Access 2019 Highlights – Days 2 and 3

It was a beautiful morning on October 1 as we got ready to continue Access 2019.

Good morning #accessyeg ! pic.twitter.com/va8hyC6Ybb
— Sarah (@Sarah0s) October 1, 2019

We had a lot of talks to get through. There were many, and they were great!

As a former east-coaster so happy to see presentation by Lelland Reed from @NSCADUniversity on born-digital audiovisual project (AV Repository)….alone, a single film thesis is 10-15GB! What a great project!! #digitization #accessYEG #archives #Halifax #NovaScotia #Edmonton
— Samantha Fritz (@SamVFritz) October 1, 2019

NSCAD is using a mediated deposit for film theses submissions. Using it as a teachable moment for students about the importance of preserving born digital recordings. The film theses also serve a resumes and foundation for applying to grad school #accessYEG
— Gillian BOOyrnes (@gillmbyrne) October 1, 2019

Up now: Dale Storie from @UofRegina, presenting “Using Wax For Digital Exhibits” #AccessYEG
— Access 2019 (@AccessLibCon) October 1, 2019

The tension: a desire to support digital scholarship projects vs finite IT resources and budget #AccessYEG
— Kaitlin Newson (@kaitlinnewson) October 1, 2019

@sarah0s – i came to minimal computing as I was working in PM/middle management and I wanted to DO something (know these feels!) #accessYEG
— Gillian BOOyrnes (@gillmbyrne) October 1, 2019

more on minimal computing with @Sarah0s #accessYEG
— Krista Godfrey (@weelibrarian) October 1, 2019

Thanks for the lightning talk @Sarah0s ! Loved hearing about the projects around minimal computing! @AccessLibCon #AccessYEG
— Celine GB (@Celine_GB) October 1, 2019

Yes!! Design Thinking w/ @davidKemper
Why do we redesign a website?? Looking at @McMasterU Redesign Story #UX #UI #webdegin #accessYEG
— Samantha Fritz (@SamVFritz) October 1, 2019

I've been on the 10+ person webteam. It's a nightmare. Great talk on web redesign at #AccessYEG
— There is no Dana (@biophilius) October 1, 2019

This energy from @jjackunrau is exactly what we need this afternoon #AccessYEG
— Kaitlin Newson (@kaitlinnewson) October 1, 2019

"The biggest problem is, of course, capitalism!" #AccessYEG
— David Fi&er (@djfiander) October 1, 2019

Libraries are trying to make things look simple for patrons when there are billion of dollars being spent to obfuscate how they are making money off patrons. We are not here to fulfill corporation promise of ease of use #AccessYEG
— Gillian BOOyrnes (@gillmbyrne) October 1, 2019

'they should be angry and confused!' Please make that a laser-cut banner for my world. Thnx. #AccessYEG
— Lydia St. Victoire (@lydia_zv) October 1, 2019

Bashir Mohammed gave a stirring talk about racism in Alberta using examples from numerous digital Archives

I am completely mesmerized by Bashir Mohamed’s talk on the history of racism in Edmonton seen through historical documents. #AccessYEG
— David Kemper (@dkemper) October 1, 2019

Our keynote speaker @BashirMohamed providing in-speech feedback on local digital collections at #AccessYEG.
— Lydia St. Victoire (@lydia_zv) October 1, 2019

Day 3 – things shifted towards the UAlberta Campus to the Libraries new Digital Scholarship Centre for workshops and the hackfest.

Thanks @thursday_house and @lydia_zv for the tour of @uofalibraries new digital scholarship lab! A great way to end #AccessYEG pic.twitter.com/oQKQtIjol5
— Christie Hurrell (@ACHurrell) October 3, 2019

Digital Scholarship Centre @UAlberta is a fantastic facility for a hackfest https://t.co/tHcf6KsUrH #AccessYEG
— Grant Potter (@grantpotter) October 2, 2019

Two hackfest projects have kicked off: #IIIF Annotations with me and four others, and Access Conference program text analysis with @libtronic and a group .#AccessYEG . Come join us if you're interested!
— Peter Binkley (@pabinkley) October 2, 2019

And as things came to a close, there was a feeling of mutual learning, camaraderie and accomplishment.

Fantastic experience w/ #AccessYEG conference – so many engaging conversations. I have so many tabs open in my browser and head. Thanks to the committee, volunteers, sponsors and speakers!! #inspired
— Samantha Fritz (@SamVFritz) October 1, 2019

Kind of says it all. Many thanks for everyone to joining us in Edmonton and making #accessyeg such a positive experience. Shout out to all the hard work of @uofalibraries colleagues! Keep on learning. pic.twitter.com/TP3tvNSR3k
— Lydia St. Victoire (@lydia_zv) October 3, 2019

THANK YOU ACCESS VOLUNTEERS YOU’RE AMAZING AND AWESOME AND FANFRICKINTASTIC 🏆 #AccessYEG pic.twitter.com/KW7JHtsDrR
— Gillian BOOyrnes (@gillmbyrne) October 1, 2019

My flight home from #AccessYEG was enriched by reading @amelia_acker & @adamkriesberg's exceptionally good (& OA!) article on social media data archives, wherein "developer stewards" negotiate proprietary post-custodial environments.

Via @ArchiveThoughts – thx Krista! https://t.co/lailxOcn8O
— Devon Mordell (@retrofuturiste) October 3, 2019

As Access 2019 is coming to a close, we want to say thank you to all of our speakers, steering committee, volunteers, live streamers, and workshop & hackfest experts for making #AccessYEG possible! We couldn’t have done this without you. pic.twitter.com/IapQ3rCqgQ
— Access 2019 (@AccessLibCon) October 3, 2019

We want to thank all of our sponsors, attendees, speakers and volunteers. Access 2019 was a success because of the great community behind it!