2008 SAA Research Forum

The second annual SAA Research Forum was held Tuesday, August 26, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the Hilton San Francisco in San Francisco, California. The forum explored the full spectrum of research activities – from “pure” research to applied research to innovative practice.

 

Session 1: Digital Content Planning

Moderator: NANCY Y. MCGOVERN
Bio [PDF]

Ephemeral Music: Electroacoustic Music Collections in the United States [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
ADRIANA P. CUERVO

Incentives for Data Producers to Create “Archive/Ready” Data: Implications for Archives and Records Management [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
MARGARET HEDSTROM and JINFANG NIU

Digitizing Photographs: Exploring the Relationship Between Building and Using Image Digital Archives [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
PAUL CONWAY

 


 

Session 2: Format Foundations

Moderator: JOANNE KACZMAREK
Bio [PDF]

Computer Assisted Appraisal of Contemporary PDF Documents [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
PETER BAJCSY and SANG-CHUL LEE

Digital Dilemmas: Archiving E-Mail [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
NANCY ADGENT and LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG

Preserving Electronic Mailing Lists as Scholarly Resources: The H-Net Archives [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
LISA M.SCHMIDT

 


 

Session 3: User Studies

Moderator: PAUL CONWAY
Bio [PDF]

Developing the Archival Metrics Toolkits: Conceptual Development and Testing [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
MORGAN DANIELS

Generating Higher Response Rates for User-based Evaluation Instruments in Archives and Special Collections [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
HELEN R. TIBBO

Survey of 4,002 Historians on How Faculty Use Primary Sources to Teach Undergraduates
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
DORIS J. MALKMUS

 


 

Session 4: Archivists and Content

Moderator: NANCY BARTLETT
Bio [PDF]

Archival History: A Case in Point
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
SUSANNE BELOVARI

The Permanence of Provenance: The “Two Traditions” and the American Archival Profession [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
REBECCA HIRSCH

Remembered History, Archival Discourse, and the September 11 Digital Archive [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
JANE ZHANG

Using Oral Histories to Repair the Archival Wounds of Watergate [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
MEGHAN LEE

 


 

Session 5: Format Frontiers

Moderator: ARDYS KOZBIAL
Bio [PDF]

Automatic Metadata Extraction for Archival Description and Access [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
WILLIAM UNDERWOOD

FACADE: Future-proofing Architectural Computer-Aided Design [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
MACKENZIE SMITH

I Know it's Important, But What Am I Looking at? Strategies for using Blog Content to Contextualize YouTube Videos [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
CAL LEE

 


 

Session 6: Digital Repositories

Moderator: HELEN R. TIBBO
Bio [PDF]

Building a Reference Implementation of a Preservation Environment [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
REAGAN W. MOORE and RICHARD MARCIANO

The Chronopolis Preservation DataGrid [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
ARDYS KOZBIAL

Opening aDORe [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
RYAN CHUTE

What do Job Postings Indicate about Digital Curation Competencies? [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
CAL LEE

2008 Program Committee and Proceedings Editorial Board

Nancy Bartlett (program only)

Elizabeth Kaplan

Joanne Kaczmarek

Ardys Kozbial (proceedings only)

Nancy McGovern (co-chair; editor of proceedings)

Kari Smith (proceedings only)

Helen Tibbo (co-chair)

Brad Westbrook

2008 Research Forum Peer-Reviewed Research Papers

Archives under Siege: A Concept and a Case in Point [PDF]
SUSANNE BELOVARI

Automatic Metadata Extraction for Archival Description and Access  [PDF]
WILLIAM UNDERWOOD

Ephemeral Music: Electroacoustic Music Collections in the United States  [PDF]
ADRIANA P. CUERVO

I Know It's Important, But What Am I Looking At?
Strategies for Using Blog Content to Contextualize YouTube Videos
 [PDF]
CHRISTOPHER A. LEE, ROBERT CAPRA, RACHAEL CLEMENS, and LAURA SHEBLE

Incentives for Data Producers to Create “Archive-Ready” Data:
Implications for Archives and Records Management 
[PDF]
MARGARET HEDSTOM and JINFANG NIU

Remembered History, Archival Discourse, and the September 11 Digital Archive  [PDF]
JANE ZHANG

Teaching Undergraduates with Primary Sources: Highlights of Survey  [PDF]
DORIS K. MALKMUS

2008 Research Forum Posters

Archival Description using EAD and Microsoft Access [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
WILLIAM JORDAN PATTY

Archives and Community Identity in Transition [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
Poster Paper [PDF]
Shannon Hodge

ArchiveWell: Supporting and Encouraging Cataloging of Archival Collections [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
JANET CEJA AND IAN LI

Automatic Metadata Extraction for Archival Description and Access [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
WILLIAM UNDERWOOD

AX-SNet Research Agenda [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
HELEN R. TIBBO, ELIZABETH YAKEL, AND WENDY DUFF

Career Satisfaction of Young Archivists [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
AMBER CUSHING AND ALLISON FOX

Collecting User Input on a Shared Finding Aid Site: Initial Reactions and Outcomes [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
JACQUELYN FERRY

Digital Dilemmas: Archiving E-Mail [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
NANCY ADGENT AND LYNDA SCHMITZ FUHRIG

Faculty Self-Archiving Behavior: Implications for Preserving Faculty’s Research Content [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
JIHYUN KIM

“Houston, we have a problem . . .”: Designing a Digital Preservation System for a NASA Center for Advanced Life Support [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
JAKE CARLSON AND ALEXIS RAMSEY

The Magic Box: A Case Study in the Collection Management of Objects in Archives and Manuscript Collections [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
LISA DARMS

Maximizing Efficiency: The Use of Inkjet Copiers to Transcribe Historical Inscriptions [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
ANDREA YOUNGFERT AND BRENDA BERNIER

MOCA Exhibition Archive Finding Aids [JPG]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
JULIE YAMASHITA AND SKYE LACERTE

NWDA: Selection of Materials for Digitization Based On Researcher Needs [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
Janet Hauck

OAI-ORE and Description of Electronic Records [PDF]
Abstract & Bio [PDF]
Anne Sauer

Using Socialbookmarking Sites for Outreach and Publicity [PDF]
Abstract & Bios [PDF]
Polina Ilieva and Rachel Taketa