Closing Keynote Friday | 8:30am   The Bob Dylan Center offers unprecedented access to the creative life of one of America’s most important and influential artists. Steven Jenkins, Director of the Bob Dylan Center/American Song Archives, and Mark Davidson, the Senior Director of Archives and Exhibitions, to discuss highlights of the Center’s first 18 months,  the art and science of collecting, sorting and preserving archival materials...

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Test your skills, win prizes, all for a good cause.  And, more importantly, dethrone the reigning AMIA Trivia Champs! Do you know what honor  John C. Frémont received in 2000? Or the name of the poodle Elvis gave his daughter? Or the name of the town in Oklahoma that has an annual Bigfoot festival? If not, you’ll want to find a colleague that does as you form your team for Trivia – on Tuesday night at the conference. Lots of teams...

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Build your conference schedule and save it to your calendar!  The Sched app allows you to browse and save sessions, see files shared by presenters, connect with other conference attendees, and provide feedback on the sessions you attend. It can be accessed by any computer or mobile device, and its user-friendly interface makes it a snap to find the most up-to-date information throughout the conference. Download Sched and get your account set up...

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  Opening Keynote Wednesday | 9:30am Raymond Doswell, Executive Director of Greenwood Rising, is a seasoned public historian, educator, and museum executive with close to 30 years of experience. He has worked collaboratively with regional and national entities such as museums, filmmakers, governmental organizations, public museums, manufacturers, colleges, and schools, advising and directing projects on history and culture. This work...

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Abigail Smith Abigail Smith graduated with a BA in Folklore and History and a Master of Library and Information Science from Indiana University.  She is the Librarian and Archivist at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, NM, a co-founder of No Name Cinema, an internationally recognized microcinema presenting experimental, avant-garde and personal filmmaking, and a filmmaker and collage artist. Adam Hart Adam Hart is a curator at Media Burn...

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We hope to see you all in Tulsa for the 2023 edition of ARCHIVAL SCREENING NIGHT at the Circle Cinema! The event will take place on Thursday, November 16th.We hope to make this show one to remember, so please consider submitting your best finds and preservation efforts. Everyone is invited and strongly encouraged to submit. Some priority will be given to first time applicants, applicants who were not selected for last year’s show, and...

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To mark the 20th anniversary of the AMIA Small Gauge Symposium (2001) and the centennials for 9.5mm and 16mm film, the Small Gauge and Amateur Film Committee is excited to host a celebratory symposium as part of the 2023 annual AMIA conference. The symposium will take stock of accomplishments within our subfield over the last two decades, spotlight and examine current issues and concerns, and help determine priorities and directions for the...

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