March 2012 Conference Tentative Schedule

Saturday, March 3, 2012

9-9:30: Registration and breakfast

9:30-10:30: Session 1

A Multi-Faceted Digitization Blitz
Ashley Chu, Taylor University

Jazzy Online Exhibits for Archives
Katharine White, Northern Illinois University

10:45-11:45: Session 2 (parallel sessions)

The Subject Finding Aid: Catering to the “Google generation”
Lorelei Hoover, Kent State University

Save the Time of the Researcher: User Needs and Description Standards
Casey E. Davis, Louisiana State University

and

Please Touch? Art in the Archives
Kalmia Strong, University of Iowa

Provenance: Art Historical and Archival Perspectives
Kristen Schuster, Simmons College

11:45-12:00: Break

12:00-12:45: Tour

1:00-2:00: Lunch

2:00-3:00: Session 3 (parallel sessions)

“I have no idea what I’ve just given you”: The Ethical Implications of Born-Digital Acquisitions in Special Collections
Dorothy Waugh, Indiana University Bloomington

Email Preservation in Collecting Repositories: Some Suggested Strategies
Brandon Pieczko, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

and

From Sword to the Pen: A Social History of Archives in Medieval England
Rebecca Baltrusaitis, University of Alabama

What is the Future of Microfilm?
Jill Jean Johnson, The Colorado Trust

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-5:00 Tour/Workshop

Sunday, March 4

9:30-10:30: Session 4

Immoral documents of an immoral regime: National Archives, Community Archives, and Ownership
Laura Buchholz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Destalinizing the archives? Debate about Soviet archives under Khrushchev
Katherine Pruess, Indiana University Bloomington

10:45-11:45: Session 5

Is this the Kinsey? Promoting Archives of Traditional Music of Indiana University to Students
Sarah E. McAfoose, Indiana University Bloomington

Nothing Like the Real Thing: Primary Sources in the K-12 Classroom-Outreach Implications for Archives and Special Collections
Patricia Vlastnik, University of Alabama

and

Diamonds in the Rough: The Hidden Riches of Business Archives
JoAnna M. Roman, Indiana University Bloomington

Lawyers in Archives: The Possibilities and Pitfalls of Housing and Providing Access to Legal Records
Ashley Ahlbrand, Indiana University Bloomington

11:45-12:00 Break

12:00-1:30 Tour