Date: Thursday, October 17, 2024 – 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Location:
Gotham Center for New York City History,
The Graduate Center, City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016

The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (A.R.T.) is organizing a one-day symposium during the 2024 New York Archives Week. The day will focus on presentations and panel discussions, studies, strategies, research, analyses, and use studies with the aim of bringing together archivists, records managers, librarians, museum professionals, scholars, and the general public.

This year's topic, Archives and Technology, will explore ways in which technology and archives intersect. We welcome submissions that examine technological theories and practices in the evolving archives landscape.

What technological challenges do Information institutions and archives face? What theories and practices are currently employed?  How might technology best support existing processes? What benefits might emerging technologies bring to the information management field?   What would the archiving landscape look like within new technological parameters?

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Digitization Technologies
• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility
• Advancements in Preservation and Conservation
• Advocacy, Social Justice, Anti-Racism, Public Policy, and Activism
• Digital Humanities and Digital Scholarship
• User Experience
• Security Principles: Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability
• The Digital Divide
• Privacy and Access
• Storage Solutions
• Artificial intelligence and its impacts and opportunities
• Blockchain Applications

Submission Guidelines

• All individual presentations will be a maximum of 30 minutes long (10–15-page paper).
  
• Presenters may submit as part of a group. The maximum group size is three speakers.
  
• Submissions must include title, name of author, and institutional affiliation (if applicable)
  
• Email address, phone number, abstract (250 words max), and indication of technological requirements to support the presentation.
  
• Individual papers or entire panel proposals are accepted.

Proposal Submission Deadline

Proposals for the 2024 New York Archives Week Symposium are due by 11:59 PM (ET) on Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Please submit your proposals through this Google Form.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact president@nycarchivists.org.