your Audience Digitally,” April 30, 2020.
- Larsen, David A., “A Users Guide to Memat,” second in the webinar series “Reaching Your Audience Digitally,” April 28, 2020.
- Larsen, David A., “Reaching Your Audience Digitally: Why a digital archive will make all the difference,” first in the webinar series “Reaching Your Audience Digitally,” April 23, 2020.
2019
- Kirby, Dr Nicki, “Digging Deep for Description: Assembling a metadata narrative for the digitised African National Congress Archive”, UKZN Special Collections Preservation Conservation Conference 2019, September 2019, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Alexander, Günther and David A. Larsen, “Digitisation and Digital Archiving of Small AV Collections,” presentation at the Commtrend SACIA Conference 2019, October 23, 2019 at Ghallagher Estate, Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “A Long Walk to Freedom: The Journey of the ANC Archives from Physical to Digital 8 Years On,” UKZN Special Collections Preservation Conservation Conference 2019, September 2019, University of KwaZulu-Natal, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “Building a Digital Archive,” one day pre-conference workshop for the South African Society of Archivists (SASA), July 2, 2019, Birchwood Conference Centre, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “Building IIIF Capability into a Digital Asset Management System,” International Image Interoperability Framework International (IIIF) Conference 2019, June 2019, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany.
- Larsen, David A., “Digitisation, Preservation and Presentation of the ANC Archive” 2+3D Photography – Practice and Prophecies conference 2019, May 2019, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- Larsen, David A., “Digitising 101: 10 steps to creating a digital archive,” South African Museum Association Western Cape workshop, April 16, 2019, West Coast Fossil Park, Langebaanweg, Vredenburg, West Coast, Western Cape, South Africa.
2018
- Larsen, David A., “Innovation to Enable Accessibility to the African National Congress Archives,” presentation at the International Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) 49th Annual Conference at the University of Ghana, Legon, October 1-4, 2018, Accra, Ghana.
- Larsen, David A., “Content Storage, Preservation and Archiving for Broadcasters” and “Evaluating Current Content Archiving Plans and Strategies,” TV Content Creation, Distribution and Monetization Forum, Southern African Broadcasting Association (SABA), July 2018, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., Enhancing Accessibility to the African National Congress Archives: A case study in the utilization of IIIF in Africa,” International Image Interoperability Framework International Conference, Library of Congress and Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States of America.
- Larsen, David A., “Building a Digital Archive: A Case Study of the African National Congress Archives,” Launch of the Wits-NRF Digitisation Capacity Development Initiative at Wits University, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “Photojournalism and Democracy,” Launch of DocuFest Africa: The Exhibition at PhotoZA Gallery, Rosebank, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “Innovation to Enable Accessibility to the African National Congress Archives,” South African Museum Association Conference, April 18-19, 2018, Ulundi, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2017
- Larsen, David A., “Photojournalism and Democracy” Launch of the World Press Photo Exhibition at the Hilton Arts Festival, Hilton College, Hilton and at the Msundusi Museum, Pietermaritzburg and at the Durban Art Gallery, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “Digitisation: The In-House – Outsource Debate: some practical considerations,” UKZN Special Collections Preservation Conservation Conference, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban and Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “Simple Digital Workflow Workshop,” Forum for School Museums and Archives, St Stithians College, Sandton, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
2016
- Larsen, David A., “Digitising Natural History Collections – Using Technology to Attract New Audiences,” South African Museums Association Conference, Diep in die Berg, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.
2015
- Larsen, David A., “Initiating The Digital Process,” Forum for Schools Archives and Museums conference 2015, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2014
- Larsen, David A., “Trends and Innovation in Library and Archival User Experience,” Digital Knowledge, Libraries and Archivers Summit 2014, Sunninghill, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “Historic Schools – Building Community Around Collections,” South African Museums Association KwaZulu-Natal Conference, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2013
- Larsen, David A., “Digitising the ANC Archives: Unity in Diversity,” 77th South African Museums Association National Conference, 22-24 October 2013, Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.
- Larsen, David A., “An Introduction to Digitising Archivalia,” Libraries, Archives and Museums Conference, International Convention Centre, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
2012
- Larsen, David A., “Digitising the ANC Archives”, International Conference on Liberation Archives, October 31-November 2, 2012, ICC East London, East London, South Africa and at the Ina/DOXA seminar on the “Perspectives on preservation and promotion of the audiovisual heritage in France and South Africa,” November 13-14, 2012, Fugard Theatre, Cape Town.
2011
- Larsen, David A., ‘Collections and Markets,’ ICADLA-2 Conference, Wits University, Johannesburg, South Africa. Link to companion presentation online
- Larsen, David A., ‘Building a Digital Archive’, Corporate Archives Forum, archive professionals, Johannesburg, South Africa.
2010
- Larsen, David A., ‘Threats and Opportunities for Museum Collections in the Digital Era’, South African Museums Association National Conference, museum professionals, Durban, South Africa. Link to the companion presentation online.
2009
- Larsen, David A., ‘An Analysis of Threats to Digital Media and Cost Effective Solutions’, South African Museums Association KZN Branch conference, museum professionals, Talana Museum, Dundee, South Africa
- Larsen, David A., ‘Principles in the Digitisation of Photographs’, presentation at Digital Innovation South Africa workshop, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2008
- Larsen, David A., ‘The African Image Pipeline Project’, National conference of the South African Museums Association, museum professionals, Cape Town, South Africa
2007
- Larsen, David A., ‘Majority World Imagery: The Untapped Potential’, CEPIC congress, representatives from the world’s leading image libraries, Florence, Italy
- Larsen, David A., ‘Getting Your Collections to a Global Audience’, National conference of the South African Museums Association, museum professionals, Maropeng, South Africa
- Larsen, David A., ‘Museums and Technology’, South African Museums Association KZN Branch conference, museum professionals, Newcastle, South Africa
2005
- Larsen, David A., ‘Museums and Markets’, seminar at South African Museums Association national conference, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Larsen, David A., ‘An African Perspective’, Imaging Famine, leading Aid agencies in the UK, London, United Kingdom
2004
- Larsen, David A., ‘Digital Opportunities’, Digital Africa Conference, African government ministers of telecommunications, Cape Town, South Africa
2003
- Larsen, David A., ‘Marketing of Communication Products’, Africa, Caribbean and Pacific Group (ACP) media conference, Mindelo, Cape Verde Islands