Description

See the Research Forum agenda for slides, abstracts, posters, and more information.

Session 2.4: Collecting Challenges

Love Me Binders: Personal Information Collections for the Modern Soldier
Allan A. Martell, Edward Benoit, and Gillian Brownlee (all Louisiana State University) [Abstract/Bios]

Preserving Podcasts: An Institutional Repository Pilot Project
Erik Moore (University of Minnesota) and Valerie Collins (University of Minnesota) [Abstract/Bios]

Session 2.5: Description Innovation

Observing changes in EAD Tag Usage to Support Discovery, 2013-2021
Bruce Washburn (Principal Software Engineer, OCLC Research) and Merrilee Proffitt (Senior Manager, OCLC Research Library Partnership) [Abstract/Bios]

Questioning Authority: An Analysis of Descriptive Fields in Authority Records
Katherine M. Wisser (School of Library and Information Science, Simmons University) [Abstract/Bio]

Artifactual Pluralism: The Relationship Between Narrative and Artifactual Criticism
Robert B. Riter (The University of Alabama) [Abstract/Bio]

Session 2.6: Pandemic Innovation

*Seeing Oneself to See Others: The Personal Archive Assignment
Abigail Nye (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) and Dr. Krista Grensavitch (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) [Abstract/Bios]

*Virtual Reality Pivot: How Institutional Collaboration Allowed for Digitized Collections to be Exhibited During COVID-19
Phillip T. MacDonald (NC State University Libraries) [Abstract/Bio]