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

Hallucinating the Hand: Developing an Evaluative Methodology for the Accuracy of Machine-Generated Handwritten Text Transcription

Kiley Jolicoeur¹, Mehr Athar^1,2

1: Syracuse University, United States of America; 2: Indiana University, Bloomington, United States of America

AI Data Centers and Climate Change: Developing a Field Guide for Library and Archival Workers

Justin Wadland¹, Lisa Spiro², Sarah Tribelhorn³

1: Michigan State University; 2: Rice University; 3: San Diego State University

Expanding Institutional Storytelling Through Curated Access to Untold Narratives

Dean Radcliffe-Lynes, Olivia Lynes

The Society of African American Narratives

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

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

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

Archiving Community and Place: The AV Materials of the Larry Long Papers

Juan Manuel Hernandez Chico, Theresa Berger

University of Minnesota, United States of America

Melting Metropolis: Recording, Making, and Archiving Stories of Urban Heat in New York City

Meral Agish¹, Isa Dorvillier², Roxanne Scott³

1: Queens Public Library, United States of America; 2: Independent Artist, United States of America; 3: Independent Writer, United States of America

Archivist as Architect: The Hidden Labor of Managing Digital Infrastructure

Kelli O'Toole, Caleb Simone

Department of Records and Information Services, United States of America

Centering the Source: Community-Driven Web Archiving Models

Sarah Beth Seymore¹, Megan Sallabedra², Makiba Foster³, Kristen Hare⁴, Laura Moscoso⁵

1: Internet Archive; 2: Getty Research Institute; 3: College of Wooster; 4: Poynter Institute; 5: Investigative Reporters and Editors

From Downloaded Computers to Digital Storytelling: Using Agile-Inspired Approaches and Community Partnerships to Process Digital Collections

Sarah Glover, Grace Baty, Emily Rau

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States of America

Extra! Extra! Building Community Metadata Through Historical Black Newspapers

Amy Check, Darnelle Melvin

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, United States of America

Partner Session: Breaking Down the Silos: One Platform for Digital Collections and Institutional Repositories

Linda Kim Gresseth¹, Laura Capell², Veronica Denison³, John O'Connor⁴

1: TIND, Norway; 2: Florida International University; 3: Rhode Island College; 4: Charlotte Mecklenburg Library

Collaborate, Tell, Teach: A Novice-Expert Approach to Building a Digital Exhibit on Chinese and Chinese American University Students in the Early 20th Century

Ruohua Han, Natalie Elward

University of Denver, United States of America

Meeting the Community Where They Are: Multi-Channel Engagement for Houston’s LGBTQ+ Archival History

Elizabeth Hansen

Texas Archive of the Moving Image

‘Almost Unlimited’ Patron-Driven Scanning and Responsive Processing in Special Collections and Archives

Mary Haegert

Houghton Library, Harvard University, United States of America

Beyond the Vibe: Why Digital Collections Need Legible Workflows, Not Just Prompts

Anthony Sanchez

University of Arizona Libraries, United States of America

Partner Talk: No Migration Required: Next-Generation Tools for Existing Repositories

Noah Smith

Discovery Garden, United States of America

Can a Program Own It? AI, Copyright, and Legal Personhood

Suha Tariq

University of Toronto, Canada

Digitizing Nitrate Negatives for Preservation and Fire Safety

Jenna Effenberger

Yale University Library, United States of America

Impacts on Collection Diversity: Assessing Repository Data During Collection Review

Bryan Ricupero, Emily Baumgart

Dartmouth College, United States of America

Using MaRMAT for reparative metadata evaluation at Indiana University

Brianna McLaughlin, Juliet Hardesty

Indiana University, United States of America