The ACA at UBC is pleased to host eight experts, who will participate in the Seminar and give the following presentations at the Symposium:
· Amelia Acker, University of Pittsburgh: Mobile Records, Social Media, and Recent Trends in Records Destruction
· Greg Bak, University of Manitoba: Constructing Ephemerality: The Bitstream and the Cloud
· Babak Hamidzadeh, University of Maryland: What Can and Should Be Preserved in Social Media Communications and How
· Peter Meiszner and Houston White, UBC Public Affairs Office: Digital and Social Media at UBC Public Affairs
· TBD, Library and Archives Canada: Web Archiving and the National Archival Collection: Capturing the Everyday Record
· Erin O’Meara, Gates Archive: No More Waiting for Godot: Archival Practice in the Age of Social Media and Hosted Platforms
· Kate Theimer, ArchivesNext.com: Gaps in the Past and Gaps in the Future: Archival Silences and Social Media
Reserve your place at the ACA@UBC Seminar and Symposium now! Early-bird registrants receive a reduced rate until January 15: professionals pay only $35 to attend all events; students pay $10 (this includes lunch at the Symposium). Professionals who sign up on January 16 or later pay $45, while students continue to pay $10. Register online here.