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Tuesday, August 7, 2012 | Aqua 308
9:00 – 9:30 am Session 1
Welcome and Logistics
Nancy McGovern, Research Forum Co-Chair
Documenting the American Experience in the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
Heather Soyka (University of Pittsburgh) and Eliot Wilczek (Simmons College and Tufts University) [Slides]
9:30 – 10:00 am Session 2
Personal Documentation at a Social Networking Service [Slides]
Donghee Sinn (University at Albany) [Abstract & Bio]
Are Archivists Control Freaks?: Controlling Further Uses of Online Content [Slides]
Jean Dryden (University of Maryland) [Abstract & Bio]
Understanding Management and Use of Ethnographic Sound Archives [Slides]
Jesse Johnston (University of Michigan) [Abstract & Bio]
10:30 – 11:00 am Session 3
Five Repositories, One Dataset: Using Exploratory Data Analysis Techniques to Track Patterns of Use [Slides]
Mark Custer (Smithsonian Institution), Noah Hufman (Duke University), Jennie Levine Knies (University of Maryland), Kyle Rimkus (University of Illinois), and Sara Snyder (Archives of American Art) [Abstract & Bio]
11:00 am – Noon Session 4
Appraisal and Custody of Electronic Records: Findings from Four National Archives [Slides]
Jinfang Niu (University of South Florida) [Abstract & Bio]
Evaluating More Product Less Process: A Methodological Approach [Slides]
Christina Marino (UCLA) [Abstract & Bio]
The Other Side of the Computer: Spending a Summer with Digital Collections [Slides]
Daniel Davis (Utah State University) [Abstract & Bio]
Archives as Cultural Heritage, Folk Materials as Cultural Heritage, and the CNMI as a Case Study
Cecilia Salvatore (Dominican University) [Abstract & Bio]
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch (on your own)
1:00 – 1:30 pm Session 5
Validating Quality in Large-Scale Digitization: Findings from Research on Image Error [Slides]
Paul Conway (University of Michigan) [Abstract & Bio]
1:30 – 2:30 pm Poster Session (see list below)
3:00 – 3:30 pm Session 6
Using and Developing with Open Source Forensics Software in Digital Archives Programs [Slides]
Mark Matienzo (Yale University) [Abstract & Bio]
3:30 – 4:30 pm Session 7
Connecting the Dots: Using EAC-CPF to Reunite Samuel Johnson and His Circle [Slides]
Ellen Doon (Yale University) and Susan Pyzynski (Harvard University) [Abstract & Bio]
Increasing Access to Archives Through Linked Open Data [Slides]
Karen Gracy (Kent State University) [Abstract & Bio]
Improving Digital Record Annotation Capabilities with Open-sourced Ontologies and Crowd-sourced Workers [Slides]
Arpi Mardirossian (Tagasauris) and Lindsay Turley (Museum of the City of New York) [Abstract & Bio]
Connecting Presidential Collections [Slides]
Sheila Blackford (Miller Center, University of Virginia) [Abstract & Bio]
4:30 – 5:00 pm Session 8
Handling a Digital Backlog and Analyzing Content in Archivematica [Slides]
Courtney Mumma (Artefactual Systems, Inc.) [Abstract & Bio]
Wrap up
Research Forum Co-Chairs Nancy Y. McGovern and Helen Tibbo
Outsource vs. DIY: Straddling the Border between Using Vendors and In-House Data Extraction [Poster]
Tessa Beers (Harvard Business School) [Abstract & Bio]
New York Philharmonic Digital Archives [Poster]
Gabryel Smith (New York Philharmonic) [Abstract & Bio]
Use of Manuscripts and Archives by Historians: A Citation Analysis of Four History Journals for the period 2006-2010 [Poster]
Chris Burns (University of Vermont) [Abstract & Bio]
Validating Quality in Large-Scale Digitization: Findings from Research on Image Error [Poster]
Paul Conway (University of Michigan) [Abstract & Bio]
Beyond Bullet Points: Exploring Context and Connections in a Historical Exhibit [Poster]
Kate Dundon (Occidental College) [Abstract & Bio]
The Digital Repository Year [Poster]
Paula Jabloner (Computer History Museum) [Abstract & Bio]
Following the GoldenThread: Implementing New Digital Imaging Targets at the National Archives [Poster]
Nabil Kashyap (National Archives & University of Michigan) [Abstract & Bio]
Sharing Space between Neighbors: Toward Local Frameworks for Library/Faculty Collaboration on Digital Collections Projects [Poster]
Stephen Kutay (California State University Northridge) [Abstract & Bio]
An Old Boys Club?: The Society of American Archivists and the Culture of Professional Leadership [Poster]
Erin Lawrimore (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) and Courtney Chartier (Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library) [Abstract & Bio]
Developing Resources to Close the Digital Curation Gap [Poster]
Christopher Lee and Helen Tibbo (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) [Abstract & Bio]
Minimizing Compromises: Enhancing Access to Large-Scale Digitized Collections [Poster]
Kristen Merryman (North Carolina State University) [Abstract & Bio]
Breaking the Fourth Wall: Access to Archival Content in Institutional Repositories [Poster]
Erik Moore (University of Minnesota Libraries) [Abstract & Bio]
Applying Archival Science Principles to Digital Data Curation [Poster]
Sammie Morris (Purdue University Libraries) [Abstract & Bio]
Descriptive Metadata for Oral History: What is Important to Know? [Poster]
Cyns Nelson (Colorado Voice Preserve) [Abstract & Bio]
A Model for Transferring Legacy Datasets to Living Documents: A Case Study Using a GIS Geodatabase for Archiving [Poster]
David Plaza (Eastern New Mexico University) [Abstract & Bio]
Virtual Reunification: Bits and Pieces Put Together to Form a Semblance of a Whole [Poster]
Ricky Punzalan (University of Michigan) [Abstract & Bio]
VUMC Through Time: Implementing a Participatory Online Image Archive [Poster]
Christopher Ryland and Andrew Dombrowski (Vanderbilt University Medical Center) [Abstract & Bio]
Is It What It Is? And Who Cares? Translating WHAT We Do Into WHY We Do [Poster]
Kari Smith (MIT Libraries, Institute Archives and Special Collections) [Abstract & Bio]
The Alice Roosevelt Longworth Collection of Photographs from the 1905 Taft Mission to Asia and the Archival Materials in Imperial Household Archives of Japan [Poster]
Yayoi Tsutsui [Abstract & Bio]
Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) on the Eastern Shore: What We Learned When We Got There [Poster, Postcard, and Pamphlet]
Sonia Yaco, Ann Jimerson, and Robert Sawyers (Desegregation of Virginia Education (DOVE) Project) [Abstract & Bio]
Trust What? Understanding Users' Trust in Data Repositories [Poster]
Ayoung Yoon (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) [Abstract & Bio]
The 2012 SAA Research Forum brought researchers and professionals together to exchange ideas, present findings and discuss new perspectives. Resources such as manekispin can also provide additional background and related information.
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