Archiving and Reusing Qualitative Data: Theory, Method and Ethics across Disciplines
Conference:
Archives 2.0: Shifting Dialogues between Users and Archivists
19-20 March 2009, Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel
Programme
Thursday 19 March 2009
10.30 - Registration
11.00- 11.15 Introduction and Welcome: Till Geiger
11.15- 13.00 Opening Plenary Panel: Whither Archives 2.0?
Archives 2.0: If We Build It, Will They Come?
Joy Palmer, Mimas, University of ManchesterInnovative Ways, Sustainable Means: The Archives Hub and AIM25
Geoff Browell, Kings College London and Jane Stevenson, Mimas, ManchesterArchives 2.0 on a Micro Scale
Amanda Hill, Deseronto Archives, Toronto
13.00-13.45 - Lunch
13.45-14.45 - Session One: Visualising Archived Data
Oral History Archives and the Spatial Turn: Examples from Manchester's Migrant Histories
Laurence Brown and Kofi Owusu, University of ManchesterThe Politics of New Data and the Challenge of Archiving
Mike Savage, CRESC the University of Manchester
14.45-15.00 - Break
15.00-16.30 - Session Two: Democratising Archives
The Movie of the Archive?: Showing and Sharing a Study of Young Lives [over time]
Sheila Henderson, London South Bank University and Professor Rachel Thomson, Open University“A frontal attack on professionalism, standards and scholarship”? Democratising archives and the production of knowledge
Andrew Flinn, University College LondonSupporting, Sustaining and Developing Online Resources for Specialist Subject Research Communities: Genesis – A Case Study
Teresa Doherty, The Women’s Library
16.30-16.45 - Break
16.45-17.45 - Session Three: Archives and Academics
Share. Collaborate. Innovate. Building an Organisational Approach to Web 2.0
Paul Bevan, National Library of WalesPlaying an ACE: Promoting Access, Collaboration and Engagement in the British Library
Jude England, The British Library
18.00 - Reception and Tour John Rylands Library.
The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, houses some of the most significant books and manuscripts ever produced. The magnificent neo-gothic building in Manchester's city centre is a major visitor attraction as well as a research library of world renown.
The collections include exquisite medieval illuminated manuscripts, examples of the earliest forms of European printing including the Gutenberg Bible, as well as the personal papers of distinguished historical figures including Elizabeth Gaskell, John Dalton and John Wesley.
The Reception will include a tour of the historic building with John Hodgson, Keeper of Manuscripts and Archives, and an opportunity to view the exhibition galleries where many key items from the collections will be on display.
20.00 - Dinner: Dimitri’s Restaurant, Deansgate
Friday 20 March 2009
09.00-09.40 - Plenary: How to Store Living Information
Arjen Mulder, V2, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam
9.40-10.00 - Break
10.00-11.00 - Session Five: Archives and Teaching
Approaches to teaching using Documents of Irish Foreign Policy online
Kate O’ Malley, Trinity College DublinThe real and the virtual: online exhibitions, Web 2.0 and design students
Jane Devine Mejia, University of Brighton
11.00-11.15 - Break
11.15-12.45 - Session Six: Digitizing Archives
Collections, Collaborations and the Digital Environment: Increasing Research ‘Dividends’ from an Academic Library
Stella Butler, John Rylands University LibraryShedding Light on the Life of the Sick Child: The Historic Hospital Admission Records Project
Andrea Tanner, Kingston UniversityThe impact and opportunities of digitisation on the Documents on Irish Foreign Policy (DIFP) Series
Michael Kennedy, Royal Irish Academy
12.45-13.30 - Lunch
13.30-14.30 - Session Seven:
Describing archives in their totality? Thoughts on the construction of the finding-aid in the age of Web 2.0
Geoffrey Yeo, University College London‘Revisiting Archive Collections’ and the chimera of definitive description: how the culture of Web 2.0 is opening up archival description to multiple voices
Jon Newman, Archive Consultant
14.30-14.45 - Break
14.45-16.45- Plenary Panel
A Risks and Opportunities Framework For Archives 2.0
Brian Kelly, UKOLN, University of BathGuarding the Past and Neglecting the Future: How to Reframe the Future of Libraries or Libraries for the Future: Reframing their Purpose or It's All on the Web - Isn't it?
Derek Law, University of StrathclydeWithout the Data, the Tools are Useless; without the Software, the Data is Unmanageable’?
Michael Moss, University of Glasgow
Abstracts
Please click here to view all the abstracts recevied to date
Venue
Set in the vibrant city centre on the banks of the River Irwell, the Manchester Marriott Victoria & Albert Hotel exudes a historical charm that appeals to business and leisure travellers. Located across from Granada Television Studios and a pleasant stroll to the Opera House and Palace Theatre, this luxury hotel in Manchester was first built as a warehouse in 1844. The £5.2 million renovation in 2005, displays the old architectural detail with contemporary flair, comfort and services.
Marriott® Hotel Manchester Victoria & Albert Hotel
Water Street Manchester, M3 4JQ United Kingdom
Phone: 44 161 8321188
Fax : 44 161 8342484
Registration Information
If you are interested to register for this workshop please complete the booking form and send it to the CRESC Office. If you wish to make your payment with a credit card you also need to fill out a credit card form.
Booking fees:
Full 2days (incl. B&B and dinner on the 19th) |
£125 |
Concessions (incl. B&B and dinner on the 19th) Students, retired and unwaged scholars and University of Manchester staff |
£50 |
Day Rate Thursday 19th Friday 10th |
£40 £40 |
Conference dinner 19th March at Mediterranean restaurant Dimitries |
£25 |
CALL FOR PAPERS (closed)
This conference is the final event in a series of events on archiving and reusing qualitative data. This conference will focus on the relationship between archivists, archives and their users. We will look at the emerging phenomenon of so-called ‘Archives 2.0,’ with the premise that this emergence is less about the integration of web 2.0 technologies into online finding aids, and more related to a fundamental shift in perspective, to a philosophy that privileges the user and promotes an ethos of sharing, collaboration, and openness. This conference will examine this arguable ‘democratisation’ of the archive, and consider its implications both for users of archives and the archival profession itself. We ask:
- To what extent does the ‘remix’ culture of web 2.0 undermine the central premise of the archive which is to preserve the original context of an archival object?
- How does this new culture encourage new modes of access and use of the archive within learning, research and everyday life?
We invite papers that explore and/or challenge the concept of Archives 2.0, and especially welcome papers or panels from individuals who use digital archives in their teaching or research. Though we encourage papers addressing Web 2.0 technologies, we also invite papers that examine thematically related issues concerning the archive in teaching and learning, the growth of community archives, the changing role of the archival professional, and the shifting nature of archival research in the digital context.
We seek papers on the following topics / for the following panels:
- Democratisation of the archive
- The impact of digitisation – challenges and opportunities
- Web 2.0 and Archives
- Changing role of the archival profession
- Approaches to teaching with primary sources (Archives and teaching?)
- What do archivists want from academics and teachers?
- What do academics/teachers want from archivists?
- Community archives
- Measuring archival use: quantitative and qualitative approaches
- Marketing the archive
- Collaborative initiatives, particularly between archivists and researchers
- Issues of authority over the archive.
If you are interested in presenting a paper on this subject please send an abstract of no more than 250 words to Josine Opmeer before the 15th of February 2009.