2022 Program | Digitization Program Office

Recorded Sessions

2022 Smithsonian Digitization Conference

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Tuesday 03/22/2022

10:00am - 10:30am
Demo 1 - Kimberly Arcand
Our Universe through Sight, Sound & Touch

10:30am - 11:00am
Demo 3 - Tiffany Lucke/ Micah Pegues
Design at Home

11:00am - 11:30am
Demo 5 - Andrew Lih/ Kelly Doyle
Leveraging Wikimedia to increase the global reach of SI collections

11:30am - 12:00pm
Demo 7 - Floyd Shockley/ Jessica Bird
Mass Digitization of Pinned Insect Specimens

12:00pm - 12:30pm
Demo 8 - Jimena Pitty
Q?Digital

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break

1:30pm - 2:00pm
Demo 9 - Rachel Ginsburg/Ryan King
Activating Smithsonian Open Access Challenge from CHSDM Interaction Lab

2:00pm - 2:30pm
Demo 10 - Ian McDermott
Synthaisthesia

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Demo 11 - Dawn Biddison
Diversifying a Digital Platform: Expanding Alaska Native Collaboration and Engagement During COVID-19

Program concludes for the Day at 3PM

Tuesday 03/22/2022

10:00am - 10:30am
Demo 2 - Hillery York
National Numismatic Collection Mass Digitization

10:30am - 11:00am
Demo 4 - Carlos Jaramillo
Graham Palynological Collection

11:00am - 11:30am
Demo 6 - Alison Reppert-Gerber
The Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative (AVMPI): Reimagining Audiovisual Preservation at the Smithsonian

11:30am - 12:30pm
3D Workshop - Introduction to 3D Scanning: Tools and Techniques to Face Any Challenge

Description: This workshop will provide an introduction to a variety of 3D scanning methods used at the Smithsonian. We will then take a deeper dive into some recent challenges the Smithsonian’s 3D team encountered during digitization of Smithsonian collections. Attendees will leave with a basic knowledge of some of the fundamental tools of 3D digitization as well as some great techniques for contending with complex projects- such as fabrics, shiny surfaces, and massive objects.

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break

1:30pm - 3:00pm
3D Workshop - Introduction to the Voyager 3D Web Platform

Description: In this workshop you will learn about Voyager, the Smithsonian platform for creating and displaying 3D content, and get hands-on experience in crafting a Voyager scene.

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Wednesday 03/23/2022

10:00am - 10:15am
Welcome
Speakers: Deron Burba, Chief Information Officer, Smithsonian OCIO
Diane Zorich, Director, Smithsonian OCIO Digitization Program Office

10:15am - 11:15am
Opening Keynote
Dr. Zeynep Tufekci, Associate Professor, University of North Carolina School of Library and Information Scientist, Writer at the New York Times and The Atlantic.

11:15am - 11:30am
Break

11:30am - 12:30pm
#Perspective: Current Landscape of Museum Social Media
Moderator: Hilary-Morgan Watt
Panelists: Dana Allen-Greil, Andrea Boston, Karen Vidangos

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break

1:30pm - 2:30pm
AI in Libraries, Archives, and Museums: Centering Ethics and Communities
Moderator: Dr. Rebecca Dikow
Panelists: Mitchell L. Gordon, Harish Maringanti

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Demo 12 - E. Keats Webb and Yeneneh Terefe
Reality Technologies and Applications for Research and Conservation

Program concludes for the Day at 3PM

Wednesday 03/23/2022

10:00am - 11:15am
Join us in Track 1 for the Welcome and Opening Keynote

11:15am - 11:30am
Break

11:30am - 12:30pm
Extending The Experience: Augmented Reality For Museums
Moderator: Joseph Cathey
Panelists: Elizabeth Barelli, Erin Blasco, Robin Morey

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Reparative Decision-Making across Collections
Moderator: Sherri Berger
Panelists: Dorothy Berry, Ngaire Blankenberg, Stacie Williams

2:30pm - 3:00pm
Demo 13 - Jackie Shieh
A Triangular Connection: Libraries' Wikidata projects on names, collections and users

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Thursday 03/24/2022

10:00am - 10:15am
Welcome Back
Speakers: Diane Zorich, Director, Smithsonian OCIO Digitization Program Office

Releasing the Largest Open Access Cultural Data Set: Two Year Update
Effie Kapsalis, Senior Digital Program Officer, Smithsonian Office of Digital Transformation

10:15am - 11:15am
Pandemic Pivoting: What we do when we can't digitize objects
Moderator: Mike Trizna
Panelists: Meghan Ferriter, John Stack, Elena Villaespesa

11:15am - 11:30am
Break

11:30am - 12:30pm
Accessibility at Scale: Digital Inclusion in Large Cultural Heritage Organizations
Moderator: Caitlin Haynes
Panelists: Sina Bahram, Rachael Bradley-Montgomery, Wendy Stengel

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break

1:30pm - 2:30pm
Closing Keynote: Digital Transformation at the Smithsonian
Moderator: Nik Honeysett
Presenters: Becky Kobberod, Meroë Park, Allison Wilcox

2:30pm-2:45pm
Closing Remarks
Speaker: Diane Zorich, Director, Smithsonian OCIO Digitization Program Office

Program concludes for the Day at 2:45 PM

Thursday 03/24/2022

10:00am - 10:15am10:00am - 11:15am
Join us in Track 1 for the Welcome Back

10:15am - 11:15am
Digital Learning in the Wake of Covid-19: What K-12 Teachers Need
Moderator: Dr. Monique Chism
Panelists: Margaret (Maggy) Benson, Taylah Hawks, Ellen Rogers

11:15am - 11:30am
Break

11:30am - 12:00pm
Demo 14 - Joseph Campbell
3D Capture of the Alto Saxophone owned and played by Charlie 'Bird' Parker

12:00pm - 12:30pm
Demo 15 - Joyce Connelly and Kelly Crawford
ABC’s: Accomplishments, Benefits, and Consequences of Mass Digi Projects at the Smithsonian Gardens

12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch Break

1:30pm - 2:45pm
Join us in Track 1 for the Closing Keynote and Closing Remarks