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When: April 12, 2019, 9:30am-2:30pm
Instructor: Jess Whyte and Steve Marks, both of University of Toronto Libraries
Minimum/maximum participants: 10 minimum and 20 maximum
Cost: $100 (student AAO member); $150 (AAO member); $240 (non-member)
Other: Refreshments will be provided but participants will are responsible for their own lunch.
Description:
Please join us for this amazing opportunity to learn how to recover information from vintage technology from UofT Digital Librarians Jess Whyte and Steve Marks! This workshop will introduce participants to the process of forensic disk imaging of 3.5” and 5.25” floppy disks. Demonstrations of various equipment will be provided alongside a discussion of costs and capabilities. This will be followed by a demonstration of and introduction to software tools (e.g. FTK Imager [demo], Total Commander [demo], and tools from the BitCurator environment [interactive]) for analyzing these disk images, extracting content, and identifying certain forms of personally identifiable information (PII) using bulkextractor.
Course participants will be able to create forensic imaging of 3.5”; and 5.25”; floppies using a Kryoflux floppy controller card; understand the concept of write-blocking; navigate commonly used hardware, e.g. FREDs or Forensic Recovery Evidence Devices, Kryoflux, write blockers, FC-5025, including costs and functionality; and ultimately extract and access content or deleted files from a disk image.
Instructor bio:
Jess Whyte is the Digital Asset Librarian at the University of Toronto Libraries. Her day-to-day job is to coordinate the intake of digital content to UTL's various preservation platforms. Sometimes (often?) this means getting that content off various types of media. Jess has taught previous workshops with TAAG and the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information.
Steve Marks is the Digital Preservation Librarian at the University of Toronto. His day-to-day job is to ensure the library has planning and technical infrastructure in place to safely preserve the university's digital stuff – including licensed resources, archival and special collections, data, and whatever else we decide we want to keep. His main research interests are design of information systems, preservation planning and policy, futzing around with obsolete media types, and the preservation of video games.
Location:
University of Toronto, iSchool, Lab – BL 225 and 224.
140 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 3G6
Format:
Lecture/Demonstration
Cancellation Policy:
- Cancellation by registrant up to one week prior to the event: Refund, less 20% cancellation charge to cover administration cost
- Cancellation by registrant one week to 48 hours to the event: Refund, less 50% cancellation charge to cover administration cost
- Cancellation by registrant less than 48 hours prior to the event: No refund
- Registrant did not attend event without any notification: No refund
- In situations where circumstances may have been unforeseen (e.g. death in the family, or hospitalization), a full refund will be offered, if a request is made in writing to the Professional Development Committee for their consideration via the AAO Office.
- All registrants MUST phone and/or email the AAO Office and inform staff they will not be attending a course that they are registered.
