Schedule

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SMIRC 2024 Schedule
(Note: All times listed in Central Time)

Thursday, April 25
All sessions in Cook 206Z and Day 1 Zoom Room

12 p.m.

Check-in opens

1 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction
Dr. John Eye, Dean of University Libraries

1:10 p.m.

Keynote: "Towards a Resilient and Sustainable Open Science Ecosystem: Think Global - Act Local!"
Kathleen Shearer, COAR

2:30 p.m.

Panel: "Rethinking Institutional Repositories"
Scott Bacon, Coastal Carolina University
Erin Jerome, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Abbie Norris-Davidson, University of Mississippi
Jeanne Pavy, University of New Orleans
Karen Ramsden, Montclair State University
Arjun Sabharwal, University of Toledo

4 p.m.

Lightning Talks

“Finding Your IR Match”
Melissa Chim, Excelsior University

“The IR: Creating New Connections and Enriching Established Ones”
Chuck Hodgin, Belmont University

“Digital Accessibility and the Institutional Repository: Implementing a New Campus Policy”
Anne Shelley, Iowa State University

“’Walk Right In, Sit Right Down’: Baby Let Your Hair Down and Jump in the Middle of a Migration”
Kate Blalack, University of Notre Dame

“Flotsam, Jetsam, and ‘Post-sam’: IRs and Redundancies, Relocations, and Collective Action Problems”
Andrea Quinn, Emory University School of Law

6:00 p.m.

Optional Dinner Meetup
Big Trouble
https://www.eatbigtrouble.com/
2313 Hardy St.

Friday, April 26

8:30 a.m.

Check-in/Breakfast (Cook 209A)

9:00 a.m.

“Curation-Migration Cycle: A Preservation-Centered Framework for Institutional Repository Migration” (Cook 209A and Zoom Room A)
Arjun Sabharwal, University of Toledo

“IR Accessibility: Where Are We At? Where Do We Need to Be?” (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)
Carli Spina, SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology
Colleen Lougen, SUNY New Paltz

10:00 a.m.

“MavMatrix Reloaded: Migrating the UTA Institutional Repository” (Cook 209A and Zoom Room A)
Whitney Russell, University of Texas at Arlington
Vanessa Garrett, University of Texas at Arlington
Hang Pham-Vu, University of Texas at Arlington

“Sustainability, Experiential Learning, Scholarship, and Cross-Campus Collaboration: UGA’s Campus Sustainability Archive Brings It All Together” (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)
Mary Willoughby, University of Georgia/Digital Library of Georgia
Justin Ellis, University of Georgia
Camila Lívio, University of Georgia

11:00 a.m.

“What, No Modules? Exploring Your Versatile Admin Options in an Off the Shelf Figshare Repository” (Cook 209A and Zoom Room A)
Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Figshare

“Using AI with Digital Objects: A Plethora of Opportunities” (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)
Elizabeth La Beaud, University of Southern Mississippi

12:00 p.m.

Lunch (Cook 209A)

1:00 p.m.

“Envisioning the Future of Scholarly Communications with Digital Commons” (Cook 209A and Zoom Room A)
Saad Khan, Elsevier Digital Commons

“Going Off-Script…Again: Implementing Code and AI to Simplify Content Management” (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)
Abbie Norris-Davidson, University of Mississippi

2:00 p.m.

“Something Old, Something New: Using DCX to Showcase IR Collections” (Cook 209A and Zoom Room A)
Michelle Emanuel, University of Mississippi

“What’s in an (IR) Name? The Process of Renaming and Rebranding an Institutional Repository” (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)
Trent Dunkin, Louisiana State University

2:30 p.m.

“Institutional Repository Migration: Experiences in Assessment, Planning, and Preparation” (Cook 209A and Zoom Room A)
Matthew Mayernik, National Center for Atmospheric Research

“IR Highlights” (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)
Moderated by Josh Cromwell, University of Southern Mississippi

3:00 p.m.

“Creating Sustainable Solutions with Hosted Institutional Repositories: How Future-Proof is Your Infrastructure?" (Cook 209A and Zoom Room A)
Andrew Mckenna-Foster, Figshare

“Launching an ETD Program in a New Repository” (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)
Emily Johnson, University of Texas at San Antonio
Elliot Williams, University of Texas at San Antonio

3:30 p.m.

Closing Remarks/Dismissal (Cook 206Z and Zoom Room B)