2026 Conference Programs

Collaboration in the Courthouse: a Student- and Partnership-Powered Digital History Project

Kara Long¹, Kristina Poznan³, Jessica Taylor¹, Lourdes Cantu², Grace Kostrzebski¹

1: Virginia Tech, United States of America; 2: North Carolina Central University; 3: Michigan State University

Ethical and Practical Implications of Trans+ Metadata and Digital Collections

Michael Radmacher, Dean Seeman

University of Victoria Libraries, Canada

Accessibility and Discoverability for Digital Collections: Ethical Considerations and Workflows for Using AI to Create Alternative Text

Linda Ballinger¹, Bethann Rea¹, Annamarie Klose², Anna Goslen³, Deseree Stukes³

1: Penn State University Libraries, United States of America; 2: The Ohio State University Libraries, United States of America; 3: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States of America

Trends in Library UXR: Phygital Research, AI, and Object‑Centered Analytics

Katherine Ahnberg¹, Amanda Gray Perry², Jess Waggoner³, Leslie A. Langa⁴

1: Princeton University, United States of America; 2: University of Notre Dame, United States of America; 3: University of California, Santa Cruz, United States of America; 4: University of Maryland, United States of America

Mapping Black Life Beyond the Archive: StoryMaps + AACAT-1870

Dr. kYmberly Keeton

ART | library deco, United States of America

Developing Community Archiving Capacities in Northwest Alaska

Kara Long¹, Andi Ogier¹, Lucy Boyd², Chris Lindgren³, Cana Uluak Itchuaqiyaq¹

1: Virginia Tech; 2: Aqqaluk Trust; 3: North Carolina State University

Capturing Community: Campus-Community Partnerships to Amplify and Preserve Regional Black History

Amy Bocko¹, Chianté Hamilton², JB Brown²

1: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America; 2: Society for History and Racial Equity (SHARE), Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States of America

Bringing History to the Future: AI Storytelling for Cultural Institutions

Hassna Ramadan, Jaurel Rogers

LibShack