The Workshop is being held at James Madison’s Montpelier from July 29-31st.
Day 1: July 29, 2019
- 3:00-5:00 PM – Registration and Room Check-In
- 6:00 PM – Keynote Lecture by Edward L. Ayers, University of Richmond
- 7:00 PM – Welcome Dinner & Participant Introductions
Day 2: July 30, 2019
- 8:30 AM – Meet and Greet Breakfast
- 9:00 AM – Introductions and Goal Setting
- Discussion of Workshop Goals and Desired Outcomes
- 9:45 AM – Formal Presentations Montpelier Collections
- Architecture & Historic Preservation: Jennifer Glass
- Archaeology: Mary Furlong Minkoff
- Curation & Collections: Jenniffer Powers
- Research: Hilarie Hicks
- 10:45 AM – Coffee & Snack Break
- 11:00 AM – Formal Presentations: Best Examples, Challenges, Successes, and Lessons Learned from Digital Collections Projects
- Architecture and Historic Preservation: Matt Webster, Colonial Williamsburg
- Archaeology: Jillian Galle, DAACS, Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
- Curation and Collections: Bari Helms, Reynolda
- Research: Loren Moulds, Law Library UVA
- Presentation of Pre-Workshop Survey Results: Benjamin Kirby
- 12:15 PM – Lunch
- 1:00 PM -Tour of Collections and Collaborative Projects
- Tour of Collaborative Projects: Main House
- Tour of Collaborative Projects: Mere Distinction of Colour Exhibit
- Tour of Collaborative Projects: Landscape
- 2:45 PM Coffee & Snack Break
- 10:45 AM – Group Discussion and Breakout Sessions: Collection Needs
- Archaeology
- Architecture & Historic Preservation
- Archives & Digital Media
- Museum Objects & Decorative Arts
- 4:45 PM – Today’s Wrap-Up & Tomorrow’s Goals
- 5:00 PM – Free Time
- 6:30 PM – Evening Lecture, Negotiating “Publicness” in Digital Heritage & Archaeology by Ethan Watrall, MATRIX
- 7:30 PM – Dinner & Open Viewing of Mere Distinction of Colour Exhibit
- 8:00 PM – Fireside Talk
Day 3: July 31, 2019
- 8:30 AM – Meet and Greet Breakfast
- 9:00 AM – Breakout Sessions (First Rotation): Identifying and How to Best Serve Different Audiences and Users
- Public (Students)
- Public (Adults)
- Museum & Research Professionals
- 10:30 AM – Coffee and Snack Break
- 10:45 AM – Breakout Session (Second Rotation): Identifying & How to Best Serve Different Audiences & Users
- Public (Students)
- Public (Adults)
- Museum & Research Professionals
- 12:00 PM – Lunch
- 1:00 PM – Group Discussion and Breakout Sessions: Envisioning the Database for Your Audience
- Public (Students)
- Public (Adults)
- Museum & Research Professionals
- 3:00 PM – Coffee and Snack Break
- 3:15 PM – Report Out from Groups
- 4:00 PM Group Discussion: Next Steps
- Distribution of Workshop Results & Recommendations
- 5:00 PM – End of Workshop
