2026 Research Forum Agenda

2026 Research Forum Agenda

Wednesday, July 8 AND Wednesday, July 15

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

Day One: July 8th, 12:00 to 4:00 PM Central time

12:00-12:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks 

12:15-1:15pm Session 1.1: Making Archives More Accessible Part I 

Reflexive Thematic Analysis of Archival Reference Questions: Insights for Discovery and Delivery

Anne Bahde and Adam Lindsley (Oregon State University)

Closing the Loop: Responsive Processing for User-Centered Archival Operations

Betts Coup and Max Goldberg (Harvard University)

Digital Accessibility in Action: Practitioner Responses to the New Title II Rule

Maisie Jones (University of Maryland)

The Teaching through Engagement: Integrating Primary Source Literacy Instruction into Digital Archival Exhibits

Ruohua Han and Natalie Elward (University of Denver)

1:15-1:30pm Break 

1:30-2:20pm  Session 1.2: Making Archives More Accessible Part II

Rethinking Access to Scientific Archives: When Traditional Finding Aids Aren’t Enough

Marcella Lees (Art Institute of Chicago), Sandi Caldrone, and Bethany Anderson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

Helping Scientists Find Birds in the Archives: Testing the Scientific Value of Digitizing Historical Observation Records

Kimberly Anderson and Carlos Ramirez-Reyes (University of Nevada, Reno)

Overcoming Indigenous Archival Diaspora: Findings from Focus Group Discussions and the IndigenizeSNAC Project

Ia Bull, Diane Marsh, Elizabeth Pineo (University of Maryland), Rebecca Ridge (University of Oklahoma)

Memory Under Lock: Records, Archives, and the Power of Law Enforcement Systems

Sierra Pasquale (State University of New York - University at Albany)

2:20-2:40pm Break

2:40-3:10pm Session 1.3: Collaborating with Communities and Responding to the Climate Crisis Platform Presentations

Creating Community-Centered Collaborations in Archival Education

Kelley Hummingbird (National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition, University of Alabama) and Eric Hung (University of Maryland)

Collaborative Stewardship with Native American Donors - Agreement Form

Jolene Manus (University of New Mexico)

ZC/ZL: Imagining Relationships between Zine Creators and Zine Librarians

Al Cassada (Jacksonville Public Library)

3:10-3:50pm Session 1.3: Collaborating with Communities and Responding to the Climate Crisis Lightning Talks

Black Queer Archives and Creating Representative Digital Collections

kemisa (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Documenting the Franklin and Palisades Fires: Community healing through trauma-informed archiving

Chris Miehl (Pepperdine University)

Democratizing Disaster Planning: Actionable Advice in Zine Form

Linda Smith (Zohrab Information Center)

Degrowth Genealogies in Archives 

Amy Wickner (University of Maryland, College Park)

4:00pm Closing Remarks

Day Two: July 15th, 12:00 to 4:00 PM Central time

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

12:15-1:15pm Session 2.1: Demonstrating the Value of Archives

Cultural Heritage in Danger: Why Underfunded Historical Societies Require Archival Intervention 

Mitra Karimi-Tabriz (San Jose State University)

Measuring What Matters: A Diversity Audit Tool for Archives

Elizabeth Surles (Rutgers University)

Instruments of Change: Teaching Medical Innovation through Material Culture

Taiya McDowell (Louisiana State University Health - Shreveport)

Children’s War Drawings as “Prisoners of Evidence”: Law, Archives, and Testimony

Ulia Gosart (San Jose State University)

1:15-1:30pm Break

1:30-2:25pm Session 2.2: Engaging Ethically with Technology

From Provenance to Probability: Archival Authority in the Age of AI

Shauna Lee Lange (Independent, SLANGE Art & Technology)

Beyond Capture: Advancing Records Governance toward Decision Accountability in the Age of AI

James Miller (University of Arkansas at Little Rock)

Environmental Scan of Current Trends in Cultural Heritage Institutions Technological Ecosystems

Allie Querengesser (University of Calgary) and Rachel Van Unen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Lightning talk: What Are You Letting Go of and Why Is That Still a Win? Highlighting Successes in Digital Preservation

Lisa Lawlis (Western Libraries) and Marcella Lees (Art Institute of Chicago) 

2:25-2:40pm Break

2:40-3:45pm Session 2.3: Rethinking Archival Training

From North to South - from “Sur a Norte”: Archival Science Bridges and Translations in the Americas

Joel A. Blanco Rivera (National School of Conservation, Restoration, and Museography) and Jamie Sánchez Macedo (Colegio de Michoacán)

One Degree, Two Disciplines? A Pilot Study Examining the Presence of Archival Concepts in American Library Association Accredited Core Courses

Caitlin Christian-Lamb (Louisiana State University)

TPS in Archives Graduate Programs: 2016-2026

Lindsay Anderberg (New York University), Ashley Todd-Diaz (Towson University), Abigail Nye (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee), Josue Hurtado (Temple University) and Morgen MacIntosh-Hodgetts (DePaul University)

From Stewardship to Data Stewardship: Rethinking Archival Training for Research Data Management

Ellie Dworak and Alex Meregaglia (Boise State University)

Lightning Talk: Anakin and Obi-Wan: Archival Apprenticeships as a New Training Model

Alex Ingham (Independent Researcher & Practitioner)

4:00pm Closing Remarks