Thank you to everyone who joined us for the 16th Annual Digital Commonwealth Conference, "Users and Uses: Centering Communities in Digital Collections."

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Conference Recordings and Presentation Slides

Welcoming Remarks (9:00–9:20 AM ET)

Sonia Pacheco, Conference Host and Vice President, Digital Commonwealth Board of Directors
Kate Boylan, President, Digital Commonwealth Board of Directors
David Leonard, President, Boston Public Library

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Panel

Local History at All Levels: Making Collections Relatable and Accessible
(9:20–10:35 AM ET)

Kim DeWall, Technical Services Librarian, Falmouth Public Library
Mahala Nyberg, Public Programs Coordinator, Historic Saranac Lake
Megan MacGregor, Instruction and Outreach Library, University of Southern Maine

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Presentation slides

• Postcards from Falmouth: Engaging the Community in the Creation of Digital Content (Kim DeWall) >
• Shaping DH to Meet the Skills and Needs of a Rural Community (Mahala Nyberg) >
• Getting the Collection Back on the Streets; A Walking Tour of Digital Content (Megan MacGregor) >

Panel

Harnessing the Power of Academic Institutions for Change 
(11:00 AM–12:30 PM ET)

Giordana Mecagni, Head of Archives and Special Collections, Northeastern University
Kate McNally, Records Assistant & Manuscript Processor, Brandeis University
Emily Pfotenhauer, Digital Strategist and Grants Manager, WiLS

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Presentation slides

• Principles of Anti-Oppressive Community Engagement for University Educators and Researchers (Giordana Mecagni) >
• The Processing Manual as a Tool for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Kate McNally) >
• Building the Community (Emily Pfotenhauer) >

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Visualizing Change: Stories of Community Activism in Digital Commonwealth Collections (12:00–12:30 PM ET)

Michelle LeBlanc, Director of Education, and Megan Nally, Public Engagement Coordinator, Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center

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2022 Digital Commonwealth Repository Systems Update 

We Have Liftoff! (1:10–1:40 PM ET)

Eben English, Digital Repository Services Manager, Boston Public Library

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Keynote Address 

Appropriate is a Noun and a Verb: Coming to Terms with Access in Digital Environments (1:40–2:40 PM ET)

Dr. Tonia Sutherland, Assistant Professor, Department of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

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Responsible Metadata (3:00–4:00 PM ET)

Adrienne Pruitt, Collections Management Archivist, and Sari Mauro, Digital Collections Project Manager, Tufts University

Erin Grant, Director, Cataloging and Metadata Services, University of Washington, Cate Kellett, Catalog and Government Documents Librarian, Yale Law School, and Karl Pettitt, Coordinator of Cataloging and Metadata Services, University of Denver

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Presentation Slides

• Potentially Harmful Language and Content Warnings (Adrienne Pruitt and Sari Mauro) >
• Survey of Libraries’ Local Changes to “Illegal aliens” LCSH (Erin Grant, Cate Kellett, and Karl Pettitt) >