DCHDC Meetup: Working Towards Inclusive Communities & Collections

At this month's meetup, we'll discuss various policies and initiatives that are advancing inclusion in GLAM nationwide.

At this month's meetup, we'll discuss digital art in GLAM spaces with speakers from Smithsonian American Art Museum, ARTECHOUSE, and the Library of Congress.

Dan Finn, Media Conservator at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, will discuss his work on Nam June Paik's ""Megatron/Matrix"".

Lena Galperina, ARTECHOUSE's Visitor Experience Director, will discuss digital art from the audience perspective and how as a space we share this new digital medium.

Tahir Hemphill, recent Papamarkou Chair of Education at the Library of Congress, will discuss his recent event playtest and the future of storytelling.

Digital Cultural Heritage DC is a monthly meetup group for people interested in collecting, preserving and making available digital cultural heritage information. Our meetings begin with a few short lightning talks followed by social information exchange. This is a great networking opportunity for students, as well as anyone interested in learning about digital collections in archives, museums, libraries or anywhere else. We're interested in digital content of all kinds, including film/video, still images, text, datasets, video games and pretty much anything of value in digital form. We are an open and friendly group, and welcome all comers.

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Alan Inouye, Senior Director of Public Policy & Government Relations at the American Library Association, will be speaking about current policy trends.

Effie Kapsalis, Senior Digital Program Officer at the Smithsonian, will tell the group about the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative.

Doretha Williams, Smith Fund Program Manager at the National Museum of African American History & Culture, will share the museum's Community Curation Project.