Building Digital Resilience: Digital Protection Strategies for Archivists
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 11:30am Pacific time on Zoom (8:30am Hawaii time; 10:30am Alaska time; 12:30pm Mountain time; 1:30pm Central time; and 2:30pm Eastern time)
Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/kiiV2DrTRCyaDa74ax27Aw#/registration
Please join the Diversity Committee for a virtual panel on digital resilience. Rights we have taken for granted, such as privacy and intellectual freedom, seem more precarious in the current environment. Our profession's ability to use primary sources to present an expansive view of history and safeguarding stories of underrepresented communities can feel like a risk, when previously we didn't think twice about these activities. In a shifting digital and political environment, how do we safely advocate for archives, archivists, and the communities we serve?
Brian Evans, President of the American Association of University Professors-Texas and Jessica Walton of the CyberPeace Institute will join us to speak about building digital resilience - how to assess risk at both the personal and professional level, what proactive strategies we can use to protect ourselves, how to adapt to the ever-changing digital environment, and more.
This session will not be recorded.
Dr. Brian L. Evans is the Engineering Foundation Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He also serves as the President of the Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), a faculty-led group defending the rights to teach, research, and speak freely. AAUP provides guidance to navigate state and federal laws, and advocate for academic freedom, tenure, and shared governance.
Jessica M. Walton (she/her) is the U.S. Regional Officer at the CyberPeace Institute, a Geneva-based nonprofit providing free cybersecurity services to nonprofits globally. She co-chairs the Cyber Resilience Corps, a consortium of U.S.-based cyber volunteering groups. Her work focuses on the intersection of cybersecurity, international affairs, and human rights, with an emphasis on protecting vulnerable communities online.
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Gayle O'Hara
University Archivist
California State University, Northridge
VALLEY VILLAGE CA
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