Events
CAFe Speaker Series: “From Collections to Connections: Centering Belonging in Archival Futures”
Event Start Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 4:00 pm
Event End Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 - 5:00 pm
Location: Online
UMD students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends—join us for the CAFe Speaker Series. (Registration Required)
Abstract:
Library and archives professionals often take collection centered mindsets to our work. Drawing on experience from two decades of work in digital history and cultural memory, Owens will discuss approaches to work with collections that cultivate and support personal connections and belonging. This will include discussion of key points from his recently published book After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory, in dialog with practical examples from his work as at the Library of Congress and the American Institute of Physics. He will show how ongoing work in libraries and archives can function as a context for action research to advance both theory and practice for how work with special collections can advance efforts in communities for equity, justice, and sustainability.
Photo by Elaina Finkelstein/Library of Congress.
Bio: Dr. Trevor Owens is a social scientist, historian, librarian, and archivist working to deepen the positive impact of mission driven organizations on society through humanities and social science research. Owens serves as the first Chief Research Officer of the American Institute of Physics. In this role, he is charged with implementing and leading AIP’s new operational unit, AIP Research. This new interdisciplinary research-driven center of excellence brings together teams of librarians, archivists, historians, and social scientists to execute a research strategy and agenda focused on the interplay of the physical sciences, relevant public policy, and disciplinary cultures, with the goal of empowering positive change in the physical sciences enterprise. Owens previously worked as the Director of Digital Services at the Library of Congress and as a Senior Program Officer and Associate Deputy Director for Libraries at the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Owens is the author of four books, the most recent of which, After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory was published by University of Michigan Press in Spring of 2024. His previous book, The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2018 and has won outstanding publication awards from both the American Library Association and the Society of American Archivists. His research and writing have been featured in: Curator: The Museum Journal, Digital Humanities Quarterly, Science Communication, New Directions in Folklore, and American Libraries.
Online
UMD students, faculty, staff, alumni, and friends—join us for the CAFe Speaker Series. (Registration Required)
Abstract:
Library and archives professionals often take collection centered mindsets to our work. Drawing on experience from two decades of work in digital history and cultural memory, Owens will discuss approaches to work with collections that cultivate and support personal connections and belonging. This will include discussion of key points from his recently published book After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory, in dialog with practical examples from his work as at the Library of Congress and the American Institute of Physics. He will show how ongoing work in libraries and archives can function as a context for action research to advance both theory and practice for how work with special collections can advance efforts in communities for equity, justice, and sustainability.
Photo by Elaina Finkelstein/Library of Congress.
Bio: Dr. Trevor Owens is a social scientist, historian, librarian, and archivist working to deepen the positive impact of mission driven organizations on society through humanities and social science research. Owens serves as the first Chief Research Officer of the American Institute of Physics. In this role, he is charged with implementing and leading AIP’s new operational unit, AIP Research. This new interdisciplinary research-driven center of excellence brings together teams of librarians, archivists, historians, and social scientists to execute a research strategy and agenda focused on the interplay of the physical sciences, relevant public policy, and disciplinary cultures, with the goal of empowering positive change in the physical sciences enterprise. Owens previously worked as the Director of Digital Services at the Library of Congress and as a Senior Program Officer and Associate Deputy Director for Libraries at the United States Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Owens is the author of four books, the most recent of which, After Disruption: A Future for Cultural Memory was published by University of Michigan Press in Spring of 2024. His previous book, The Theory and Craft of Digital Preservation, was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2018 and has won outstanding publication awards from both the American Library Association and the Society of American Archivists. His research and writing have been featured in: Curator: The Museum Journal, Digital Humanities Quarterly, Science Communication, New Directions in Folklore, and American Libraries.
Speaker(s): Trevor Owens, Chief Research Officer, American Institute of Physics