2025 Research Forum Agenda

2025 Research Forum Agenda

Wednesday, July 23 

Wednesday, July 30 

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

Day One: July 23rd, 12:00 to 4:00 PM Central time

12:00-12:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks

12:15-1:10pm Session 1.1: Archives as a Space for Justice and Restoration

Curating Digital Exhibits in Community Archives: A Comparative Study of the Park County Local History Archives and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California [Slides]

Ruohua Han and Krystyna Matusiak (University of Denver) [Abstract/Bios]

Revisiting and Reinvigorating: Examining NAGPRA’s Shortcomings and the Renewed Push for Repatriation [Slides]

Brianna Gutierrez-Kemmerling (University of Michigan) [Abstract/Bio]

Ukraine’s Libraries in Wartime: To Save Memory, People, Hope [Slides]

Ulia Gosart (San Jose State University) and Rhonda Clark (PennWest Clarion University) [Abstract/Bios] 

Roberta I Murray: Discovering Her Names in the Archival Records [Slides]

Douglas Doe (Rhode Island School of Design) [Abstract/Bio]

Enrolling as Cherokee Freedmen: Social Networks of Rejected Applicants [Slides]

Rebecca Hankins and Hai In Jo (Texas A&M University) [Abstract/Bios]

1:10-1:20pm Q & A Session

1:20-1:35pm Break

1:35-2:20pm Session 1.2: National and Government Archives

"The Soul of the National Archives”: Sara Dunlap Jackson, 1919-1991 [Slides]

Alex H. Poole (Drexel University) [Abstract/Bio]

Making the Case: Challenges and Opportunities in Judges' Papers [Slides]

Anu Kasarabada (University of Kentucky Libraries) [Abstract/Bio]

Deep Research, Wide Results: Updating NARA’s Digital Preservation Framework [Slides]

Leslie Johnston, Amanda May, and Mackenzie Beasley (National Archives and Records Administration) [Abstract/Bios]

Archives Working Across Remote Environments: Understanding the Needs of Territorial Archives [Slides]

Eira Tansey (Memory Rising) and Helen Wong Smith (University of Hawai'i) [Abstract/Bios]

2:20-2:30pm Q & A Session

2:30-2:45pm Break

2:45-3:35pm Session 1.3: Examining and Improving Archival Work

Leaving Home: Archivists Teaching outside the Archives [Slides]

Lori Schwartz and Claire Du Laney (University of Nebraska at Omaha) [Abstract/Bios]

Archivists and the Collecting Reflex [Slides]

Brenda Gunn (University of Virginia) [Abstract/Bio]

Bridging Capacity and Care: Fieldwork in UK and US Special Collections and Archives [Slides]

Emilie Hardman (ITHAKA) [Abstract/Bio]

Connecting K-12 Educators with Regional Digital Heritage [Slides]

Alexandra Chassanoff and Lyric Grimes (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) [Abstract/Bios]

3:35-3:45pm Q & A Session

3:45-4:00pm Closing remarks

Day Two: July 30th, 12:00 to 4:00 PM Central time

12:00-12:15 pm Welcome and Opening Remarks

12:15-1:10pm Session 2.1: AI

Early Birds in the Coal Mine: Business Archivists as Partners in AI Development and Implementation [Slides]

Claire Danna (Procter & Gamble Heritage Center) [Abstract/Bio]

AI is for Access: An Investigation of AI Adoption [Slides]

Jen Wachtel Litwin (NARA), Timi Adediran (EpiStats Solutions), Dara Barker (FDIC), Christina Velazquez Fidler (University of California, Berkeley), Steven Gentry (University of Michigan), and Jamie Wiser (Brigham Young University) [Abstract/Bios]

“Read the Dang Article”: Archivists’ Views on AI and Peer Review [Slides]

Ashley Todd-Diaz (Towson University) and Alex H. Poole (Drexel University) [Abstract/Bios]

Metadata Remediation through Human-AI Collaboration [Slides]

Elizabeth Roke (Emory University) [Abstract/Bio]

Enhancing Access to Legacy of Slavery Records using Generative AI [Slides]

Rajesh Gnanasekaran, Richard Marciano, Lori Perine, and Mark Conrad (University of Maryland) [Abstract/Bios]

1:10-1:20pm Q & A Session

1:20-1:35pm Break

1:35-2:25pm Session 2.2: Archives in the Digital Age

Digital Preservation and Access to Born-Digital Collections: A Critical Disability and Intersectionality-Informed Assessment of Praxis [Slides]

Kelsey O'Connell (Northwestern University) [Abstract/Bio]

Social Media Preservation in Times of Change: A Workflow and Policy Analysis Case-Study at Towson University’s Archives [Slides]

Jasmine S. Malone and Emiel Brown (Towson University) [Abstract/Bios]

Digitizing the Sacred: A Case Study of the Library of Babaláwo Irete Obara [Slides]

Délé Fágbèmí O. (The University of Alabama) [Abstract/Bio]

Digitizing Dance Heritage: Community-Driven Innovations at the Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections [Slides]

Shan Chuah (Arizona State University) [Abstract/Bio]

Preserving Composers’ Process in the Digital Age [Slides]

Jessica Grimmer (University of Maryland) and Stephanie Akau (Library of Congress) [Abstract/Bios]

2:25-2:35pm Q & A Session

2:35-2:50pm Break

2:50-3:35pm Session 2.3: Archival Connections

The Missing Link: Where Are We With Linked Data? [Slides]

Kate Bowers (Harvard University) [Abstract/Bio]

Indigenizing Archival Search: Findings from Focus Group Discussions about the SNAC Platform [Slides]

Ia Bull, Rebecca Ridge, and Diana Marsh (University of Maryland) [Abstract/Bios]

From Wow to Wondering: Proposed Solutions to Alienating Awe in the Special Collections & Archives Classroom [Slides]

Taylor F. Henning and Rachel C.S. Duke (Florida State University) [Abstract/Bios]

Archival Disconnections In and Across Institutions [Slides]

Ellen Holt-Werle (University of Minnesota) [Abstract/Bio]

Responsible Archival Stewardship Through Reappraisal and Deaccessioning [Slides]

Cory Nimer and J. Gordon Daines III (Brigham Young University) [Abstract/Bios]

Comparative Research on Underground Music Archives in the American South [Slides]

Jon Sewell (Middle Tennessee State University) [Abstract/Bio]

3:35-3:45pm Q & A Session

3:45-4:00pm Closing remarks

Peer-Reviewed Research Papers

Reports