This is a tentative schedule, subject to change.
All events in the schedule will take place at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Denton Convention Center unless otherwise noted.
SSA Annual Meeting Attendees are welcome and encouraged to attend the UNT Open Access Symposium sessions on Friday, May 22.
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Annual Meeting Workshop: Library Carpentry Standard Workshop (Day 1), University of North Texas, Willis Library, Room 443
8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Annual Meeting Workshop: Library Carpentry Standard Workshop (Day 2), University of North Texas, Willis Library, Room 443
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8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Annual Meeting Workshop: Exhibiting Archival Materials – Framing, Custom Cradles, and Best Practices, University of North Texas, Preservation Lab, Library Annex
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12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
SSA Outgoing Board Meeting
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Annual Meeting Workshop: Introduction to Copyright and Fair Use for Professionals in Cultural Institutions
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5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
9:00 am – 10:00 am
Welcome & Plenary Address with Nino Testa
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10:00 am – 10:30 am
Catered break with vendors
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- All Things Zine
- African-American Internationalism Represented in the Archives: The Marguerite Cartwright Papers
- If You Don’t Ask, How Can You Know?: How User Experience Methods Add Human Insight to Archival Vision
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12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
TARO Brown Bag Lunch (lunch not provided)
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1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
- No One’s First and You’re Next: Deciding What to Digitize and Why That’s More Important Than We Sometimes Pretend
- If These Walls Could Talk: Using Archives For Preserving Historic Structures
- Latinx Lions: Using Collaborative Exhibitions to Highlight Diversity and Minority Groups at TAMUC
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3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Repository Tours (must register in advance, transportation provided)
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5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
“Change the Subject” Film Screening and Discussion
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
SNAPpy Hour, Armadillo Ale Works
8:00 am – 9:00 am
SSA Past, Present and Future Breakfast with SSA leaders
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9:00 am – 10:15 am
- Re-Imagining Appraisal in Changing Contexts: Considerations and Case Studies on Deaccessioning
- Preserving America’s Languages: Practical Advice for Managing Audio-Visual Grant Projects
- Maintaining Vision in the Midst of Disaster: Coming Together to Save a Family’s Legacy
- Open Access Symposium Session, Evolving Practices for Open Access
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10:15 am – 10:45 am
Catered break with vendors
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10:45 am – 12:00 pm
- Video Worth Saving: Identifying and Preserving Archival Film and Video
- Reimagining Student Engagement in the Archives
- Building a Web Archiving Community in the Southwest
- Open Access Symposium Session, Supporting OA Through Library Budgets
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12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
THRAB Brown Bag Lunch (lunch not provided)
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1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
- Reaching Donors in the Digital Age
- Breaking Cultures of Silence: Neurodiversity and Mental Illness Advocacy in Archives
- Mapping Renewal: A Collaborative Approach to Digital Mapping Projects
- Open Access Symposium Session, Open Pedagogy and Open Texts
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3:00 pm – 3:30 pm
Poster Presentations and Catered break
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3:30 pm- 4:45 pm
- Open Access Symposium Session, Open Access and Archives
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6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
All-Attendee Reception, Texas Woman’s University (transportation provided, first bus leaves at 5:45)
8:00 am – 10:00 am
SSA Breakfast Business Meeting and SLOTTO
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10:30 am – 12:00 pm
- Aircraft Dope! A Cautionary Tale About a Con Man and His Fraudulent Preservation Practices
- Not Just the Loudest Voice in the Room: Case Studies in Oral History
- “OMG! Why Do You Have That?”: Challenges in Controversial Collections
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12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
SSA Incoming Board Meeting
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1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Annual Meeting Workshop: A Beginner’s Guide to Digital Preservation: Planning, Policies, Practices For You By You