Wednesday morning keynote speaker:
Sarah T. Roberts
Roberts is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Information Studies (Graduate School of Education & Information Studies) at UCLA. She holds a Ph.D. from the iSchool at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prior to joining UCLA in 2016, she was an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at Western University in London, Ontario. On the internet since 1993, she was previously an information technology professional for 15 years, and, as such, her research interests focus on information work and workers. Learn more about Sarah Roberts at: gseis.ucla.edu/directory/sarah-roberts/
Video link: https://www.ustream.tv/recorded/113618896
Thursday morning keynote speaker:
Bergis Jules
Jules is the University Archivist at the University of California, Riverside, where he is also the Project Director for Inland Empire Memories, a consortium of local cultural heritage organizations. He is the Community Lead on the Documenting the Now project, which seeks to develop tools and practices that support the ethical collection, use, and access to web and social media archival content. He is currently a doctoral student in the Public History program at the University of California, Riverside where his research is focused on representations of African Americans in archives of the web. He received an M.A. in Library and Information Science and an M.A. in African American and African Diaspora Studies from Indiana University. Learn more about Bergis Jules at: shiftdesign.org/people/bergis-jules/
Video link: https://www.ustream.tv/recorded/113630279
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