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Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit

2017 DAIC Inaugural Meeting

University of Virginia Rotunda

Panel 1

Rethinking Public Engagement and Access to Archives in the Digital Age

 

  • Maureen Elgersman Lee, Hampton University, If We Build It, Will They Come: Reflections and Strategies on University/Community Collaboration in the Digitization of Black History Documents
  • Ivey Glendon, University of Virginia, Metadata Librarians “Take Back the Archive” at the University of Virginia Library
  • Chandler Wickers, Washington and Lee University, Rediscovering Special Collections: Washington and Lee University
  • Mackenzie Brooks, Washington and Lee University, Beyond Primary Sources: Digital Archives in the DH Classroom

Panel 2

Digitally Recovering Hidden Voices

  • William Kurtz, University of Virginia, Black Virginians in Blue: Exploring Albemarle African American History through Digital Archives
  • Brian Neuman, University of Virginia, Unconditional Unionists: Recovering UVA’s Union Soldiers
  • Stephanie Seal Walters, George Mason University, Forgotten, but not Lost: Digitizing the Virginia Loyalist Claims

Panel 3

Building and Publishing Digital Archives

  • Susan Perdue, Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, Getting Started: Strategy and Knowing Your Digital Audience
  • Erica Cavanaugh, Papers of George Washington, Drupal as Digital Publication Solution for Documentary Editions
  • Loren Moulds, University of Virginia Law Library, Scotland’s Court of Session Digital Archive as Digital Research Platform

Lunch Workshop

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  • Abigail Mullen and Stephen Robertson, George Mason University

Panel 4

A Colonial Virginia Merchant's Ledger in an Amazon.com World

  • Ann Smart Martin, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Eleanor Breen, Office of Historic Alexandria, VA
  • Morgan Lemmer-Webber, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Panel 5

How Dig Data Can Support Little Data: The Digital Humanities at William and Mary

  • Deborah Cornell, College of William & Mary, The Georgian Papers Programme
  • Leisa Meyer, College of William & Mary, The William & Mary LGBTIQ Research Project
  • Ari Weinberg, College of William & Mary, The Lemon Project
  • Arthur Knight, College of William & Mary, Making Big Data/Little Data Connections through Regional Partnerships