Paul Conway

Associate Professor of Information,
University of Michigan
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Invited Talks



2011
[IT.16]
"Building and Using Digital Collections: Confronting Causality and the Impact of Digital Remembering." ACA@UBC l International Seminar and Symposium, 9-10 February, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies, University of British Columbia.
2010
[IT.15]
"Building & Using Digitized Photographic Collections." International Symposium on Current Practices in Fine Art Reproduction, 17-19 June, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY.
[IT.14]
"Making Change: Challenges for the Cultural Heritage Sector in the Face of Ubiquitous Technology." The Tectonics of Digital Curation: A Symposium on the Shifting Preservation and Access Landscape, 25-26 May 2010, MIT, Cambridge, Mass.
2009
[IT.13]
"The Past is Prologue: Digitization and the Archive." Keynote Address, 35th Annual Preservation Conference, Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the National Archives and Records Administration, 26 March 2009, Washington, DC.
2008
[IT.12]
"Preservation in the Age of Google." Keynote Address, Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets, DATE, 9 November 2008, Chicago, IL.
2007
[IT.11]
"Preservation in the Age of Google." Keynote Address, Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets, 28 November 2007, Seattle, WA.
2006
[IT.10]
"Preservation in the Age of Google." Keynote Address, Persistence of Memory: Stewardship of Digital Assets, 5 December 2006, Tucson, AZ.
2005
[IT.09]
"Why Is IT So Hard to Do?" Plenary Address, Bits & Bytes: A Digital Library Symposium Celebrating 150 Years of the University of Maryland Libraries, September 2005, College Park, MD.
2004
[IT.08]
"Institutional Repositories: Is There Anything Left to Say?" OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series, 6 October 2004, Dublin, OH
[IT.07]
"Key Challenges in Archives Preservation Education" Keynote address, Preservation Education: New Directions, New Partners, April 2004, Simmons College, Boston, MA.
[IT.06]
"Beyond Digitization" Keynote address, Missouri Library Network Corporation, February 2004, Kansas City, MO
2003
[IT.05]
"World on a String: Digital Libraries for Everyone" Keynote address, Michigan Library Consortium, October 2003, Lansing, MI
[IT.04]
"The Digital Landscape: What You Really Need to Know" Getty Research Institute, April 2003, Los Angeles, CA
2001
[IT.03]
"Collaboration and the Compelling Case for Preservation" Missouri Library Network Corporation, February 2001, St. Louis, MO
2000
[IT.02]
"Digital Preservation: Myth and Reality" NELINET Digital Reality II, June 2000, Boston, MA
[IT.01]
"Digital Technologies in Libraries: Hot Trends and Nagging Doubts" Keynote Address: Michigan Library Association Annual Meeting, April 2000, Lansing, MI


Selected Presentations



2011
[SP.37]
"MediaWiki and CTools: Supporting Collaborative Writing." Enriching Scholarship, 3 May, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
2010
[SP.36]
"Interviewing Expert Users of Digitized Photographic Archives: Expertise, peers, and participants." Archival Education and Research Institute [AERI], 20-25 June, Ann Arbor, MI
2006
[SP.35]
"Archival Research in Practice: Lessons from the NHPRC Archival Fellows Program." NHPRC Research Fellowship Symposium, October 2006, Chapel Hill, NC
2004
[SP.34]
"Facts and Frameworks Revisited: On the Importance of Archival Use Metrics." June 2004, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
2003
[SP.33]
"Bringing IT All Together: The Digital Library @ Duke" OCLC Institute Symposium, January 2003, Philadelphia, PA
[SP.32]
"Library Efforts and IT Infrastructure" Common Solutions Group, January 2003, Austin, TX
2000
[SP.31]
"Managing Preservation Technologies for the New Century" American Library Association Annual Meeting, July 2000, Chicago, IL
1999
[SP.30]
"Show Me the Money: Lessons in Grant Writing" Connecticut Library Association, November 1999, Stamford, CT
[SP.29]
"Researching Archives: A Methodological Review" New England Archivists Spring Meeting, April 1999, Lowell, MA
1998
[SP.28]
"Digital Technology: Challenges and Opportunities" Connecticut Town Clerk’s Conference, October 1998, Southbury, CT
[SP.27]
"Implications of Digitization for Preservation" NELINET Digital Reality: Managing Electronic Resources, June 1998, Marlborough, MA
[SP.26]
"Digital Technology and the Future of Libraries" NEDCC's 25th Anniversary Conference: Preservation and the Humanities, May 1998, Boston, MA
1997
[SP.25]
"Preservation in the Digital World" Digitizing Photographic Collections: Where are We Now? What Does the Future Hold? June 1997, Rochester, NY
1996
[SP.24]
"Archival Pioneers: A Retrospective and Prospective Look" Symposium in Honor of Robert M. Warner, University of Michigan, October 1996, Ann Arbor, MI
[SP.23]
"Digital Technology Made Simple: Yeah Right!" New England Library Association, October 1996, Manchester, NH
[SP.22]
"Digital Image Conversion: Research Findings from Project Open Book" Yale University Library, June 1996, New Haven, CT
[SP.21]
"The Virtual Library in Theory and Practice" Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials [SALALM XLI], June 1996, New York City
[SP.20]
"Beyond the Hybrid Systems Approach: Lessons from Cornell and Yale" Digitizing Texts and Images: A Workshop for College Library Directors [CPA], April 1996, Charleston, SC
1995
[SP.19]
"Preservation in the Digital World" New England Library Association, October 1995, Providence, RI
[SP.18]
"Basic Preservation and Conservation: Definitions and Sources of Information" Southbury Public Library, September 1995, Southbury, CT
[SP.17]
"From Microfilm to Digital Imaging: Implications for Preservation and Access" Society of American Archivists, September 1995, Washington, DC
[SP.16]
"Selecting Microfilm for Digital Preservation: A Case Study from Project Open Book" American Library Association, June 1995, Chicago, IL
[SP.15]
"Digitization: What Can It Do for Archives?" New England Archivists, May 1995, Hartford, CT
1994
[SP.14]
"Implications of Digital Imaging Technology for Preservation" Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, April 1994, Amherst, MA
1993
[SP.13]
"Future Trends in Access to Archival and Library Resources" Yale Divinity School International Conference on Language, Culture and Translation, September 1993, New Haven, CT
[SP.12]
"Imaging and Related Information Standards for Libraries, Archives, and Museums" Association for Information and Image Management. Annual Conference, April 1993, Chicago, IL
1992
[SP.11]
"Project Open Book: A Status Report" Library of Congress Roundtable on Preservation Research and Development, September 1992, Washington, DC
1990
[SP.10]
"The Role of Education in Preservation: National and Regional Views" North Carolina Statewide Preservation Planning Task Force, November 1990, Greenville, NC
1989
[SP.09]
"Archival Preservation: Current Needs and Future Prospects" Tennessee Archivists. November 1989, Nashville, TN
[SP.08]
"The Heart of the Matter: International Cooperation on Preservation Education." Latin American Archives Preservation and Conservation Institute, September 1989, Austin, TX
[SP.07]
"The Future of Preservation Education in the United States." Society of Georgia Archivists, Atlanta, GA
[SP.06]
"Education for Archival Preservation Management," Conference on Statewide Preservation Planning, March 1989, Washington, DC
1988
[SP.05]
"A Model Archival Preservation Program," Commission on Preservation and Access, October 1988, Washington, DC
[SP.04]
"Approaches to Evaluation: The Basic Archival Conservation Program." Toronto Area Archivists Group. March 1988, Toronto, ON
1987
[SP.03]
"Models of User Services in Archives," SAA annual meeting, August 1987, New York, NY
1986
[SP.02]
"Findings from the SAA Census of Archival Institutions," SAA annual meeting, September 1986, Chicago, IL
1982
[SP.01]
"Archivists as Exhibition Researchers," Michigan Archival Association spring meeting, May 1982, Grand Rapids, MI