2025 Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference and Minnesota...

2025 Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference and Minnesota Digital Library

The Upper Midwest Digital Collections Conference (#umdcc25) and the Minnesota Digital Library Annual Meeting (#mndiglib25) will be held jointly on May 6–7, 2025. It will be an in-person event held in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the Union Depot. There is also a streaming option for those unable to join in person.

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1:00pm CDT

Preconference Registration and Meet for Tours Outside Red Cap Room

1:30pm CDT

Preconference: Digital Preservation Directions: Collaborative and Practical Approaches Red Cap RoomCarol Kussmann • Justin Clark • Chelsea Denault Preconference: Digital Storytelling with Free KnightLab Tools Veterans GalleryStephanie Hess Preconference: Looking Ahead with CONTENTdm: Amplify Visibility of your Hidden Treasures Gateway Conference RoomLily Troia Local Tour: Gallery of Wood Art Local Tour: TBD

3:00pm CDT

Preconference Snack Break

5:30pm CDT

Dine Arounds - TBD

8:30am CDT

Conference Registration Outside Red Cap Room

9:00am CDT

Welcome and KeynoteCraig Stevens

10:45am CDT

11:00am CDT

IN-PERSON ONLY - Rebranding, Commemorating, and Collaborating: Expanding Digital Access at NAHA Riverview Conference RoomKristina Warner Migrating 3D Models from Sketchfab to Smithsonian Voyager Platform Gateway Conference RoomJohn Brigham Preserving the Apocalypse: A Collaboration to Digitize and Share Historical Religious Manuscripts Red Cap RoomKatharine Van Arsdale Recollection Wisconsin Digitization Initiative Veterans GalleryKierstin Wagner • Vicki Tobias • Vito Bortolotti

11:45am CDT

1:00pm CDT

Connecting the Dots: Gaining Insights by Creating and Exploring Data Analysis and Visualization Tools Red Cap RoomLara Friedman-Shedlov • Mark Engelmann • Carol Kussmann IN-PERSON ONLY: Migrating Aggregation Servers: Lessons Learned by the Illinois Digital Heritage Hub Riverview Conference RoomMegan Pearson Old Format, New Tricks: Digitizing Microform Resources for Computational Analysis Gateway Conference RoomVeronica Robinson Using the Crowd: How Crowdsourcing Can Improve Accessibility Veterans GalleryAnne Hinseth • Danielle De Jager-Loftus

1:45pm CDT

2:00pm CDT

IN-PERSON ONLY: Community and User-Centered Description Gateway Conference RoomKeila Zayas Ruiz Mapping Co-Created Knowledge Veterans GalleryRebecca Gillette • Amelia Palacios MDL at 20: Past, Present, and Future Directions Red Cap RoomGreta Bahnemann RECORDING ONLY: Assessing Description Guidelines of Born-Digital MaterialsElias Larralde

2:45pm CDT

Break with Cake Red Cap Room

3:15pm CDT

Archives Content Management Systems: Lessons from the Field Red Cap RoomEdward Warga • Tom Steman Enhancing Digital Collections through Wikimedia Commons Gateway Conference RoomJustin Clark The Driftless River Initiative: Harnessing a Collection’s Potential for Creating New Knowledge Veterans GalleryDavid Mindel