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Drawing on research or case studies, panelists present approaches to collection development, arrangement and description, reference services, donor relations, or preservation that have led to productive collaboration with artists in support of a repository or archival project. Panelists consider the role of technology in documenting creative processes in performing arts (dance and theater), visual arts (animation, film direction, and new media), and creative writing, while sharing their expectations for creative arts archives of the future.
Riggins: "The Creative Arts Magazine: A Mainstay in University Archives?" Edwards: (Stage Manager) Bibles and (Costume Morgue) Books: Preserving Theatre History Gaylord: Relationship Goals: Building Rapport with Studio Artists Post: Artists as Archivists: Digital Curation in Creative Practice White: What First Draft? The Processing Challenges Posed by Orson Welles' Collaborative, Iterative Screenwriting
University Archivist, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Adina Riggins has been University Archivist at UNC Wilmington since 2001. She helped establish UNCW?s original institutional repository and has been Project Manager for the NEH Preservation Assistance Grant for Small Institutions.
Processing Archivist for Digital Projects, Pixar Animation Studios
Lauren Gaylord is an archivist at Pixar Animation Studios, focusing on making physical and digital collections more accessible to the studio. She has a BA in History from Westmont College and an MSIS from the University of Texas at Austin.
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Colin Post is starting as an Assistant Professor in Library and Information Science at the University of North Carolina - Greensboro in Fall 2020. He researches how artists use digital technologies to create, exhibit, and care for artworks.
Brenna Edwards is currently Manager for Digital Archives at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Previously, she was Project Digital Archivist at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University. She has a BS from Tennessee... Read More →
Lauren White, CA, is an Archivist at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. She previously held roles at the University of Michigan, University of Toledo, and Purdue University.