Personal and Community Connection: Introduction to the Special Issue on Personal Digital Archiving 2018
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Melody Condron
Abstract
On April 23–25, 2018, the University of Houston hosted the annual Personal Digital Archiving (PDA) Conference in Houston, Texas. The conference is a focused, single-track event that brings together information professionals, students, and non-academics. Though small, the conference commonly attracts attendees from around the world to discuss topics focused on the intersection of personal archiving and technology. The three-day event was comprised of two full days of presentations to all attendees. Over 140 attendees from five countries were in attendance. Two keynotes, nineteen sessions with question and answer panels, seven posters, and six lightning talks were presented. A third day offered two hands-on workshops and a tour of the Houston Metropolitan Research Center. In this introduction, the Chair of the Conference Planning Committee and Guest Editor of this issue, Melody Condron, discusses highlights of the conference, as well as themes and discussion that tie into the papers presented in this issue.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- From the Guest Editor
- Personal and Community Connection: Introduction to the Special Issue on Personal Digital Archiving 2018
- 2018 Conference Report
- The Personal Digital Archiving Conference: Looking Back at 2018 and Ahead to 2019
- Peer Reviewed Articles
- Building Companionship Between Community and Personal Archiving: Strengthening Personal Digital Archiving Support in Community-Based Mobile Digitization Projects
- Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage: A Case Study on US Latina/o Archives and Digital Humanities
- Identifying Individual and Institutional Motivations in Personal Digital Archiving
- Short Reflections on Community-Focused Personal Digital Archiving
- A Web of Snowflakes: Meditations on the Memory Lab Network Project
- Applying an Established Format to the Houston Archives Bazaar
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- From the Guest Editor
- Personal and Community Connection: Introduction to the Special Issue on Personal Digital Archiving 2018
- 2018 Conference Report
- The Personal Digital Archiving Conference: Looking Back at 2018 and Ahead to 2019
- Peer Reviewed Articles
- Building Companionship Between Community and Personal Archiving: Strengthening Personal Digital Archiving Support in Community-Based Mobile Digitization Projects
- Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage: A Case Study on US Latina/o Archives and Digital Humanities
- Identifying Individual and Institutional Motivations in Personal Digital Archiving
- Short Reflections on Community-Focused Personal Digital Archiving
- A Web of Snowflakes: Meditations on the Memory Lab Network Project
- Applying an Established Format to the Houston Archives Bazaar
