Schedule-at-a-Glance – Society of Southwest Archivists

Wednesday, May 23
8:00-12:00 Pre-Conference Workshop Faces without Time, Photograph Identification from 1859-1900La Duquesa
9:00-5:00 Pre-Conference Workshop Digital Curation Planning and Sustainable FuturesOff-site: Trinity University Library
1:00-5:00 Pre-Conference Workshop Deconstructing Whiteness in ArchivesLa Duquesa
1:00-5:00 Outgoing Board Lunch MeetingLa Corona
6:00-9:00p Welcome Reception at The AlamoAlamo Hall, 300 Alamo Plaza

Thursday, May 24
8:30-9:30 Welcome & Plenary AddressSalon C
9:30-10:00 Catered Break with VendorsLa Corona/Pre-Function
10:00-11:30 Session 1 ArchivesSpace: Development Through Community BuildingSalon C
10:00-11:30 Session 1Unusual Archival PartnershipsSalon B
10:00-11:30 Session 1 Beating the Backlog: Capturing and Repurposing Metadata Prior to Digitization to Ensure Adequate Description and AccessSalon A
11:30-1:00 Lunch on your own
11:30-1:00 TARO Brown BagSalon B
1:00-2:30 Session 2 Social Media, Archives, and Outreach: Lessons Learned in Our First Five YearsSalon C
1:00-2:30 Session 2 The Multigenerational ArchivesSalon B
1:00-2:30 Session 2 Archival Chimeras: Processing and Providing Access to Hybrid CollectionsSalon A
2:30-3:00 Coffee with Vendors La Corona/Pre-Function
3:00-5:30 Repository Tours Presidio Gallery, Texas A&M Special Collections University of Texas Health Science Center, University Archives and Special Collections McNay Art Museum Archives Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word Archives and Heritage Center Happy Foundation [Walking Tour, No Transportation Provided]
6:00-7:00 SNAPpy Hour at Con Safos

Friday, May 25
8:00-9:00 Breakfast with SSA Leadership/SSA Past, Present, and FutureSalon C
9:15-10:45 Session 3 Thinking Outside the (Archival) Box: Presenting about archives to non-archivists (Lightning Talk)Salon C
9:15-10:45 Session 3 If You Build It – They Won’t Come Unless It’s Easy to Find: Case studies on creating metadata and improving access to the Texas Digital ArchiveSalon B
9:15-10:45 Session 3 The Tangled Web of Web Archiving: Using Archive-It in a Small InstitutionSalon A
10:30-11:00 Coffee with VendorsLa Corona/Pre-Function
11:00-12:00 Session 4 Other duties as assigned: Dealing with RM issues in the archiveSalon C
11:00-12:00 Session 4 Digital preservation: wrangling workflows and fun with floppiesSalon B
11:00-12:00 Session 4 Preserving Southern Queer History: Collaborations with LGBTQ Community ArchivesSalon A
12:00-1:30 Lunch on your own
12:00-1:30 Alliance for Local Music Archives (ALMA) Lunch Meetup Off-site: The Station Cafe
1:30-3:00 Session 5 "Monumental" Challenges: Government Archives and Confederate MemorialsSalon C
1:30-3:00 Session 5 Shining a Light into the Stacks: Revealing our Collection’s Hidden Gems through CLIR’s Digitizing Hidden Collections GrantSalon B
1:30-3:00 Session 5 Best Fest: Archives Outreach Events Skillshare PanelSalon A
3:00-3:30 Coffee with VendorsLa Corona/Pre-Function
3:00-3:30 Student Poster SessionLa Corona/Pre-Function
6:00-9:00 All-Attendee Reception at the Witte Museum Bus transportation will be provided

Saturday, May 26
8:00-10:00 Business Breakfast Meeting & SLOTTOLa Vista - 22nd Floor
10:30-12:00 Session 6 The Other Community Archivist: Volunteering Your Archival LaborSalon C
10:30-12:00 Session 6 Use your Words! Methodologies for user-driven metadata description of time-based mediaSalon B
10:30-12:00 Session 6 Student Archivists at Work: New Models for Community Outreach and Disaster ResponseSalon A
1:00-3:00 Incoming Board Lunch MeetingLa Corona
1:00-3:00 Student Loan Debt Clinic WorkshopLa Duquesa