Below are the scheduled sessions for Virtual AERI 2022. Please note that each session will have its own registration procedure located in the individual event page. Click through to each event to register and receive the video conference (Zoom) information.

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AERI Working Plenary

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Abstract The AERI Interim Board will host this Working Plenary to open the Virtual AERI 2022 and ratify the proposed ByLaws to constitute a new governance structure for the Archival Education and Research Initiative. The ByLaws have been circulated to members of AERI. A call for nominations for the new…

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Poster: Are Archivists Essential Workers? Documenting the Effects of COVID-19 on Funded Archival Institutions

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Abstract Humanities organizations continue to seek support after the start of the global pandemic. In reflecting on the year 2020, the only way to tell the stories of America’s Archives is through communicating with the Archivists themselves. The American Library Association (ALA) spotlight the resilience, determination, and innovations of library…

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Workshop: Using the backwards design model to create effective online courses

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Abstract LSU’s archival studies program utilizes a unique online structure whereby students complete one course at a time in accelerated 7-week terms. The online courses follow a scaffolded structure with all course content and activities aligning with module, course, and programmatic learning objectives. Additionally, the course designs follow a similar…

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Workshop: Researching and Teaching Asian American Archives, and the Experiences of Asian American Archivists and Archival Patrons

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Abstract With the notable exception of the South Asian American Digital Archive, Asian American archives, archivists and archival patrons are largely absent in LIS literature and education. There are several reasons for this silence. First, as a part of the racial middle, Asian American issues are generally underdiscussed in the U.S. Second, the…

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Workshop: Access the Archive; Disability Justice and Archival Praxis

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Abstract This workshop will crowdsource materials for a syllabus on archives and disability. This session will raise questions such as - What the syllabus should look like? What are learning outcomes? How should these materials be delivered to support universal access? -What content should be included? How to best access…

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Facilitating Data Re-use

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Abstract A range of information scholarship has investigated data reuse in scientific communities (see Shiue et al., 2021; Wofford et al 2019; Pasquetto, Borgman, & Wofford, 2019; Pasquetto, Randles, & Borgman, 2017; Palmer et al., 2011; Wallis et al., 2013). Work in community and Indigenous archives has likewise explored how…

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Short Paper Session

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Short Paper Sessions consist of three papers: Jeff Hirschy: Sites of Trauma and Remembrance: The Public History and Power of Hurricane Archives and Memorials in Mississippi Deborah Garwood: Archivists’ agency and archival self-image: Description as a meta-collaborative information practice Qiuhui Xiao, Yu Wang, and Bowen Zhang: Decryption Management of the Classified Archives…

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(Dis)location: Exploring the Movement of Information, Records, and People

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Abstract In this panel, speakers will discuss their research regarding the impact, outcomes, and perceptions of displacement, relocation, or removal of historic records and information. Panelists through moderated questions will then weave together research insights on how recordkeepers, makers, and users interact with colonial, paternalistic, and imperial systems of information.…

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Short Paper Session

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Short Paper Sessions consist of three papers: Salma Abumeeiz: Building Community Archive Partnerships: Considerations, Pedagogies, and Cohort-Building around the Islamic Center of Southern California Community Archive Grace Handy: Refusal of Inclusion: Evading the Colonial Archive Alex H. Poole and Ashley Todd-Diaz: Unpacking the Graduate Archival Curriculum Abstract Building Community Archive Partnerships: Considerations, Pedagogies,…

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Short Paper Session

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This Short Paper Sessions consists of two papers: Henria Aton, Christa Sato, Wendy Duff: Trauma-informed approaches to information: Reflections on co-teaching an innovative 6-week master’s level workshop Johnathan Thayer: Oral History and Rhizomatic Documentation of Cultural Heritage Abstract Trauma-informed approaches to information: Reflections on co-teaching an innovative 6-week master’s level workshop In 2020,…

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Short Paper Session

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Short Paper Sessions consist of two papers: Alexandra Pucciarelli: Finding and Fearing Disease in the Archive: Evidence; Eugenics; Survivance Devan Ray Donaldson: Perception vs. Reality: Understanding the Birth Certificate of #BarackObama, Trust, and Misinformation Abstract Finding and Fearing Disease in the Archive: Evidence; Eugenics; Survivance My uncle Richard was just…

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Ethics of Care in Mental Health Archives in London

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Abstract Typist, Artist, Pirate, King: Representing the life of Audrey Amiss though a mental health lens Dr. Anna Sexton seeks to consider what adopting an ethics of care means when stewarding collections that document mental health lived experience. Self-described on her passport as a typist, artist, pirate and king, Audrey…

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Short Paper Session

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This Short Paper Sessions consists of three papers: Berlin Loa: Knowledge River: Next-Gen Scholars Ruth Abankwah and Christine-Rita Namusobya Afuaa Serwaa Abankwah: Dissertation mentoring Vlatka Lemić: Archival perspective in the research of socio-cultural dynamics: example of GLOB_Exchange project Abstract Knowledge River: Next-Gen Scholars The Knowledge River program (KR) at the University of…

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