Steven D. Booth
We are pleased and excited that our keynote speaker will be Steven D. Booth, an archivist, researcher, and co-founder of the Blackivists, a collective of trained Black memory workers who provide expertise on archiving and preservation practices to communities in the Chicagoland area. His work and research interests include born-digital audiovisual materials, Black cultural heritage preservation, community archives, and digital scholarship. Steven currently manages the audiovisual collection for the Barack Obama Presidential Library. Steven’s presentation, The Afterlife of What We Archive, will be Tuesday, Mar 23 from 11:00-12:30 pm (Central Time). The online event will be live-streamed via YouTube and open to the public (link forthcoming on the Conference website), however only registered conference attendees will be able to participate in the Q&A following the talk. All registered conference attendees will receive an email with a direct link to the Zoom Webinar.
Brian Shelburne
VRA Vice President for Conference Arrangements
UMass Amherst Libraries
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