Boston University Center for the Humanities Conference: Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
Date and Time
October 5 - October 7, 2017
05:00PM - 05:00PM EDT
Location
Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Rabb Hall (Th) /Boston University Law School Auditorium, 685 Commonwealth Avenue (Fr and Sat)
Boston University Center for the Humanities
Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
Forum Schedule
Thursday, October 5 - Saturday, October 7, 2017
(as of June 6, 2017)
Thursday, October 5, 2017 — Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Rabb Hall
5:00-6:30 Public Lecture: Libraries, Books, and the Digital Future
The forum opens with a public lecture by Robert Darnton, University Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard University.
David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library, will introduce the lecture, and Sir Christopher Ricks,
Professor of the Humanities, Boston University, will provide a commentary.
6:30-8:00 Public Reception at the Boston Public Library
Friday, October 6, 2017 — Boston University Law School Auditorium, 685 Commonwealth Avenue
9:00-1:00 Panel I: Setting Directions for Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
Introducer: Robert Hudson, University Librarian, Boston University
Panelists: Jeannette Bastian, Simmons School of Library and Information Sciences
Radical Recordkeeping: How Community Archives Are Changing How We Think About
Records
Dan Cohen, Digital Public Library of America; Northeastern University
From Open Access to Maximal Access
David Ferriero, National Archives of the United States
Creating a Digital Future for Federal Records
Alberto Manguel, National Library of Argentina
The Library as Biography
Vita Paladino, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University
Crossing Oceans to Present Recorded Lives to the Future
Moderator: Jack Ammerman, Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Open Access,
Boston University
2:00-5:30 Panel II: Digital Scholarship and Practice
Introducer: Peter Schwartz, World Languages & Literatures, Boston University
Panelists: Ellen Cushman, Northeastern University
Supporting Manuscript Translation in Library and Archival Collections: Toward
Decolonial Translation Methods
Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Building From the Inside Out: Facilitating Digital Scholarship Collaboratories in
the Library
Tom Mullaney, Stanford University
A War Between the Living and the Dead: On Grave Relocation in Contemporary China
Fallou Ngom, Boston University
Ajami Digital Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Vika Zafrin, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston University
5:30-7:30 Public Reception at Howard Gotlieb Research Center, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston University Center for the Humanities
Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
Forum Schedule, continued
(as of June 6, 2017)
Saturday, October 7, 2017 — Boston University Law School Auditorium, 685 Commonwealth Avenue
9:00-12:30 Panel III: Preservation Spaces, Open and Closed
Introducer: Gene Jarrett, Associate Dean of the Humanities, Boston University
Panelists: Tom Blake, Boston Public Library
Extending our Reach: Scaling Local Digitization Services at the BPL for Global
Research and Enjoyment - Free to All
Stephanie Frampton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Libraries and the Future of the Past
Julieanna Richardson,The HistoryMakers®
Preservation: The HistoryMakers® Story
David Wexler, Hollywood Vaults
Boldly Go Where Few Archives Have Gone: Creating Hollywood Vaults
Moderator: Jeffrey Henderson, Classical Studies, Boston University
1:30-5:00 Panel IV: The Global Politics of Archives
Introducer: Linda Heywood, History and African American Studies, Boston University
Panelists: Alexander Gil, Columbia University
The Minimal Computing Gambit and Global South Archives
Beatriz Jaguaribe, School of Communication, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Nambiquaras in Paris: Archival Images, Appearances and Disappearances
Rudolf G. Wagner, Heidelberg University; Fairbank Center, Harvard University
Future Memory. Preserving Diverse Voices From and About China From a Time of
Unification of Thought
Kirsten Weld, Harvard University
Cold War Archives and Democratic Aspirations in Latin America
Moderator: Maurice Lee, English, Boston University
After a brief introduction, each panelist will speak for approximately 20 minutes, and the session will close with a
panel discussion led by the moderator that also includes time for questions from the audience.
On both days, refreshments will be served during mid-panel breaks and lunch will be available between the panels
for those requesting it, in Barristers Hall, across from the Law School Auditorium.
The reception on Friday evening is hosted by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Mugar Memorial
Library, 771 Commonwealth Avenue.
The Boston Athenæum will host a pre-Forum lecture on Wednesday, October 4th, at noon, at 10 ½ Beacon Street.
The Forum is co-sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the Boston University College and
Graduate School of the Arts & Sciences, the Boston University Office of the Provost, the Howard Gotlieb Archival
Research Center, the Boston Public Library, and the Boston Athenæum.
Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
Forum Schedule
Thursday, October 5 - Saturday, October 7, 2017
(as of June 6, 2017)
Thursday, October 5, 2017 — Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Rabb Hall
5:00-6:30 Public Lecture: Libraries, Books, and the Digital Future
The forum opens with a public lecture by Robert Darnton, University Librarian, Emeritus, Harvard University.
David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library, will introduce the lecture, and Sir Christopher Ricks,
Professor of the Humanities, Boston University, will provide a commentary.
6:30-8:00 Public Reception at the Boston Public Library
Friday, October 6, 2017 — Boston University Law School Auditorium, 685 Commonwealth Avenue
9:00-1:00 Panel I: Setting Directions for Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
Introducer: Robert Hudson, University Librarian, Boston University
Panelists: Jeannette Bastian, Simmons School of Library and Information Sciences
Radical Recordkeeping: How Community Archives Are Changing How We Think About
Records
Dan Cohen, Digital Public Library of America; Northeastern University
From Open Access to Maximal Access
David Ferriero, National Archives of the United States
Creating a Digital Future for Federal Records
Alberto Manguel, National Library of Argentina
The Library as Biography
Vita Paladino, Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University
Crossing Oceans to Present Recorded Lives to the Future
Moderator: Jack Ammerman, Associate University Librarian for Digital Initiatives and Open Access,
Boston University
2:00-5:30 Panel II: Digital Scholarship and Practice
Introducer: Peter Schwartz, World Languages & Literatures, Boston University
Panelists: Ellen Cushman, Northeastern University
Supporting Manuscript Translation in Library and Archival Collections: Toward
Decolonial Translation Methods
Harriett Green, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Building From the Inside Out: Facilitating Digital Scholarship Collaboratories in
the Library
Tom Mullaney, Stanford University
A War Between the Living and the Dead: On Grave Relocation in Contemporary China
Fallou Ngom, Boston University
Ajami Digital Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Vika Zafrin, Digital Scholarship Librarian, Boston University
5:30-7:30 Public Reception at Howard Gotlieb Research Center, 771 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston University Center for the Humanities
Recording Lives: Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age
Forum Schedule, continued
(as of June 6, 2017)
Saturday, October 7, 2017 — Boston University Law School Auditorium, 685 Commonwealth Avenue
9:00-12:30 Panel III: Preservation Spaces, Open and Closed
Introducer: Gene Jarrett, Associate Dean of the Humanities, Boston University
Panelists: Tom Blake, Boston Public Library
Extending our Reach: Scaling Local Digitization Services at the BPL for Global
Research and Enjoyment - Free to All
Stephanie Frampton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Libraries and the Future of the Past
Julieanna Richardson,The HistoryMakers®
Preservation: The HistoryMakers® Story
David Wexler, Hollywood Vaults
Boldly Go Where Few Archives Have Gone: Creating Hollywood Vaults
Moderator: Jeffrey Henderson, Classical Studies, Boston University
1:30-5:00 Panel IV: The Global Politics of Archives
Introducer: Linda Heywood, History and African American Studies, Boston University
Panelists: Alexander Gil, Columbia University
The Minimal Computing Gambit and Global South Archives
Beatriz Jaguaribe, School of Communication, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Nambiquaras in Paris: Archival Images, Appearances and Disappearances
Rudolf G. Wagner, Heidelberg University; Fairbank Center, Harvard University
Future Memory. Preserving Diverse Voices From and About China From a Time of
Unification of Thought
Kirsten Weld, Harvard University
Cold War Archives and Democratic Aspirations in Latin America
Moderator: Maurice Lee, English, Boston University
After a brief introduction, each panelist will speak for approximately 20 minutes, and the session will close with a
panel discussion led by the moderator that also includes time for questions from the audience.
On both days, refreshments will be served during mid-panel breaks and lunch will be available between the panels
for those requesting it, in Barristers Hall, across from the Law School Auditorium.
The reception on Friday evening is hosted by the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Mugar Memorial
Library, 771 Commonwealth Avenue.
The Boston Athenæum will host a pre-Forum lecture on Wednesday, October 4th, at noon, at 10 ½ Beacon Street.
The Forum is co-sponsored by the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the Boston University College and
Graduate School of the Arts & Sciences, the Boston University Office of the Provost, the Howard Gotlieb Archival
Research Center, the Boston Public Library, and the Boston Athenæum.