2024 Research Forum Agenda

2024 Research Forum Agenda

Wednesday, July 17 AND Wednesday, July 24

12:00 to 4:00 PM Central time, hosted virtually

Day One: July 17th, 12:00 to 4:00 PM Central time

12:00-12:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks [recording]

Day’s Platform Theme: Current Issues in Archives (DEIA and Emerging Technology)

12:15-1:30pm Session 1.1: DEIA [recording]

Searching for the Community Archives Leadership Model [Slides]

Monika Rhue (UCLA) [Abstract/Bio]

More Than Just a Hospital: Community Hospital and Health Inequality in Evanston, Illinois [Slides]

George Krupkin (Elon University) [Abstract/Bio]

The Scholar-Archivist and Scholar-Activist Approach Inside and Outside the Florida Archive [Slides]

Hayley Serpa (University of Miami) [Abstract/Bio]

The Leader Among Us: Identifying Career Progression Barriers Between Archivists and Librarians [Slides]

Ashley Todd-Diaz and Abby Mello (Towson University) [Abstract/Bios]

Archiving Jewish Life at The University of Alabama: Objectives, Methods, and Initial Findings [Slides]

Robert B. Riter, Daniel J. Levine, and Kadence Jackson (University of Alabama) [Abstract/Bios]

1:30-1:45pm Break 

1:45-2:15pm  Session 1.2: Lightning Talks [recording]

Charting the Landscape: A Comparative Analysis of Six Regional Archival Journals and The American Archivist [Slides]

Gordon Daines, Cory Nimer, Ryan Lee, and Coulter Gill (Brigham Young University) [Abstract/Bios]

The role of OER in Amplifying Special Collections: Preliminary Findings from a Scoping Review [Slides]

Autumn M. Johnson and Dawn "Nikki" Cannon-Rech (Georgia Southern University) [Abstract/Bios]

Contextual Archiving of Web Page Advertisements Using Persona-Based Tools [Slides]

Christopher Rauch, Mat Kelly, Alex H. Poole (Drexel University), Travis Reed, Faryaneh Poursardar, Michael L. Nelson, Michele C. Weigle (Old Dominion University) [Abstract/Bio]

Confronting the Wicked Problem: Transforming Archives for Women's Representation, Use, and Access [Slides]

Sandy Yang (RAND) [Abstract/Bio] 

2:15-2:30pm Break and Lightning Talk Q&A Session

2:30-4:00pm Session 1.3: Emerging Technology [recording]

Information Avoidance in the Archival Context [Slides]

Scotty Beland (University of Maryland) [Abstract/Bio]

Surveying the Impact of Archival Access Restrictions on Researchers [Slides]

Katrina Windon (University of Arkansas), DiAnna Hemsath (University of Nebraska Medical Center), Ashlyn Velte (University of Colorado Boulder), Veronica Denison (Rhode Island College) Elizabeth Russell (Providence Archives) [Abstract/Bios]

Data Quality and Accessibility Issues for Crowdsourced Transcriptions [Slides]

Mace Jones and Victoria Van Hyning (University of Maryland) [Abstract/Bios]

Digital Collection Development Policies: a Research Project in Progress [Slides]

Jessica Breiman and Rachel Wittmann (University of Utah) [Abstract/Bio]

New Evidence on Storage Practices: Results from the 2023 NDSA Storage Survey [Slides]

Patrice-Andre "Max" Prud'homme (Oklahoma State University), Amy Allen (University of Arkansas), Amanda Garfunkel (Weill Cornell Medicine), Alan Munshower (Virginia Tech), Kari May (University of Pittsburgh) [Abstract/Bios]

Developing Processing Algorithms for Automated Error Identification and Repair of Multilingual Records Incorporating Compound Transliteration and Diacritic Restoration [Slides]

Jennifer Proctor (University of Maryland) [Abstract/Bio]

4:00pm Closing Remarks 

Day Two: July 24th, 12:00 to 4:00 PM Central time

12:00-12:15 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks [recording]

Day’s Platform Theme: Archival Labor and Practice

12:15-1:30pm Session 2.1: Workplace [recording]

PROTECCT-GLAM: Providing Risk of The Environment’s Changing Climate Threats for Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums [Slides]

Edward Benoit III, Jill Trepanier, Emily Fisher, Annie Waddell (all Louisiana State University), Jennifer Vanos (Arizona State University) [Abstract/Bios]

Staff, Style Guides, Support, and No More Reading Groups: Surveying Current Reparative Work [Slides]

Lexy deGraffenreid (Princeton University) and Megan Mummey (University of Kentucky) [Abstract/Bios]

Efficiency, Extensibility, and Simplicity: A Systematic Approach to Processing Archival Collections at the Bentley Historical Library using Google Sheets [Slides]

Steven Gentry (University of Michigan) [Abstract/Bio]

Discoverable at What Cost?: Exploring Issues Related to Archival Description of Mixed Race People [Slides]

Mallory Furnier (California State University, Northridge) [Abstract/Bio]

Slow Violence, Double Binds, and Archival Workers' Climate Advocacy [Slides]

Amy Wickner (University of Maryland, College Park) [Abstract/Bio]

1:30-1:45pm Break

1:45-2:15pm Session 2.2: Lightning Talks [recording]

A Snapshot of Religious Archives in 2024 [Slides]

Mary Grace Kosta (Society of American Archivists - Archivists of Religious Collections Section) [Abstract/Bio]

From Michelangelo to CryptoKitties: Implications of NFTs for Records Management [Slides]

Sharmila Bhatia, Katherene Kim, and Markus Most (National Archives and Records Administration) [Abstract/Bios]

Leveraging Wikidata for IU Archives Creator Data, One Year Later [Slides]

Jeremy Floyd (Indiana University Bloomington) [Abstract/Bio]

Archives for Peace, Afterwards [Slides]

Yayoi Tsutsui (University of Tsukuba Archives) [Abstract/Bio]

Look Back, Feel Forward: Archives and Affect [Slides]

Itza A. Carbajal (University of Washington) [Abstract/Bio]

2:15-2:30pm Break and Lightning Talk Q&A Session

2:30-4:00pm Session 2.3: Archival Labor [recording]

Graduate School Archives Internships: High Impact or High Barrier? - Preliminary Results [Slides]

Lydia Spotts and Denise Rayman (Indiana University, Indianapolis) [Abstract/Bios]

Beyond “Fake it till you make it”: Imposter Phenomenon in Archivists [Slides]

April Anderson-Zorn, Taylor Flinn (both Illinois State University), Tiffany Cole (James Madison University), Jane LaBarbara (West Virginia University) [Abstract/Bios]

Between the Stacks and the Statehouses: Archivists Perceptions of Legislation and the Workplace – Preliminary Results [Slides]

Katherine M. Wisser and Peyton Cleary (Simmons University) [Abstract/Bios]

Archivists' Personal Collecting Practices and Their Impact on Professional Archival Practice [Slides]

Alyssa Davis (UCLA) [Abstract/Bio]

Pulse Check: Introducing the Valuing Library and Archives Labor Study [Slides]

Itza A. Carbajal (University of Washington) [Abstract/Bio]

4:00pm Closing Remarks