I'm thrilled to be offering my Podcasting Crash Course workshop at METRO Library Council in NYC over 2 days - June 4th and 5th.
You don't have to be a librarian to enjoy this fun, hands-on workshop (non-member tickets are available!), but I will be ready to answer any library-specific and librarian-ish questions given this great venue.
One of the collections to be discussed at the event.
On Monday, April 23, I'll be speaking at the Northeastern University Alumni Center for a roundtable discussion on remembrance, commemorating five years of "Our Marathon," the Boston Bombing Digital Archive.
"Storytelling, Archives and Resilience," marking the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing, will commemorate five years of the Our Marathon digital archive and the ways in which collecting, archiving, and sharing memories can facilitate remembrance and healing.
Join us for a roundtable discussion moderated by Dan Cohen, Vice Provost for Information Collaboration, Dean of the Libraries, and co-director of the 9/11 Digital Archive.
Panelists will be:
In April, I'll be part of two panels at the annual National Council on Public History conference in Las Vegas. These sessions will be recorded and made available online to serve as a resource for anyone in the community following the event.
THURSDAY, APRIL 19
8:30 am - 10:00am
Documenting Resilience: Condolence Collection Projects in the Wake of Violence
This session aims to provide insight and guidance to historians,
archivists and librarians who must develop responses to unanticipated
and unthinkable tragedies. Presenters will discuss research and
experiences with the condolence archives created in the wake of
violence at Virginia Tech, the University of California, Santa Barbara,
and in Las Vegas. Through the presentation of these case studies, we
will foster a discussion around essential questions and best practices
for those working with condolence artifacts and collections.
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Exhibiting Sorrow: Memorial Tributes to Victims andCommunity Healing in the Wake of Violence
This session aims to provide insight and guidance to historians,
archivists, and curators who are developing memorial exhibitions
paying tribute to lives lost in massacres and terrorist attacks.
Presenters will discuss research and experiences with curating
exhibitions related to the 9/11 terrorist attack; the Pulse Nightclub
shooting in Orlando, Florida; the rampage in Isla Vista, California;
the AME Church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina; and
the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown,
Connecticut.
My two-part introductory crash course to podcasting will be offered again on March 26 and 29th. Sign up now! We made the class sessions 30-minutes longer to allow for more hands-on practice and I'm excited to roll out version 2.0 of my handouts.