2024 DAIC Annual Meeting

Library of Virginia

Coffee and Registration: 8:30 – 9:00am

Welcome: 9:00 – 9:20am

Dennis Clark, Librarian of Virginia
Loren Moulds, UVA Law Library and Jim Ambuske, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, George Mason University

Panel 1: 9:30 – 10:00am

Roundtable: Navigating Institutional Challenges in the Digital Humanities: The Case of the Christiansburg Institute Digital Archives

Ashley Palazzo, Christiansburg Institute, Inc.
Chris Sanchez, Christiansburg Institute, Inc.

Break: 10 minutes

Panel 2: 10:20am – 11:20am

Student-Engaged and Data-informed Approaches to Virginia Records Regarding Experiences of Enslaved Peoples

Walter Hawthorne, Michigan State University
Dangerous Harbor: Collaborative and Student-Centered Primary Research and Digital Preservation - Grace Kostrzebski (Virginia Tech) and Sarah McLennan, PhD (Virginia State University)
The Peter Daybook, 1796-1799: Centering Enslaved Experiences in Georgetown and Virginia - Heather Bollinger (Independent Scholar)
Valuing Enslaved Lives in Fauquier County, Virginia: Engaging Students and the Public with Dataset Applications - Sheri A. Huerta, PhD (George Mason University)
Linking Virginia Slavery Data in Enslaved.org: The Technological Potential for Knitting Together Archival Threads - Walter Hawthorne, Michigan State University

Break: 10 minutes

Panel 3: 11:30am – 12:30pm

Roundtable: Celebrating Simms: Bridging Generations in Local Black Community Storytelling and Post-Custodial Preservation Projects

Mollie Godfrey, James Madison University, Chair
Ben Cook, James Madison University
Mariam Ismail, Virginia Tech Libraries
Kirsten Mlodynia, James Madison University Libraries
Grover Saunders, James Madison University Libraries

Lunch: 12:30 – 1:30pm

Provided by Roots courtesy of UVA Law Library.

Panel 4: 1:30pm – 2:30pm

“Each Row is a Person:” Preserving History and Humanity in Archival Data

Lydia Neuroth, Library of Virginia
Sonya Coleman, Library of Virginia
Jessi Bennett, Library of Virginia

Break: 10 minutes

Panel 5: 2:40pm – 3:40pm

Lightning Talks and Individual Papers

Fugitive Data Portraits: Self-Emancipation in Virginia - Tev’n Powers, Independent Scholar
Simplicity for Discoverability: An Institutional Repository for Cultural Heritage - Megan Brett, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Beyond Search: Using AI to Uncover Hidden Patterns in Digital Archives - Kevin Hegg, James Madison University
Building and Analyzing Digital Archives in the Classroom: The Lynching Markers Project at JMU - Gianluca De Fazio, James Madison University

Break: 10 minutes

Panel 6: 3:50pm – 4:50pm

Community-Owned-and-Operated: Amplifying Cultural Heritage through Inter-Institutional Collaboration

Alex Kinnaman, Virginia Tech University Libraries
Ashley Palazzo, Christiansburg Institute, Inc.

Final Thoughts: 4:50pm – 5:00pm