Registration is now open for the second annual Digital Archives in the Commonwealth Summit, which will take place at George Mason University on November 30, 2018. We’re excited to be co-sponsoring this event along with our colleagues at George Mason University Libraries, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media, and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
The Summit is an interdisciplinary conference focused on the creation, management, and use of digital archives. We welcome individuals from various fields to attend and join the conversation—archivists, scholars, librarians, museum specialists, and technologists are all encouraged to participate. Building on the success of the inaugural Summit in 2017, this year’s conference seeks to facilitate information-sharing and reflection on the practical and theoretical considerations that shape digital archives.
Panels this year include:
- Institutional Opportunities and Challenges in Building or Re-Imaging Digital Archives
- Finding the Hidden in Plain Sight: The Enslaved Children of George Mason and Mason’s Legacies Projects
- A lunch workshop on The Library of Virginia Transcription Initiative
- Revealing Hidden Histories and Rebuilding Lost Spaces with Digital Technology
- A lightning round with the opportunity for audience members to present
You can register and read more about the Summit here—and if you’re unable to attend in person, follow along on Twitter using #DASummit2018.
