Disseminations
The University of Arizona Digital Borderlands project team has shared information about the project at professional conferences, academic publications, and through the news. Explore the resources below to learn more about the project and the work the team is doing.
Professional Conference Presentations
CNI: Coalition for Networked Information
CNI Spring 2022 Virtual Membership Meeting, March 21-22, 2022
Digital Borderlands: Integrating Library Services into Research Workflows through Data Intensive Humanities Scholarship on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Presenters:
- Shan Sutton, Dean of University Libraries & Digital Borderlands PI
- Megan Senseney, Head of Research Engagement & Digital Borderlands Co-PI
- Verónica Reyes-Escudero, Borderlands Curator
- Alana Varner, Digital Borderlands Project Coordinator
CNI Spring 2022, Digital Borderlands Project Briefing Page
CLIR Events 2022: Council on Library & Information Resources
DLF (Data and Digital Scholarship Working Group) Forum 2022, October 11-12, 2022
Digital Borderlands: Aligning Library Services to Support Mutually Reciprocal Research Relationships through Data-Intensive Humanities Scholarship on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
Presenters:
- Shan Sutton, Dean of University Libraries & Digital Borderlands PI
- Megan Senseney, Head of Research Engagement & Digital Borderlands Co-PI
- Verónica Reyes-Escudero, Borderlands Curator
- Alana Varner, Digital Borderlands Project Coordinator
Presentation Overview: The Digital Borderlands initiative at the University of Arizona is exploring strategies for integrating a broad range of library services into the research enterprise through disbursing competitive seed grants. This presentation outlines project development and lessons learned while considering the role of libraries in community-engaged research and digital storytelling.
2022 BUDSC
Bucknell University Digital Scholarship Conference, October 18-20, 2022
Digital Borderlands: Supporting digital scholarship, social justice, and community engagement through the Digital Borderlands Initiative at the University of Arizona
Presenters:
- Megan Senseney, Head of Research Engagement & Digital Borderlands Co-PI
- Verónica Reyes-Escudero, Borderlands Curator
- Alana Varner, Digital Borderlands Project Coordinator
A video of the presentation can be found through Bucknell University here.
Presentation Overview: In response to evolving library service models and user needs, the Digital Borderlands initiative at the University of Arizona Libraries (UAL) is exploring strategies for integrating a broad range of library services into the research enterprise through disbursing competitive seed grants. With funding from the Mellon Foundation, the seed grants support data-intensive Humanities scholarship focused on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands with open access for all research outputs. An enduring thread throughout the project has included deep reflections on the role libraries play in centering and supporting ethical, mutually reciprocal research relationships among scholars, library workers, and community partners. This work-in-progress session will explore the intensive proposal development process used by the Digital Borderlands Initiative to introduce researchers to the requirements of the grant and initiate the work of relationship building with library service providers. The central focus of our session will be the eight projects funded through this process which will be used as case studies for examining the six guiding questions that frame the themes of this conference. The projects intersect with multiple social justice issues with topics ranging from collaboration on digital storytelling with bilingual international communities and socially vulnerable populations to developing research and teaching tools for digital scholarship focused on the Borderlands. Using these projects we will highlight lessons learned in developing responsive library services that work to address the role libraries play as facilitators at the nexus of digital scholarship, social justice, and community engagement.
News & Other Media
Local News
$1.5M Grant Will Help UA Scholars, Community Partners Reframe Portrayals of the Border, Tucson.com, article by Kathryn Palmer, February 28, 2022
Project Target’s Tucson’s Stubborn Legacy of Housing Discrimination, Tucson.com, article by Henry Brean, October 22, 2022
University of Arizona Library News
Centering Historically Excluded Voices in our Archives, July 12, 2022
University Libraries Announce Second Cohort of Digital Borderlands Mellon Grant Recipients, May 25, 2022
