Concerns for Data Scholarship

Although data scholarship has increased the capacity for discovery, concerns such as biased design, participation barriers, and dehumanization remain. Three presentations explore such concerns and propose solutions to this growing dilemma at the Library’s symposium, “Collections as Data: Stewardship and Use Models to Enhance Access.” “Documenting the Now Project,” “Engaging with Communities and API-Driven Accessioning of Digital Folklife” and “Deep-Fried Data.”

Speaker Biography: Bergis Jules is an archivist at the University of California, Riverside library, where he manages university archives, political papers, African American collections and community archives projects.

Speaker Biography: Nicole Saylor is head of the American Folklife Center Archives at the Library of Congress.

Speaker Biography: Painter and computer guy Maciej Ceglowski runs Pinboard, a bookmarking site.

For transcript, captions, and more information, visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=7621