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Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit

2018 DAIC Annual Meeting

George Mason University

Session 1

Institutional Opportunities and Challenges in Building or Re-imagining Digital Archive

Moderator: Stephanie Westcott, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University

  • Michelle D. Brock, Washington and Lee University, Mapping the Scottish Reformation: Digital Scholarship and Collaboration at Teaching-Intensive Universities 
  • Patricia Dillon Sobczak, Virginia Commonwealth University, Advertising Icons: Preserving the Cultural Record of Brand Ambassadors 
  • Zachary Hoffman and Ryan Wolfe, University of Virginia, When New Acquisitions Change Your Archive: The University of Virginia Law Library Pacific War Crimes Trial Collection

Session 2

Roundtable discussion: Finding the Hidden in Plain Sight: The Enslaved Childre of George Mason and Mason's Legacies Projects

Moderator: Rosemarie Zagarri, George Mason University

Participants:  (All George Mason University)

  • George Oberle 
  • Benedict Carton 
  • Rebecca T. Beuschel 
  • Clare E. Yordy 

Lunch Workshop

The Library of Virginia Transcription Initiative

Moderator: Stephanie Seal Walters, George Mason University

  • Kathy Jordan, Digital Initiatives and Web Service Manager
  • Jessica Bennett, Digital Collections Specialist
  • Sonya Coleman, Digital Engagement + Social Media Coordinator

Session 3

Revealing Hidden Histories and Rebuilding Lost Spaces with Digital Technology

Moderator: Lynn Eaton, George Mason University

Lindsay Chervinsky, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University, The President’s House: Museum Collections, Virtual Reality, and Physical Space
Alice W. Campbell, Virginia Commonwealth University, Digital Surrogates and Communities of Inquiry: Online Annotation for the Social Welfare History Image Portal
Lorna M. Loring, Handley Regional Library & Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, Hidden Within: How Digitization Brought New Life to the Pages of Account Books 
Steve Bookman, Old Dominion University, A Step in Time: Implementing the TribeTrek Walking Tour App

Session 4

Lighting Round Presentations

Moderator: Jim Ambuske, University of Virginia 

  • Megan Brett, George Mason University, Discovery and Image Description: Accessibility, Archives, and Pedagogy
  • Mark Lane and Sarah Roth-Mullet, James Madison University, Oral History Collections at James Madison University
  • Additional Presentations from the Audience