2019 SAA Research Forum Agenda

Friday, August 2, 2019


9:00-9:30 AM: Opening and Session 1


Welcome and Overview - Research Forum Program Committee  [Slides]

Dispatches from the Front: Findings from the Virtual Footlocker Project Phase 1 - Edward Benoit, III and Roxanne Guidry [Abstract/Bios] [Slides]


9:30-10:00 AM: Session 2: Archives and Education


Developing a Framework to Enable Collaboration in Computational Archival Science Education - Richard Marciano [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Gauging Student Perspectives: Using Survey Data to Understand Student Perceptions of Archives - Suzanne Noruschat and Giao Luong Baker [Abstract/Bios] [Slides]

Supporting and Sustaining Digital Curation Education with BitCuratorEdu - Jessica Farrell and Christopher Lee [Abstract/Bios] [Slides]


10:00-10:30 AM: Break


10:30-11:00 AM: Session 3: Archives in Practice


“No ideal place for [special collections and archives]:” Administrator and user viewpoints on archives existing in libraries - Ashley Todd-Diaz [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Sorry, this Video Does Not Exist: Curating the Digital Documentary - Heather Barnes [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Conscious editing of archival description at UNC-Chapel Hill - Jackie Dean [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

 

11:00-11:30 AM: Session 4: Lightning Talks


Using CIRCA for Special Collections: A Scalable Solution - Gwynn Thayer and Eli Brown [Abstract/Bios] [Slides]

What's In the Box? Collection Exploration and Instruction - Nathalie Proulx and Kristen Korfitzen [Abstract/Bios] [Slides]

Expedited digital appraisal for regular archivists:  an MPLP type approach for hybrid collections - Susanne Belovari [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Radical Collaboration between Computer Science and Archival Science to Educate Next Generation Archivists - Jane Zhang [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]


11:30 AM-Noon: Session 5: Radical Collaboration [Abstract/Bios]


Overview and an Archivist’s Example – Nance McGovern [Slides]

Example: Working with Data and Archives – Heather Soyka [Remarks]

Example: The Evolving Role of University Archivists – Kari Smith [Slides]


Noon-1:30 PM: Lunch


1:30-2:00 PM: Session 6: Scaling Practice


Digitization for Everybody (Dig4E): Bridging the Gap between Standards and Practice - Paul Conway [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

By the People, with the people: User-center crowdsourcing at the Library of Congress - Lauren Algee [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Scalability and process: A national survey of inventory practices within archives - Patrice-Andre Prud'homme and JJ Compton [Abstract/Bios] [Slides]


2:00-3:00 PM: Poster Session (see list of posters)


3:00-3:30 PM: Break [and extra time for posters]


3:30-4:00 PM: Session 7: Digital Practice


Centralized Born-Digital Processing at Wilson Special Collections Library - Jessica Venlet [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Social Media Data Preservation in an API-driven World - Amelia Acker [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Computer-Assisted Appraisal of Email: RATOM - Christopher Lee [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]


4:00-4:30 PM: Session 8: SAA’s CORDA


Framing Research as Evaluation and Assessment: Introducing CORDA - Paul Conway and Jennifer Gunter King [Abstract/Bios] [Slides]


4:30-5:00 PM: Session 9 and Closing 


At a Crossroads: Archival Description, Aggregation, and the Next 20 Years - Jodi Allison-Bunnell [Abstract/Bio] [Slides]

Closing: Looking Ahead - Research Forum Program Committee  [Slides]

Posters (in alphabetical order)

A Collaborative Effort to Plan a Digital Preservation Program at a Small Library - Laura Bell and Fatemeh Rezaei [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

 American Samoa's Government Archives - James Himphill [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Appraising Professional Networks - Cory Nimer [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Are Academic Archives Championing EDI Initiatives in Digital Collections Metadata Practices? - Jessica Serrao [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Campus Archives in the Shadow of Campus Sexual Assault - Ana Roeschley and Jessica Holden [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Creating Competencies for Audiovisual Archiving Education and Professional Development - Karen Gracy [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Electronic Health Records and Electronic Health Archives: An Archival Examination of the ISO Health Informatics Standards - He Yang and Xuenan Zhang [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Empowering the Archivist: Progress Report on “Applying Intelligent Agents to Digital Preservation Research Programme” - Paul Severn [Abstract/Bio] [Poster forthcoming]

Exhibits of Archives in Japan - Yayoi Tsutsui [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

How do levels of description affect discoverability of the Web Archives at the Library of Congress? - Carlyn Osborn [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Integrated Organization: Processing 500 feet of special collection materials in under 18 months - Donica Martin and Angela Solis [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Signatures as identity tool: implications for name authority work in historical collections and beyond - Ashlea Green [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

Turning A Challenge into Education: MA Museum Administration Students Undertake a Real-Life Collections Management Project - Alyse Hennig [Abstract/Bio] [Poster]

 

Peer-Reviewed Research Papers 

Developing a Framework to Enable Collaboration in Computational Archival Science Education - Richard Marciano, Gregory Jansen, and William Underwood [Paper]

 

Macro-appraisal and Professional Communities - Cory L. Nimer [Paper]

 

A Research Study of Inventory Practices in Archives in the United States: Scalability and Process - Patrice-Andre Prud'homme and JJ Compton [Paper]

 

 


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