NEA Spring 2024 session proposal collaboration connection hub

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1	NAME	POSITION/AFFILIATION	EMAIL	PITCH	ORGANIZER NOTES	POSSIBLE COLLABORATORS (include your name, email, what you would bring to this session)

2	Sally Blanchard-O'Brien, Shir Bach, Erica Donnis	Congressional Papers Archivists, University of Vermont	sally.blanchard@uvm.edu; shir.bach@uvm.edu; erica.donnis@uvm.edu	We're newly hired processing archivists dealing with a large, complex collection of personally donated senatorial papers. In the initial stages, we've been grappling with the following issues: getting intellectual control over a large complex collection without having complete physical access to it, appraising and building a processing plan, navigating a collection encompassing multiple creators, and working collaboratively together on one processing project. We're interested in having panalists who can discuss one or any of these aspects in any of their own processing projects.
3	Chris Tanguay	Processing Archivist, MIT	ctanguay@mit.edu	Dude, where's my Hollinger box? Regaining physical control over large, unruly collections spaces using airtable, project staff, etc..
4	Emma Barton-Norris	Processing Archivist, Bowdoin	e.bartonnorris@bowdoin.edu	(Not necessarily something I want to participate in but) A discussion/panel on the conflicts and resolutions of working in an inter-generational profession. Archival practices are very much a moving train (i.e. they are not a fixed target, always changing sometimes for the better, sometimes maybe not so much, albiet very very slowly for a long time). Most archives deal with a mix of generation-based knowledge of archival theories and practices. Could be an interesting discussion of how to move forward into the future of archives as we see more rapid changed within the profession -- and how co-workers deal with conflicting POV when it comes to dealing with backlogs, description, arrangement, records management, etc.	Would want a mixed panel coming from different generations of archival teachings/thought. i.e. recent grads, mid-career, MLIS vs. non-MLIS, etc.	Brett Freiburger, freiburger.brett@gmail.com, 15 years experience in cultural heritage working with seasoned, fresh, and mid-career professionals
5	Daniel W. Everton	Brown University Graduate Student/Digital Commonwealth	daniel_everton@brown.edu	Reparative work in the archive. I have a topic! I am not sure who else would present, but my graduate thesis discusses in part the inconsistencies and questionable subject headings, item descriptions, and titles relating to depictions of death or human remains in digital collections. I used Digital Commonwealth as a small case study of this. My position or proposal builds off current social justice work and reparative/harm reduction techniques in the archive to extend to this.	I know there were quite a few reparative sort of works discussed in last conference, if there are any other proposals that didn't make it for last year maybe approach them?	Janaya Kizzie, janaya_kizzie@brown.edu (or literally just look behind you on a Wednesday), John Hay Library is working on a taxonomy of content warnings in preparation for projects with sensitive materials. \| Caro Langenbucher, caro.langenbucher@dartmouth.edu, would present on harmful content/reparative description work at Dartmouth College Library, particularly around rethinking the utility and ethics of harmful content warnings in light of recent scholarship.
6	Irene Gates	Processing Archivist, Northeastern University	i.gates@northeastern.edu	Processing born-digital and hybrid collections. I am envisioning a lightning talk format, where each person presents on a collection they processed, discussing decision points and challenges, showing the resulting finding aids, linkages to digital repositories, constraints they had to work around, etc; but definitely open to other suggestions. I think a session like this would be helpful for other archivists who are thinking about or starting to process born-digital materials in their own repositories.		Hilary Wang, hilary_wang1@brown.edu. would be interested in participating in a lighting style format. I just re-processed the born-digital component for a hybrid collection that was already published and can speak to why we decided to go the spreadsheet manifest route in the finding aid. Emily O'Brien, Digital Repository and Metadata Librarian (epobrien@wpi.edu) and Gillian McCuistion, Access & Outreach Archivist (gmccuistion@wpi.edu) from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). We would like to talk about the recent onboarding of Preservica and the new initiative to preserve images from the university's DAM (eventually adding them to our digital repository). May also touch on our process to preserve digitized images and use Preservica to generate jpg derivatives to replace the TIFs that were initially ingested in our repository. Eric Sonnenberg (eric.sonnenberg@yale.edu) from Yale University Library. I processed a hybrid collection of personal papers with a large and varied born-digital component, including full laptops. I would be interested in discussing the challenges we faced in processing these somewhat messy materials, and the decisions we made through the process to arrange the materials efficiently and describe them in a useful way for users. Lynn Moulton (lynn.moulton@bc.edu) from Boston College. I recently processed the born-digital component of a hybrid collection. It was a larger fileset than our previous born-digital processing (an external drive back-up of most of the donor's computer). I'd be willing to share challenges/complexity around our decision to use a bulk-deduping tool, and, like Hilary, our thinking around how to best integrate born-digital description with the analog finding aid (we're an ArchivesSpace shop and use the Public User Interface for access.)
7	Jeanne Lowrey	Associate University Archivist, Yale University	jeanne.lowrey@yale.edu	Using archival material to support institutional reckoning with legacy of slavery and racism. Many organizations are currently grappling with the ways in which they benefited from enslavement and anti-Black racism, and many are undergoing extensive self studies of their institutional history to better understand the full scope. These efforts also often seek to identify and highlight indivuduals who are part of the institutional history but have often been excluded or erased by the standard narratives. Institutional archives are a vital component of this work. This session could look at the ways that institutional archives can support these efforts by supporting community outreach efforts and by helping staff help people locate relavant information in less than obvious places. How this session takes shape will really depend on the participants.	I would love to connect with someone doing this work who is not at an Ivy League school (or even an organization that isn't a college or university).	Jeanne Lowrey, jeanne.lowrey@yale.edu, insight into how the Yale University Archives supported the Yale and Slavery project and subsequent book project; Kai McGinn, mcginn@simmons.edu--I am a graduate student working on research with my professor who works with the decolonization of archives by tracing the true provenances of materials (specifically manuscripts) that were used in translations made of such materials in the 19th century. My topic is not on American racism and slavery, however, I believe it still related to your focus in figuring out how institutional archives can change to recognize and reckon with their histories. Perhaps this could be a great opportunity for a standard presentation on the 'managing change' topic, however, I understand if you are looking for something more close/relevant to your pitch!
8	Jennifer Williams	Assistant Director, Archives & Special Collections	jennifer_williams@emerson.edu	Implementing a records management program can be a daunting task for archivists who do not have extensive training or work experience in this area. However, an organization-wide strategy for managing active and semi-active records can enhance archival efforts by bringing the importance of proper maintenance and disposition of records to the fore. In this panel discussion, we will review how archivists can use records management best practices, principles, and tools within their departments to strengthen their archival initiatives.		We have four people participating: Jennifer Williams, Emerson College (Moderator) Michael Dello Iacono, Suffolk University Taylor McNeilly, Wheaton College Betsy Pittman, University of Connecticut
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