Name: Symposium on Scientific Archives
Start: 2023-06-27T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-06-28T16:50:00+02:00
Location: Online

Symposium on Scientific Archives

from Tuesday, June 27, 2023 (9:00 AM) to Wednesday, June 28, 2023 (4:50 PM)

Monday, June 26, 2023
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
9:30 AM Session 1: Welcome and Scientific Archive Development
Welcome and Scientific Archive Development
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:30 AM Welcome - Maria Papanikolaou (EMBL) Salome Rohr (CERN) Tilda Watson (Wellcome Sanger Institute)

9:40 AM Collecting scientific archives, from data to heritage collections: how can a university archive and records service position itself? First assessment of a young department and perspectives. - Océane Valencia

10:00 AM Processing the papers of a Nobel Laureate - Jill Moretto (GSK)

10:20 AM The Turing Digital Archive - Patricia McGuire (King's College)

10:40 AM Discussion 1a
11:30 AM Session 1: Digitalisation of Scientific Archives
Digitalisation of Scientific Archives
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM CERN Proton Synchrotron (PS) Digitization Project - Lydia Pieper (CERN)

11:50 AM Post-script – file notes on the Stephen Hawking Archive - Katrina Dean (Cambridge University Library)

12:10 PM GOCFL as a software approach to support standards-compliant OCFL extensions in the archival context - Jürgen Enge (Basel University, University Library)

12:30 PM Discussion 1b
2:30 PM Session 2: Scientific Archives in EiroForum Organisations - Physics & Engineering
Scientific Archives in EiroForum Organisations - Physics & Engineering
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM The CERN Preservation Platform - Antonio Vivace (CERN)

2:50 PM Fusion data across the data lifecycle - Thomas Farmer (United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority)

3:10 PM ESA: Archiving a Scientific and Technical Legacy in Space - Pierre Kirchner (European Space Agency)

3:30 PM Experimental Presentation of the European Space Agency historical archives, preserved at the Historical Archives of the EU, for the Younger Generation - Andreja Casar (Historical Archives of the European Union)

3:50 PM Historical Archive at the European Southern Observatory - Leslie Kiefer (Librarian at European Southern Observatory, Chile)

4:10 PM Discussion
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
9:30 AM Session 3: National archives and archiving methodology
National archives and archiving methodology
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Contributions

9:40 AM Welcome to Day 2

9:50 AM The web portal “Archivi della scienza”. A webportal for science archives in Italy - Giovanni Paoloni (full professor at the University of Rome – “Sapienza”, teaching Archival Theory and History and Policies of Scientific Research)

10:10 AM "Data or Evidence? Advocating for the Protection of Scientific Archives." - Laura Millar (Archives, Records and Information Management Consultant)

10:40 AM Discussion 3a
11:30 AM Session 3: Scientific Collections
Scientific Collections
11:30 AM - 12:50 PM
Contributions

11:30 AM Contribute to the history and memory of science in Portugal - Paula Meireles (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia)

11:50 AM The importance of historical biodiversity data transcribed from botanical garden archives: results from the citizen science project ‘Plant Letters’ on Zooniverse - Ana Margarida Dias da Silva (Center for the History of Society and Culture & Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra, Portugal)

12:10 PM Fight and advocacy for the preservation of the archive of the Magnetic Observatory of Tatuoca in the Brazilian Amazon: lessons, restraints, and obstacles. - Cristian Berrío Zapata (Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA Brasil))

12:30 PM Discussion 2b
2:30 PM Session 4: Medical and archaeological archives, organising support for small scientific archives
Medical and archaeological archives, organising support for small scientific archives
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Contributions

2:30 PM Documenting the Role of Science in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Opportunities - Dr Amelie Roper (Cambridge University Library)

2:50 PM Patient Records in the Jonas Salk Papers - Jason Rampelt (Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System)

3:10 PM Archives Advocates: Utilizing an Advisory Board to Leverage Organizational Support for Small Scientific Archives - Ludmila (Mila) Pollock (Executive Director, Library and Archives Center for Humanities & History of Modern Biology Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA)

3:30 PM Connecting Scientific Archives with Artifacts: Reflecting on the Smithsonian’s Ralph S. and Rose L. Solecki Papers and Artifacts Project at the National Anthropological Archives - Celia Emmelhainz (Smithsonian Institution- National Museum of Natural History) Molly Kamph (Smithsonian Institution- National Museum of Natural History)

3:50 PM Discussion 4

4:10 PM Conclusion and Next Steps - Eva Belonohy (UKAEA) Jill Moretto (GSK) Maria Papanikolaou (EMBL) Salome Rohr (CERN) Tilda Watson (Wellcome Sanger Institute)