(Apologies for cross-posting)
Are you struggling to meet the virtual needs of your students, faculty and other users?
Do you need to be inspired?
Are you challenged by the perceived "silences" in your library, archives or museum?
The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries and the University of Pennsylvania, invites you to attend a virtual symposium on Monday, October 12th from 1:00 - 4:30.
Silences in the LAMS: Digital Surrogacy in the Time of Pandemic explores issues of access and use that have arisen since the outbreak of SARS-CoV-2. Speakers include the following:
Keynote Speaker
Melissa Grafe, Ph.D.
John R. Bumstead Librarian for Medical History, Head of the Medical Historical Library
Yale University
Fear of the Digital Disease: Digital Surrogacy and Materiality in a COVID-19 World
First Session
Margaret Graham, Managing Archivist
The Legacy Center, Drexel University College of Medicine
Jessica Clark, Archivist
Barbara Bates for the Study of the History of Nursing
In Her Own Words: Giving Voice to Early Professional Medical Women
Second Session
Anne Ricculli, Ph.D., Program Manager
Center on Religion, Culture and Conflict
Drew University
Curating History in the COVID-19 Era: Philadelphia Epidemics and Nineteenth-Century American Women's Medical Education
Third Session
Paula Summerly, Ph.D., Research Project Manager
Old Red Medical Museum Project
University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Digital Lives: Beyond the Anatomical, Pathological and Surgical Specimen
Fourth Session
Simon Ragovin, Archives Technician
Drexel University
A Feature, Not a Bug: Designing Archives 101 for the Online Classroom
Fifth Session
Celia Caust-Ellenbogen, Archivist
Swarthmore College
Jordan Landes, Curator
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Robin Landes, Teacher
Woodbridge Senior High School (Virginia)
DBQ: Document Based Quarantine
Tickets are free! Register by Friday, October 9th at Silences in the LAMS: Digital Surrogacy in the Time of Pandemic
The link to the symposium will be sent via email prior to the event.
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Beth Lander
Managing Director
Philadelphia Area Consortium of
Special Collections Libraries
director@pacscl.org------------------------------