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  • Dig Deep: The MAC 2023 Annual Meeting

    Dig Deep: The MAC 2023 Annual Meeting


Chicago, Illinois (April 13–15, 2023)

Our conference theme of “Dig Deep" is a nod to the state’s iconic culinary staple, deep dish pizza. While it may seem unassuming, the dish can provide an apt framework to consider the many layers of archival meaning to our work and how we understand our profession. Are there times you’ve had to dig deep to slice up new approaches, deliver creative solutions, or toss around new ideas? What are some of the professional, environmental, social, and cultural ingredients that we’ve baked into our profession, our collections, our patrons, and ourselves?

Plenary


Does a Tree Make a Sound If No One’s Around? Does Your Archives Preserve History If No One Sees Them?

Sherman "Dilla" Thomas

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Presentations


Digging Deep into Reparative Description: A Panel Discussion on Tools and Workflows

Aaron Bock, Marcella Huggard, Bri McLaughlin, Lindy Smith, Jenna Silver and Matrice Young

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Revising the Traditional Recipe: Documenting the Black Women of the WCTU

Janet C. Olson, Kristin Jacobsen, Adam Raczkowski and Karl Bullock

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Innovative Outreach and Community Engagement at a Midwestern Art Museum, Historical Society, and University Archives

Michael Barera, Taylor Henning, Mark Sprang and Tara Laver

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One Foot in Both Worlds: The Challenges of Working Across Departments and Meeting Our Goals

Jennifer Motszko, Melanie Jones and Autumn Oakey

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Uniting Graduate Students, Unique Collections, and Real Work Environments.

Alexis Braun Marks, Brooke Boyst, Rebecca Murphy and Andrew Shneider

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That's the Ticket

Lauren Stamm Brady, Caitlin Moriarty, Sarah McLusky and Tessa Wakefield

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Records Management and Paving the Way for Successful Institutional Archives

Hannah Pryor, Kristin Arnold, Danielle Nowak and Lina Rosenbergfoley

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It's a Slog: Digging Your Way Through Large-Scale Newspaper Collections

Carrie Daniels, Elizabeth Reilly, Gerald Chaudron, Julie Wroblewski and Hannah Zuber

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Pineapples, Anchovies, or Nah: Who Determines the Toppings on Your Pie? Power Sharing through Community Archive

Jennifer Ho, Stef Baldivia, Amy Schindler, Greta Suiter and Alexis Karolin

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Deep Processing: Emotional Labor in the Archives

Heather Fox, Deirdre Scaggs and Abby Glogower

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Documenting Environmental and Natural History: The Role of Archivists in Stewarding Archives, Specimens, and Data in Settler Institutions

Erik Moore, Ellen Holt-Werle, Anne Ryckbost and Bethany Anderson

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By the Slice!

Dan Erdman, Adam Hart, Elise Schierbeek, Jeremy Pekarek and Jeff Hirschy

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Overcooked: Burnout, Self-Care and Resilience Building in Touch times

Sammie Morris, Audrey Swartz, Lauren White and April Anderson-Zorn

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New Manager, New Assessment: How to Get the Lay of the Land as a New Archives Head

Leslie Van Veen McRoberts, Katie Nash and Derek Webb

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Posters


Reading Oral Histories For Empathy: Using Wuhan COVID Lockdown Oral Histories In The Classroom

Robert Browning

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A Grant for Preserving Parkland's Past: Digitizing The Prospectus Student Newspaper

Kati Haskins and Amanda Avery

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Pop-ups


The Purpose of Creation and Beyond

Rina Sim, Hijazi Raneem and Harris M. Lauren

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Where Do We Go From Here? Assessing the Use and Future Development of Digital Archival Collections

Donald Force, Caitlin Perry and Ann Hanlon

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Trauma-Informed Pedagogy in the Archives Classroom

Abigail Nye and Krista Grensavitch

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