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BitCurator Environment

BitCurator Consortium
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About

Launched: 2012
Record Updated: Dec 09, 2025
Digital preservation tool
The BitCurator Environment is a Ubuntu-derived Linux distribution used by archivists and librarians who manage and make accessible born-digital materials. It is built on a stack of free and open source digital forensics tools and associated software libraries, modified and packaged for increased accessibility and functionality for collecting institutions. The BitCurator software is freely distributed under an open source license. It can be installed as a Linux environment; run as a virtual machine on top of most contemporary operating systems; or run as individual software tools, packages, support scripts, and documentation.

Mission

The BitCurator Consortium promotes the development of innovative, sustainable curation of born-digital materials by any organization responsible for caring for such materials. Our organizational vision is to address the articulated needs of the BCC community—training, collaboration, research, software development, documentation—while advocating for the expansion of digital forensics practice worldwide.

Community Engagement

Code of Conduct

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Community Engagement

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Community Statements

User Contribution Pathways

  • Contribute to code
  • Contribute to documentation
  • Contribute to education or training
  • Contribute to governance
  • Contribute to working groups or interest groups

Community Engagement Activities

  • Annual meetings
  • Blogs
  • Community calls
  • Interest, working, user, or advisory groups
  • Mailing lists and discussion forums (including Slack)
  • Staff roles with responsibility for community engagement
  • Webinars and training

Policies & Governance

Governance Summary

BitCurator is a project of the BitCurator Consortium (BCC) is an independent, community-led membership association hosted by the Open Library Foundation, a 501(c)(3) Public Charity organization in the United States.

Policies

Bylaws

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Commitment to Equity & Inclusion

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Privacy Policy

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Governance Records

In Progress

Governance Structure & Processes

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Policy Statements

Board Structure

  • Advisory board or steering committee

Board Level

  • Both

Community Governance

  • Formal

Additional Information

Organizational History

https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/about/#history

Organizational Structure

Business or Ownership Model

Fiscal sponsorship (non-profit)

Full-time Staff

0

Volunteers

6-10

Current Affiliations

BitCurator Consortium is administratively hosted by the Open Library Foundation.

Funding

Primary Funding Source

  • Program service revenue
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