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2026 Conference Programs

Welcome to DLF Forum 2026!

All times are shown in the time zone of the conference (Eastern Time).
The current conference date and time is: 23rd June 2026, 06:40:12pm EDT.

Daily Overview

Session

W14: Taming the Digital Collections Backlog: Challenges and approaches to growing access to digitized materials

Time:

Wednesday, 14/Oct/2026:

4:30pm - 5:20pm

Location: Breakout 2

Presentations

Taming the Digital Collections Backlog: Challenges and approaches to growing access to digitized materials

Catherine Mayfield¹, Pamela McClanahan¹, Hannah Kim², Alexandra Trim², Sara Riley³

¹University of Maryland College Park; ²Georgetown Law Library; ³Brigham Young University

Brief Abstract

Providing access to digitized collections material is time-intensive work that can very easily exceed staffing capacity. In this panel, archivists, librarians, and digital collections managers examine the challenges and opportunities involved in expanding access to digitized materials while sharing strategies for keeping digital collections backlogs at bay.