Hands on with Spotlight [African Colonial Employees Project Workshop: A Digital Archive Initiative]

Join us April 8 - April 14 for a series of workshops related to the African Colonial Employees Project, a digital archival initiative undertaken by the Center for African Studies at Stanford University, the Department of History and Geography in Faculté des Sciences et Technologies de l'Education et de la Formation (FASTEF), Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD), and the National Archives of Senegal.All workshops will be held at the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), on the fourth floor of Wallenberg Hall unless otherwise specified.Friday, April 8 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch & conversation at CESTA 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Mike Widner, MetadataMonday, April 11 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Hannah Frost, Digital Preservation 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch & conversation at CESTATuesday, April 12 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch & conversation; lunch at Lane History Corner, Room 302. Discussion location TBD 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Stu Snydman & Gary Geisler, Hands on with SpotlightThursday, April 14 10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Roundtable Discussion, Future of the Archives 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: Lunch & conversation at CESTA 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm: Closing Reception, Citrus GardenOrganized by Professor Richard Roberts & Jason A. Heppler, Ph.D. With generous support from Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis (CESTA), Center for African Studies, Stanford School of Humanities & Sciences, Department of History, Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Research (CIDR), and Stanford University Libraries.
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Free and open to the public. Lunch will be served. Questions? Contact Jason Heppler at jheppler@stanford.edu.