Please join us:  (the following was sent by Andrea Vasquez, Managing Director, of the Grad Center’s New Media Lab):

We hope you can join us for a “screening” and roundtable discussion on the CUNY Digital History Archive, community archiving, and the challenges of producing such a project. It’s at the CUNY IT conference at John Jay College this Friday, Dec. 4th at 9:30 am. The conference is free and open to all but, if you haven’t registered, it’s a good idea to arrive early.

Below is our panel description and we look forward to a lively conversation with all attendees. Thanks for your past interest, participation and contributions. We look forward to seeing you on Friday or hearing from you about the Archive.

Technical and Conceptual Challenges of Developing the CUNY Digital History Archive (CDHA)
(Tools & Archives Track)

This roundtable explores the process of creating a democratically produced digital archive on CUNY’s rich history. Presenters will describe the CDHA’s evolution and the decision to customize the Omeka web tool for the archive’s backend and online display. The presenters, which includes historical contributors, the Omeka programmer, lead scholar, archivist and project director, will demonstrate CDHA online collections and discuss the technical and conceptual challenges involved in archiving CUNY’s history.
Speakers:
Marco Battistella, American Social History Project, The Graduate Center (Omeka Programmer)
Steve Brier, Urban Education, The Graduate Center (Lead Historian)
Joan Greenbaum, Professor Emerita, LaGuardia Community College and The Graduate Center (Contributor)
Johnathan Thayer, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, Queens College (Project Advisor Archivist)
Andrea Vásquez, American Social History Project, The Graduate Center (Project Director)
Sandra Watson, Retired Dean of Adult and Continuing Education, LaGuardia Community College (Contributor)

Joan Greenbaum